Governor Tim Walz (D-MN) claimed during a recent &#8220;listening tour&#8221; event that former Vice President Kamala Harris chose him as her running mate because he could &#8220;code talk to white guys&#8221; and provide a &#8220;permission structure&#8221; in which they might feel comfortable voting for a black woman.
Walz spoke Monday evening at a Harvard Kennedy School forum — and after stating that he had no plans to run for the Democratic nomination in 2028, he explained what he believed he&#8217;d brought to the table during the 2024 presidential campaign.
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&#8220;I knew I was on the ticket — I would argue because we did a lot of amazing progressive things in Minnesota that improved people&#8217;s lives,&#8221; Walz began. &#8220;But I also was on the ticket, quite honestly you know, because I could code talk to white guys watching football, fixing their truck, doing that, that I could put them at ease.&#8221;
&#8220;I was the permission structure to say, look, you can do this, and vote for this,&#8221; Walz continued. &#8220;And if you look across those swing states, with the exception of Minnesota, we didn&#8217;t get enough &#8230;&#8221;
&#8220;This just tells you how out of touch Democrats are with normal, everyday Americans. They really thought Walz would connect with white guys?&#8221; Twitchy&#8217;s Sam Janney replied.
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This just tells you how out of touch Democrats are with normal, everyday Americans. They really thought Walz would connect with white guys? 😂 <a href="https://t.co/GUnGwiDigD">https://t.co/GUnGwiDigD</a>
— The🐰FOO (@PolitiBunny) <a href="https://twitter.com/PolitiBunny/status/1917559054429282391?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">April 30, 2025</a></blockquote>
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&#8220;He put all the undecided White guys at ease with voting for Donald Trump,&#8221; Jim Hanson said.
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He put all the undecided White guys at ease 
With voting for Donald Trump <a href="https://t.co/yMXc8ykRdJ">https://t.co/yMXc8ykRdJ</a>
— Jim Hanson (@JimHansonDC) <a href="https://twitter.com/JimHansonDC/status/1917569218393800914?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">April 30, 2025</a></blockquote>
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&#8220;Hey, fellow white males, let’s ride big trucks to the park to grill meat, play sportsball, and talk about breasts,&#8221; Jon Gabriel mocked the Minnesota Governor.
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“Hey, fellow white males, let’s ride big trucks to the park to grill meat, play sportsball, and talk about breasts.” <a href="https://t.co/DFX4nIzCP9">https://t.co/DFX4nIzCP9</a> <a href="https://t.co/N1A5wMPiu2">pic.twitter.com/N1A5wMPiu2</a>
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&#8220;I wonder if Democrats prefer the Tim Walz approach of yammering on in public like this after getting trounced, or the Tim Kaine approach of fading back into political oblivion after his loss,&#8221; Chuck Ross mused.
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I wonder if Democrats prefer the Tim Walz approach of yammering on in public like this after getting trounced, or the Tim Kaine approach of fading back into political oblivion after his loss. <a href="https://t.co/0ByZ8KL4xI">https://t.co/0ByZ8KL4xI</a>
— Chuck Ross (@ChuckRossDC) <a href="https://twitter.com/ChuckRossDC/status/1917591749569990888?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">April 30, 2025</a></blockquote>
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JD Vance And Tim Walz Face Off In Vice Presidential Debate In New York

Tim Walz Says Kamala Picked Him For His Ability To ‘Code Talk To White Guys’

Tim Walz Says Kamala Picked Him For His Ability To 'Code Talk To White Guys'

