By Nina Burleigh 10/22/12 12:46pm

The Bombshell

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Let’s Face It, Ladies: Obama’s Just Not That Into Us

The Bombshell loves O. Like so many other American women who helped elect him in ‘08, I adore that great, always-ticking political brain. I love his health care reform, his calm, cool and collected kill order for OBL. His barely clothed socialist tendencies drive me wild, too.

The trouble is, I’m not sure he really loves us—me and my sisters—back. Oh sure, we look pretty good about three months before an election. And yes, he’s put two women on the Supreme Court who will presumably help keep women’s basic rights intact for decades to come. But it really hurts to have to admit that, to him, women are tactical advantages, mere numbers and percentages in a demographic column.  Read More

By Molly Fischer 7/12/10 4:12pm

Knopf to Publish Sonia Sotomayor’s Memoir

Knopf announced today that they have acquired the rights to Sonia Sotomayor’s memoir. Agent Peter Bernstein negotiated the deal, and George Andreou will be editing.

According to Knopf, the yet-untitled book will be “a coming-of-age memoir by an American daughter of Puerto Rican immigrants.”

“Sonia Sotomayor has lived a remarkable life and her achievements will Read More

By Laurel Berger 10/20/09 11:16pm

Historian Mysteriously Summoned to Stuff Obama-panadas

Is a Ph.D. required to land a cooking gig at the White House? Is it compulsory to have kissed—at age 7—Fidel Castro (even though his beard smelled of sour milk)? Maricel Presilla, guest chef for a “Fiesta Latina” reception hosted by the Obamas last week, has these recommendations and more. A small blond woman of Read More

By Reid Pillifant 9/25/09 4:21pm

White House Left Sonia Waiting

The first interview with Sonia Sotomayor since her confirmation is up on CSPAN, and–with the interviewer prodding her to describe how she received news of her nomination, “for history”–Sotomayor says, basically, that she sat around her office in New York all day, waiting for the White House to call and then they never Read More

By Azi Paybarah 9/02/09 2:02pm

Snyder Runs Against the ‘Old Boys Network’

Leslie Crocker Snyder said she has never asked anyone to vote for her because she’s a woman, but she's painting the race for Manhattan district attorney as an extension of her career-long fight against the “old boys network” and “glass ceilings” she says have held her and other women back for years.

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