Rush Limbaugh

Rush Limbaugh was a conservative talk show host and “radio raconteur” who often spread harmful anti-feminist rhetoric on his show. He coined the term “feminazi.”

Should We Ban “Slut” and “Ho” From the Lexicon?

I must commend Sandra Fluke, like so many others have already done, for rightly condemning “shock jock” Rush Limbaugh’s efforts in silencing women who dare to speak publicly about sexual politics by calling them “sluts.” The furor over Limbaugh’s slut-shaming tactics, however, seems to underlie a different anxiety that is more than just outrage over […]

Limbaugh Calls Sandra Fluke a “Slut” for Her Birth Control Advocacy

Update: On his next show, Rush refused to apologize and said that women who use insurance-covered birth control should post online sex tapes. President Obama called Sandra Fluke to express his support and House Speaker John Boehner called Limbaugh’s remarks “inappropriate.”  Now there’s a Twitter campaign to tell Limbaugh’s sponsors to drop their ads–three have […]

Obama Sends Troops to East Africa; Women and Girls Deserve More

Last week, the Associated Press announced that the U.S. would be “venturing into one of Africa’s bloodiest conflicts.” That’s a theatrical way of saying that Obama is sending 100 U.S. military advisers to East Africa to counsel the Ugandan government in its fight against the Lord’s Resistance Army (LRA), a rebel group that has evaded national […]

Limbaugh and Huckabee Say Obama Women Should Be Groped

The Transportation Security Administration’s reputation has been plummeting rapidly into an abyss these last few weeks. In addition to ongoing and widespread resistance to new “enhanced” security measures imposed by the TSA, police in Atlanta began an investigation today into allegations that a TSA official kidnapped and sexually assaulted a woman passing through Hartsfield-Jackson airport. […]