Trump Assails Hillary, Saying Her Only Attribute Is Being A Woman
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Trump Assails Hillary, Saying Her Only Attribute Is Being A Woman
Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump both had big wins last night, with the presumptive Republican nominee Trump winning all five states: Pennsylvania, Maryland, Delaware, Connecticut and Rhode Island. Clinton won four states -- with a net increase in pledged delegates of about 50 -- but lost Rhode Island to Bernie Sanders.
For his part, Bernie Sanders has pledged to only talk issues going forward, in an effort to influence the Democratic Party platform at the July convention in Philadelphia. He has informally conceded the Democratic nomination to Hillary. Trump unleashed last night a deeply personal campaign against Hillary Clinton, saying her only credentials are being a woman.
We will amp up our own commitment to telling Hillary's deeply personal story here on AOC and on HillaryWomen News Facebook.
Women Finally Call Out Writer Gay Talese As Still A Sexist 50 Years After Gloria
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What's so interesting is that I researched the quote my subconscious mind attributed to Gay Talese, the one I recalled him making about Gloria Steinem in the back seat of a taxi. Rewire got to the same quote, and so did Marisa Bellack just now. Gloria told the story in her recent memoir 'My Life on the road. '
Gloria shares tales from the bad old days, like a taxi ride in 1964 with Saul Bellow and Gay Talese. Mr. Talese leaned across her — as if she weren’t there — to explain to Bellow:
“You know how every year there’s a pretty girl who comes to New York and pretends to be a writer? Well, Gloria is this year’s pretty girl.”
When a man comments about female writers, as Gay Talese did about Gloria, and 50 years later asks Nikole Hannah-Jones if she shouldn't get her nails done, then perhaps we should just apply the common adage of not being able to teach at least some old dogs new tricks.
Once a sexist, always a sexist. Goodness knows, it's a year for it out there. Something tells me this story isn't over ~ Anne
Related: Gay Talese's Other Problem Slate
Gay Talese probably wishes he'd had a cold. Instead, the 84-year-old journalist ventured out to Boston University last week, and made a series of simultaneously inane and offensive comments about female writers. Since that time, Talese has been the unsurprising object of mockery and scorn on Twitter and elsewhere. But within the same week, to less fanfare, Talese revealed an even darker side of himself via a massively long piece in the current issue of the New Yorker, titled “The Voyeur’s Motel.” Although it has been on the magazine's “most read” list for days, it hasn't elicited a fraction of the commentary that his remarks did. But the article is a failure of journalistic ethics and a revealing window into Talese’s character.
Star Architecture Zaha Hadid Dies Of Heart Attack In Miami
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The world of design received a devastating blow today with news of the death of Dame Zaha Hadid, at age 65. The world-renowned architect died suddenly from a heart attack this morning in a Miami hospital, where she was receiving medical treatment for bronchitis.
In a state of total shock, the design world weighed in on Hadid, a woman we've followed at AOC for many years.
Richard Rogers on Zaha Hadid
Speaking from Mexico, Richard Rogers, the architect of the Pompidou Centre and the Millennium Dome, told the Guardian that the news of Hadid’s death was “really, really terrible”.
“She was a great architect, a wonderful woman and wonderful person,” Lord Rogers said. “Among architects emerging in the last few decades, no one had any more impact than she did. She fought her way through as a woman. She was the first woman to win the Pritzker prize.
Jane Duncan on Zaha Hadid
Jane Duncan, RIBA’s president, said: “Dame Zaha Hadid was an inspirational woman, and the kind of architect one can only dream of being. Visionary and highly experimental, her legacy, despite her young age, is formidable.
“She leaves behind a body of work from buildings to furniture, footwear and cars, that delight and astound people all around the world. The world of architecture has lost a star today.”
Amanda Levete on Zaha Hadid
Stirling prize winner Amanda Levete said: “She was an inspiration. Her global impact was profound and her legacy will be felt for many years to come because she shifted the culture of architecture and the way that we experience buildings. When my son was very young, Zaha showed him how to write his name in Arabic. It was the moment I realised the genesis of her remarkable architectural language.
“She was an extraordinary role model for women. She was fearless and a trailblazer – her work was brave and radical. Despite sometimes feeling misunderstood, she was widely celebrated and rightly so.”
Graham Morrison on Zaha Hadid
“She was so distinct that there isn’t anybody like her. She didn’t fit in and I don’t mean that meanly. She was in a world of her own and she was extraordinary.”
Hadid was born in Baghdad in 1950 and studied mathematics at the American University of Beirut before launching her architectural career in London at the Architectural Association. The Guardian writes:
By 1979, she had established her own practice in London – Zaha Hadid Architects – and gained a reputation across the world for groundbreaking theoretical works including The Peak in Hong Kong (1983), the Kurfürstendamm in Berlin (1986) and the Cardiff Bay opera house in Wales (1994).
The first major build commission that earned her international recognition was the Vitra fire station in Weil Am Rhein, Germany (1993), but her scheme to build the Cardiff opera house was scrapped in the 1990s and she did not produce a major building in the UK until the Riverside museum of transport in Glasgow was completed in 2011.
Other notable projects included the MAXXI: Italian National Museum of 21st Century Arts in Rome (2009), the London aquatics centre for the 2012 Olympic Games (2011), the Heydar Aliyev Centre in Baku (2013) and a stadium for the 2022 football World Cup in Qatar.
We are preparing an overview of our writings about Zaha Hadid. But this is a monumental loss in the wrld of design
