English Press takes a look at American Media and Hillary Clinton…read Joan Smith’s editorial from London’s “The Independent” this morning…

Joan Smith, American feminists tip their hat to you this morning!

Here’s that read…and a  tasty tidbit from the piece below!

“…Last weekend she won Pennsylvania, despite her campaign being outspent three-to-one. She has been written off countless times since January, when commentators gleefully – and wrongly – declared that Clinton had been defeated in the New Hampshire primary; one conservative pundit confidently said: “The witch is dead, and life is going to change.” Three months later, Clinton is still in the race, but I sometimes wonder how she manages to get up every morning. I’m not a natural supporter, but the degree of vilification she has been subjected to reminds me of the pathological misogyny of the notorious witch-finders’ manual, Malleus Maleficarum…”

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HMMM… Betcha didn’t know that SEXISM is a sign of the “F” word we talked about yesterday…and, you might want to read the Laurence Britt piece on that — here are points 5 and 6…and stick around as we explore what fascism looks like, and totalitarianism vis-a-vis political campaigns and their target-marketing…(It’ll be a fun romp through Art History…) A veritable Propaganda-style…blitzkreig of imagery past and present…

5.)  Rampant Sexism: The governments of fascist nations tend to be almost exclusively male-dominated. Under fascist regimes, traditional gender roles are made more rigid. Opposition to abortion is high, as is homophobia and anti-gay legislation and national policy.

6.)  Controlled Mass Media: Sometimes the media is directly controlled by the government, but in other cases, the media is indirectly controlled by government regulation, or sympathetic media spokespeople and executives. Censorship, especially in war time, is very common.