Culture & Religion — May 13, 2010

Tea Party Feminists?

The tea party movement has become “an insta-network for ambitious women,” writes Hanna Rosin. “Some would surprise you with their straightforward feminist rage.”

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More women than men belong to the tea party movement—55 percent, according to the latest Quinnipiac poll. “While no movement that uses Michelle Malkin as a poster girl could fairly be described as feminist, the party has become an insta-network for ambitious women,” writes Hanna Rosin. “Some are aspiring candidates who could never get traction within the tight, local Republican Party networks. Some are angry-mom-activist types who, like their heroine Sarah Palin, outgrew the PTA. But some would surprise you with their straightforward feminist rage.”

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