2024 Election

Democrats

Kamala Harris

Politics

Racism

Sexism

Tim Walz

CBS News host Gayle King took issue with those who referred to her eight minutes in space — with an all-female, celebrity-heavy &#8220;crew&#8221; — as &#8220;a ride,&#8221; arguing that it was sexist and &#8220;disrespectful&#8221; to do so.
King responded to critics in an interview with Extra after her Blue Origin space flight — alongside performer Katy Perry and Blue Origin owner Jeff Bezos&#8217; fiancée Lauren Sanchez, among others — returned to earth, also hitting back at those who complained about the expense of such a &#8220;frivolous&#8221; trip.
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Gayle King responds to criticism of her Blue Origin space flight, says people calling it &quot;a ride&quot; is &quot;disrespectful.&quot; Full interview 🔗: <a href="https://t.co/VIwjEycANG">https://t.co/VIwjEycANG</a> <a href="https://t.co/c1Bn6Jntaq">pic.twitter.com/c1Bn6Jntaq</a>
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&#8220;I think it’s good that we can really address it,&#8221; King said. &#8220;Because I was one of those people before I went on this flight and before I became educated on space. ‘Why are we spending so much money on space when there’s so much to do on Earth?’ I was one of those people.&#8221;
King said that part of what had changed her mind was learning that Blue Origin intended &#8220;to figure out a way to harness the waste here and figure out a way to put it in space to make the planet Earth a better place.&#8221;
&#8220;So I wish people would do more due diligence. And then my question is, have y’all been to space? Go to space or go to Blue Origin and see what they do &#8230; and then come back and say, ‘This is a terrible thing,'&#8221; King continued, arguing that if there were more demand for commercial space flights, the cost of such a flight would eventually come down.
King went on to complain about the underlying sexist tone of those referring to the eight-minute space flight as &#8220;a ride,&#8221; saying, &#8220;You never see a man, a male astronaut, who’s going up in space and they say, ‘Oh, he took a ride.’ … It’s always referred to as a flight or a journey, so I feel that’s a little disrespectful to what the mission was and the work that Blue Origin does.&#8221;
The Daily Wire&#8217;s Matt Walsh hit back at King, mocking her for referring to herself as &#8220;an astronaut&#8221; and saying, &#8220;Gayle King thinks she’s an astronaut because she took a 10 minute ride on her friend’s boyfriend’s rocket ship.&#8221;
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Gayle King thinks she’s an astronaut because she took a 10 minute ride on her friend’s boyfriend’s rocket ship 
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&#8220;Astronauts were stranded in space for 9 months. When they were rescued, they just said thank you and went back to work,&#8221; conservative pundit Stephen L. Miller pointed out.
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Astronauts were stranded in space for 9 months. When they were rescued, they just said thank you and went back to work. <a href="https://t.co/B6JhoSRDwC">https://t.co/B6JhoSRDwC</a>
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Katy Perry was also mocked for overblowing the importance of the trip. &#8220;Katy Perry out here acting like she was just stranded in space by Joe Biden for nearly a year,&#8221; one commented after video circulated of the pop star kissing the ground.
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Katy Perry out here acting like she was just stranded in space by Joe Biden for nearly a year 
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&mdash; Drew Hernandez (@DrewHLive) <a href="https://twitter.com/DrewHLive/status/1911826529774158113?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">April 14, 2025</a></blockquote>
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Blue Origin Launches All-Female Crew Into Space For Brief Flight

Gayle King Complains It’s ‘Disrespectful,’ Sexist To Call 8-Minute Space Ride ‘A Ride’

Gayle King Complains It's 'Disrespectful,' Sexist To Call 8-Minute Space Ride 'A Ride'

