Rebecca Traister appears in the following:
How Single Ladies Shape Elections
Monday, February 29, 2016
Democrats Face Abortion Head On
Tuesday, December 01, 2015
In Slender Man, We’ve Created a Monster
Friday, June 13, 2014
Is Hillary Back?
Tuesday, April 09, 2013
Last week, Hillary Clinton made two big speeches and announced a book deal. Rebecca Traister, journalist and the author of Big Girls Don't Cry: The Election that Changed Everything for American Women, discusses what Clinton's message says about a possible 2016 run, and whether it's too early to look for clues.
Follow Up Conversation: Balancing Our Work and Personal Lives
Wednesday, June 27, 2012
Reclaiming the Slut
Friday, July 29, 2011
Rebecca Traister, author of Big Girls Don't Cry: The Election that Changed Everything for American Women, wonders whether the SlutWalk movement is a step forward or backward for women.
Is 'Mean Girls' Misogynist?
Friday, October 22, 2010
Earlier this week, we spoke to Gail Sheehy of The Daily Beast about what she and Maureen Dowd have labelled the "mean girls" in this election — Republicans like Linda McMahon, Sharron Angle, and the "Mama Grizzly" herself, Sarah Palin. But is that term fair? Or does it just show that the political, mud-slinging political playing field has been leveled?
Gender Politics: Women and the Midterm Elections
Monday, October 04, 2010
Betsy Reed, executive editor of The Nation and co-editor of Going Rouge: Sarah Palin – An American Nightmare, and Rebecca Traister, senior writer for Salon and author of the new book Big Girls Don't Cry: The Election that Changed Everything for American Women, talk about women and the midterm elections.
Big Girls Don’t Cry
Monday, September 13, 2010
Rebecca Traister, who covered the 2008 presidential election for Salon, explains how it was transformative for American women and for the nation. In Big Girls Don’t Cry: The Election that Changed Everything for American Women, she looks at the ways the campaign sparked some of the most difficult American conversations—on gender, race, generational difference, about sexism on the left and feminism on the right: discussions crucial to improving our nation.