Author Archives: Linda Ruth

Rush Limbaugh, Sandra Fluke: Women in Media Take Notice

Today is the day that will decide if the GOP will remain relevant or go spinning down into infamy, joining the wall of shame that features Joe McCarthy, ‘I am not a crook’ Nixon, and other self-protecting ideologues who lost … READ MORE

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Rush Limbaugh Disses Sandra Fluke. Is He Crazy?

Is the right wing out of touch? Rush Limbaugh’s attack on Sandra Fluke is beyond out of touch–it’s out of control. The overt attack on women needs to be answered by women in the media. http://firstread.msnbc.msn.com/_news/2012/03/02/10562831-president-obama-calls-georgetown-student-fluke. This has been astounding. … READ MORE

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Susan G. Komen versus Planned Parenthood? Really?

My godfather, the Reverend Carl Flemister, was the Executive Director of Planned Parenthood in New York City in the years when I was growing up. His association with the program seemed to me then, and still seems to me, such … READ MORE

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Are They Coming for Your Birth Control?

Interesting link to this article in Salon–Rick Santorum wants to make all contraceptives illegal, even for married couples. How did he get so far in the Republican party? and does the GOP want to be taken seriously by women? The … READ MORE

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