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As former President Donald Trump marched to victory over Vice President Kamala Harris on Tuesday night, leftist members of the media and Democrats cited racism and misogyny.
Trump was declared the victor first by Fox News, but it took hours for other news organizations to admit the fact.
Former Barack Obama advisor David Axelrod cited sexism as part of the reason for Harris’ defeat.
“I think there are plenty of ways to critique her as a candidate; I think they’ll be time to do that,&#8221; Axelrod said. &#8220;But that doesn’t obviate the fact that there were some people who probably voted against her, we’ve never had a woman president, that there’s sexism in this country.&#8221;
“I do have to wonder what role race and gender played,” ABC’s Linsey Davis said.
“I mean, we’re talking about, one thing that stands out, a less diverse electorate, when you think about even just at-large with the world, of the 193 member nations only 13 have a woman who leads them. Black women are often the last at the table when it comes to pay disparity in this country, getting 67 cents on the dollar when it comes to white men.&#8221;
Davis went on: &#8220;And so I don’t know that we have the answers tonight, but I think that is kind of the elephant in the room that we’re not talking about, because we’re not just talking about having a woman, we’re talking about having a woman of color, and I think that that’s something that we cannot underestimate.”
Asked why Trump won, Rep. Maxine Waters (D-CA) declared, “Racism is the basic part. Now I know that there will be some support from some minorities, but basically, we’re outnumbered. We’re outnumbered. And it’s not about whether or not, y’know, people are selecting absolutely based on public policy or whether or not there’s an elected official who’s willing to do what’s in the best interest of all the people.&#8221;
&#8220;People don’t like to talk about racism,&#8221; Waters said. &#8220;But the fact of the matter is the majority of his votes are going to come from whites, and that’s who he has been talking to, all campaign, about taking the country back, taking it back from too many minorities who are doing too well.”

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Media, Dems Blame Americans’ Racism, Sexism For Harris Loss

David Axelrod

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Maxine Waters

<a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/stacey-abrams" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Stacey Abrams</a> this week accused black men who are not supporting Vice President Kamala Harris&#8217; presidential campaign of being racist and sexist.
The Georgia Democrat, who has denied the results of the elections that she lost when she twice ran to become the state&#8217;s governor and lost both times to Republican Governor Brian Kemp, was asked about remarks from a Georgia pastor who recently said that &#8220;misogyny&#8221; was &#8220;still real&#8221; in the black community and was the reason that Abrams lost.
&#8220;I know it&#8217;s a shock to everyone, but sexism remains real and a very pertinent issue,&#8221; Abrams claimed.
Abrams claimed that Harris was doing &#8220;very well with black men&#8221; even though polling has found that Harris is not doing as well with black voters as past Democrat presidential candidates, and former President Donald Trump has the highest support from that community of any Republican presidential candidate since 1960.
&#8220;However, we do have to acknowledge that there is sexism. There is racism,&#8221; she later added. &#8220;There are challenges in our electorate and that&#8217;s why it&#8217;s so important that Kamala Harris is going everywhere and talking to everyone. She respects voters. She meets them where they are and she refuses to be told that she has lost a cohort, lost a community simply because she&#8217;s different.&#8221;
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The Harris campaign has put former President Barack Obama on the campaign trail where he has <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/obama-suggests-black-men-wont-vote-for-kamala-because-of-misogyny">accused</a> black men of being sexist if they don&#8217;t vote for Harris.
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“My understanding, based on reports I’m getting from campaigns and communities, is that we have not yet seen the same kinds of energy and turnout in all quarters of our neighborhoods and communities as we saw when I was running,” Obama said.
He said that the lack of enthusiasm for Harris “seems to be more pronounced with the brothers.”
Obama then disparaged voters who might vote for Trump or sit out the election.
“You’re coming up with all kinds of reasons and excuses, I’ve got a problem with that,” Obama said. “Because part of it makes me think – and I’m speaking to men directly – part of it makes me think that, well, you just aren’t feeling the idea of having a woman as president, and you’re coming up with other alternatives and other reasons for that.”
Obama added that the “women in our lives have been getting our backs this entire time.”
“When we get in trouble and the system isn’t working for us, they’re the ones out there marching and protesting,” he added.

Stacey Abrams Campaigns Across Southeastern Georgia Ahead Of Election Day

Stacey Abrams: Black Men Who Don’t Support Kamala Are Sexist, Racist

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An instructor at the University of Kansas has been placed on administrative leave after he was recorded telling his class that men who don’t vote for a female president should be shot.
The instructor, who has not been named, made the comments during a class earlier this semester – a video of which was posted to X on Wednesday morning.
“[If you think] guys are smarter than girls, you&#8217;ve got some serious problems,&#8221; the instructor said in the video. &#8220;That&#8217;s what frustrates me. There are going to be some males in our society that will refuse to vote for a potential female president because they don&#8217;t think females are smart enough to be president. We could line all those guys up and shoot them. They clearly don&#8217;t understand the way the world works.”
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&#8220;Did I say that? Scratch that from the recording,” he added. “I don&#8217;t want the deans hearing that I said that.&#8221;
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Seriously ⁦<a href="https://twitter.com/UnivOfKansas?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@UnivOfKansas</a>⁩? You’re letting this be said in your classrooms? That men who won’t vote for Kamala Harris for President should be lined up and shot?? ⁦<a href="https://twitter.com/RogerMarshallMD?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@RogerMarshallMD</a>⁩ ⁦<a href="https://twitter.com/JerryMoran?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@JerryMoran</a>⁩ <a href="https://t.co/7hHihxScEg">pic.twitter.com/7hHihxScEg</a>
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In a statement to The Daily Wire, the University of Kansas said the instructor had been placed on leave, “pending further investigation.”
“The instructor offers his sincerest apologies and deeply regrets the situation,” Erinn Barcomb-Peterson, the school’s director for news and media relations, told The Daily Wire in an email. “His intent was to emphasize his advocacy for women’s rights and equality, and he recognizes he did a very poor job of doing so. The university has an established process for situations like this and will follow that process.”
Sen. Roger Marshall (R-KS) shared the video on X, calling it “disturbing.”
&#8220;Disturbing video from a <a href="https://x.com/UnivOfKansas">@UnivOfKansas</a> professor,&#8221; Marshall said. &#8220;Anyone saying men who don’t vote for Kamala Harris should be ‘lined up and shot’ is deranged and shouldn’t be around students nor academia. I trust that the <a href="https://x.com/UnivOfKansas">@UnivOfKansas</a> will take immediate action and fire this professor.&#8221;
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Disturbing video from a <a href="https://twitter.com/UnivOfKansas?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@UnivOfKansas</a> professor. Anyone saying men who don’t vote for Kamala Harris should be ‘lined up and shot’ is deranged and shouldn’t be around students nor academia.
I trust that the <a href="https://twitter.com/UnivOfKansas?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@UnivOfKansas</a> will take immediate action and fire this professor. <a href="https://t.co/ke3C2YNiYW">https://t.co/ke3C2YNiYW</a>
— Dr. Roger Marshall (@RogerMarshallMD) <a href="https://twitter.com/RogerMarshallMD/status/1844038181563609322?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">October 9, 2024</a></blockquote>
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Kansas Attorney General Kris Kobach also shared the video.
&#8220;KS Regents: We educate leaders, build communities, and make discoveries that change the world,” he wrote. &#8220;KU prof: Some males in our society will refuse to vote for a female Prez, because they don&#8217;t think females are smart enough to be Prez. We could line all those guys up and shoot them.&#8221;
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KS Regents: We educate leaders, build communities, and make discoveries that change the world. 
KU prof: Some males in our society will refuse to vote for a female prez, because they don&#8217;t think females are smart enough to be Prez. We could line all those guys up and shoot them. <a href="https://t.co/jqox9uQrPz">https://t.co/jqox9uQrPz</a>
— Kris W. Kobach (@KrisKobach1787) <a href="https://twitter.com/KrisKobach1787/status/1844046414176977304?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">October 9, 2024</a></blockquote>
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It is unclear whether the instructor would have made the same comments if the Republican presidential nominee was a woman. It is also unclear how he thinks voting for someone just because they are a woman is not, in itself, sexist.

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University Instructor Placed On Leave After Saying Men Who Don’t Vote For Kamala Should Be Shot

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Education

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Ivy League professors interested in popularizing a new term to protect Vice President Kamala Harris and portray her as a victim stated that she might be the target of “misogynoir.”
“Cornell University recently placed a <a href="https://news.cornell.edu/media-relations/tip-sheets/what-harris-candidacy-means-cornell-experts-weigh" target="_blank" rel="noopener">press release</a> on its web page in which three professors provided insight into Harris’ candidacy,” Campus Reform <a href="https://www.campusreform.org/article/cornell-profs-fear-harris-will-victim-misogynoir/26098" target="_blank" rel="noopener">reported</a>.
“There is no question that Harris’s candidacy will open up a torrent of misogynoir, a term coined by Moya Bailey and Trudy for the intersection of misogyny and racism (particularly anti-Black racism, although Harris is also of course South Asian),” associate professor of philosophy Kate Manne complained. “It’s our job to fight it in our circles and even ourselves. Opposing the misogynoir Harris is about to face loudly and vocally is the only way forward. The fate of our country hangs precariously in the balance.”
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“This has been a tough year for black women in leadership (e.g., Claudine Gay),” Samantha Sheppard, associate professor of performing and media arts, referring to the former Harvard University president, echoed. “It’s critical for black women with platforms to work together to rise above the misogynoir that Harris will face.”
Gay resigned after numerous allegations of plagiarism had been made against her and her testimony before Congress about anti-Semitism on Harvard’s campus. Following Gay’s resignation, Rep. Elise Stefanik (R-NY) <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/elise-stefanik-harvard-president-claudine-gays-resignation-was-long-overdue">stated</a>, “It was long overdue. She should have resigned immediately following the hearing.”
“[S]he failed to stand up for Jewish students on campus who have been facing antisemitic attacks, who have been facing physical assault,” Stefanik continued. “We’ve seen that footage. We’ve heard that directly from students on campus. We’ve also heard faculty concerns about her tenure, and her position, and her lack of academic integrity. But it really goes back to protecting Jewish students. And, frankly, when it comes to Harvard, the only time that Harvard has pled for academic freedom or freedom of speech was when it comes to the genocide of the Jewish people. That is inherently unfit for a person to be president of a university.”

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Cornell Profs Play Kamala Harris Victim Card: She’s The Target Of ‘Misogynoir’

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Veteran news anchor Katie Couric outed former colleague Bryant Gumbel as &#8220;incredibly sexist,&#8221; claiming that he suggested she should deliver her baby &#8220;in a field&#8221; and come straight back to the show rather than taking some time off for maternity leave.
Couric made the comments during her recent appearance on comedian Bill Maher&#8217;s &#8220;Club Random&#8221; podcast, where she also said that Gumbel&#8217;s attitude was similar to that of many of her male colleagues and the overall culture at NBC at the time.
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Katie Couric on Club Random with Bill Maher revealed a couple of interesting facts about her time working on the &#39;Today Show&#39; with Bryant Gumbel and Matt Lauer: Couric: &quot;He [Gumbel] got mad at me because I was doing something on maternity leave, and he was giving endless shit for… <a href="https://t.co/9KjrtZSbGY">pic.twitter.com/9KjrtZSbGY</a>
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&#8220;He was prickly, but, what a talent. He’s such a seamless broadcaster, eloquent. I mean, when that countdown would happen — five, four, three, two, one — he would just hit it perfect,&#8221; Couric said of Gumbel.
And while she did have a number of nice things to say about him — she called him a &#8220;natty dresser&#8221; and noted that he was intelligent and &#8220;really talented&#8221; — her overall assessment was that he was &#8220;complicated.&#8221;
She went on to say that things kind of came to a head when she planned to take maternity leave when her first child was born.
&#8220;And he was giving me endless s*** for taking like a month or two off. I was having my first baby,&#8221; she said. &#8220;He was like, ‘Why don’t you just drop it in the field and come back to work right away or something?'&#8221;
Maher, who is friends with Gumbel, pressed Couric on that point and said that it sounded like he probably meant that last remark as a joke — and while Couric conceded that he&#8217;d been &#8220;kidding,&#8221; she said that wasn&#8217;t the only thing he had said on the matter.
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&#8220;He was goofing on me but giving me a lot of s***. But it was emblematic of sort of an incredibly sexist attitude,&#8221; she continued.
&#8220;It was a very different environment,&#8221; she said of NBC at the time.
Maher noted that there was an &#8220;old boys club&#8221; feel to the interoffice politics at major networks at the time, adding, &#8220;And women had to put up with more. They just did. I mean, you know, not to get all fuzzy and Lifetime Channel about it, but people like you and Barbara Walters or just like women comedians of a certain age, you have to really tip your hat to them because it was harder.&#8221;

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Katie Couric: ‘Incredibly Sexist’ Bryant Gumbel Told Her To Give Birth ‘In A Field’ And Come Back To Work

Katie Couric: 'Incredibly Sexist' Bryant Gumbel Told Her To Give Birth 'In A Field' And Come Back To Work

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Katie Couric

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It&#8217;s almost spring cleaning time, but according to one college <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/professor" target="_blank" rel="noopener">professor</a>, cleaning your pantry is <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/racism" target="_blank" rel="noopener">racist</a> and <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/sexism" target="_blank" rel="noopener">sexist</a>.
A viral TikTok trend has emerged where users share their well-organized refrigerators and pantry closets. But Loyola University Chicago marketing professor <a href="https://www.luc.edu/quinlan/faculty/jennadrenten.shtml" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Jenna Drenten</a> wrote in <a href="https://theconversation.com/pantry-porn-on-tiktok-and-instagram-makes-obsessively-organized-kitchens-a-new-status-symbol-197517" target="_blank" rel="noopener">The Conversation</a> criticizing the trend, which she dubbed &#8220;pantry porn,&#8221; for glamorizing and stylizing home organization. Drenten then said that the trend was similar to the desire for niceness, which was rooted in racism and sexism.
&#8220;In today’s consumer culture, &#8216;a place for everything and everything in its place&#8217; isn’t just a mantra; it’s big business. Nowhere is this more evident than the kitchen pantry,&#8221; Drenten wrote. &#8220;As someone who studies digital consumer culture, I’ve noticed an uptick in glamorized, stylized and fully stocked pantries on TikTok and Instagram, giving rise to a content genre I dub &#8216;pantry porn.’”
Drenten wrote about how pantries emerged as a status symbol in the 1800s, then became more common in middle-class homes in the 20th century, before becoming ubiquitous in modern times. She then said that modern celebrity culture has made the pantry a status symbol once again, while social media influencers have also stepped in to bring the status symbol back down to the masses.
Furthermore, &#8220;pantry porn&#8221; stems from the early social media phenomenon of &#8220;food porn,&#8221; highly glamorized pictures of cooking and eating food.
Having established the pantry as a status symbol, Drenten goes further. &#8220;Storing spices in coordinated glass jars and color coordinating dozens of sprinkles containers may seem trivial,&#8221; she said. &#8220;But tidiness is tangled up with status, and messiness is loaded with assumptions about personal responsibility and respectability. Cleanliness has historically been used as a cultural gatekeeping mechanism to reinforce status distinctions based on a vague understanding of ‘niceness’: nice people, with nice yards, in nice houses, make for nice neighborhoods.&#8221;
&#8220;What lies beneath the surface of this anti-messiness, pro-niceness stance is a history of classist, racist and sexist social structures,&#8221; she concluded. &#8220;In my research, influencers who produce pantry porn are predominantly white women who demonstrate what it looks like to maintain a ‘nice’ home by creating a new status symbol: the perfectly organized, fully stocked pantry.&#8221;
Drenten also claimed that the trend reinforces sexist tropes about the domestic housewife as a feminine ideal. &#8220;Magazines like Good Housekeeping were once the brokers of idealized domestic work,&#8221; she wrote. &#8220;Now online pantry porn sets the aspirational standard for becoming an ideal mom, ideal wife and ideal woman. This grew out of a shift toward an intensive mothering ideology that equates being a good mom with time-intensive, labor-intensive, financially expensive care work.”
&#8220;Sure, all of those baskets and bins serve a functional purpose in the home: seeing what you need, when you need it,&#8221; she added. &#8220;But the social pressure to curate a perfect pantry might make some women work overtime. Pantry porn, as a status symbol, relies on the promise of making daily domestic work easier. But if women are largely responsible for the work required to maintain the perfectly organized pantry, it’s critical to ask: easier for whom?&#8221;

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Your Organized Pantry Is Rooted In Racism And Sexism, Says College Professor

Your Organized Pantry Is Rooted In Racism And Sexism, Says College Professor In Response To ‘Pantry Porn’ Trend

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CNN announced that embattled anchor Don Lemon would be back on the air on Wednesday morning — following &#8220;<a href="https://dailywire.com/news/don-lemon-will-be-back-on-cnn-after-class-on-not-making-sexist-comments/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">formal training</a>&#8221; to address sexist comments he made about 2024 Republican presidential hopeful Nikki Haley — and journalist Megyn Kelly responded to the news by offering up a potential syllabus.
Lemon, 56, faced <a href="https://dailywire.com/news/were-just-getting-started-janice-dean-blows-up-don-lemon-over-sexist-dig-at-nikki-haley/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">heavy criticism</a> after saying last Thursday that Haley — who is five years his junior — was no longer &#8220;in her prime.&#8221; Kelly, who had <a href="https://dailywire.com/news/megyn-kelly-says-don-lemon-has-a-pattern-of-making-sexist-comments-to-his-female-colleagues-brings-receipts/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">previously remarked</a> that Lemon had a history of making such comments, listed a few key points that she thought should be on the lesson plan.
&#8220;Day 1 of Don Lemon’s &#8216;formal training&#8217; on how not to be a misogynist. Let’s help!&#8221; Kelly tweeted. &#8220;1. Women are not damaged goods when they hit 40; 2. Rape victims don’t need your lecture on how to respond to their rape; 3. Women forgetting a fact do not have &#8216;mommy brain.&#8217; They’re, um… human.&#8221;
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Day 1 of Don Lemon’s “formal training” on how not to be a misogynist. Let’s help! 1. Women are not damaged goods when they hit 40. 2. Rape victims don’t need your lecture on how to respond to their rape. 3. Women forgetting a fact do not have “mommy brain.” They’re, um… human.
&mdash; Megyn Kelly (@megynkelly) <a href="https://twitter.com/megynkelly/status/1628028602703876097?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">February 21, 2023</a></blockquote>
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Kelly continued, referencing another alleged incident in which Lemon chastised &#8220;CNN This Morning&#8221; co-host Kaitlan Collins — after which she reportedly ran off the set.
&#8220;4. Screaming at your female co-anchor bc she interrupted you to the point where she runs away is considered rude &amp; unprofessional; 5. Postponing an ad break to mansplain to said co-anchor in front of the audience how to properly conduct an interview is an act of douchebaggery,&#8221; Kelly added.
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6. Defending sexism w/ “some of my best friends are” (in the group I attacked) wld not excuse racism &amp; it doesn’t excuse sexism. 7. “I’m going to continue to be me” is not an acceptable plan when “me” loathes women. 8. When under fire for misogyny, try to at least look/act sorry
&mdash; Megyn Kelly (@megynkelly) <a href="https://twitter.com/megynkelly/status/1628033294301372416?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">February 21, 2023</a></blockquote>
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&#8220;6. Defending sexism w/ &#8216;some of my best friends are&#8217; (in the group I attacked) wld not excuse racism &amp; it doesn’t excuse sexism,&#8221; Kelly added. &#8220;7. &#8216;I’m going to continue to be me&#8217; is not an acceptable plan when &#8216;me&#8217; loathes women; 8. When under fire for misogyny, try to at least look/act sorry.&#8221;
CNN CEO Chris Licht announced that Lemon would return — after agreeing to diversity training — for Wednesday morning&#8217;s broadcast.
Citing a &#8220;frank and meaningful&#8221; conversation with the embattled anchor, Licht added, &#8220;It is important to me that CNN balances accountability with fostering a culture in which people can own, learn and grow from their mistakes.&#8221;
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CNN president Chris Licht on his decision to bring back Don Lemon this week after his &quot;women in their prime&quot; comment on Thursday: &quot;It is important to me that CNN balances accountability with a fostering a culture in which people can own, learn and grow from their mistakes.&quot;
&mdash; Jeremy Barr (@jeremymbarr) <a href="https://twitter.com/jeremymbarr/status/1627880616984281090?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">February 21, 2023</a></blockquote>
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‘Try To At Least Look/Act Sorry’: Megyn Kelly Offers Sensitivity Training Syllabus For Don Lemon

Megyn Kelly Offers Sensitivity Training Syllabus For Don Lemon

Don Lemon

Megyn Kelly

&#8220;CNN This Morning&#8221; co-host <a href="https://dailywire.com/news/youre-not-a-new-generation-whoopi-goldberg-swipes-the-nikki-haley-attack-right-out-of-don-lemons-mouth/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Don Lemon</a> will be back in his regular chair on Wednesday, network CEO Chris Licht told employees in an email sent on Monday — but he will undergo &#8220;formal training&#8221; after comments he made late last week sparked a firestorm of outrage on both sides of the aisle.
&#8220;I sat down with Don and had a frank and meaningful conversation,&#8221; Licht said in a statement that was published in an <a href="https://www.cnn.com/2023/02/20/media/don-lemon-cnn-this-morning/index.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener">article</a> by CNN media reporter Oliver Darcy. &#8220;He has agreed to participate in formal training, as well as continuing to listen and learn. We take this situation very seriously.&#8221;
<p class="paragraph inline-placeholder" data-uri="archive.cms.cnn.com/_components/paragraph/instances/paragraph_A2821C1F-DE32-FF1B-2E6B-7244A136E3F3@published" data-editable="text" data-component-name="paragraph" data-analytics-observe="off">&#8220;It is important to me that CNN balances accountability with … fostering a culture in which people can own, learn and grow from their mistakes. To that end, Don will return to &#8216;CNN This Morning&#8217; on Wednesday,&#8221; he concluded.
<p data-uri="archive.cms.cnn.com/_components/paragraph/instances/paragraph_A2821C1F-DE32-FF1B-2E6B-7244A136E3F3@published" data-editable="text" data-component-name="paragraph" data-analytics-observe="off">Lemon, 56, sparked outrage — first from his co-hosts, Poppy Harlow and Kaitlan Collins, and then from a host of others on either side of the political aisle — when he claimed that former Gov. Nikki Haley (R-SC) was no longer &#8220;in her prime&#8221; at 51 years old.
<p data-uri="archive.cms.cnn.com/_components/paragraph/instances/paragraph_A2821C1F-DE32-FF1B-2E6B-7244A136E3F3@published" data-editable="text" data-component-name="paragraph" data-analytics-observe="off">Haley, who announced her bid last week for the 2024 Republican presidential nomination, suggested that many American politicians were not &#8220;in their prime&#8221; and proposed a cognitive test for those who were over 75 years old when they ran for office — and <a href="https://dailywire.com/news/don-lemons-sexist-slam-of-nikki-haley-draws-sharp-rebuke-from-cnn-co-host/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Lemon said</a> that the idea of bringing age into the conversation made him uncomfortable.
<p data-uri="archive.cms.cnn.com/_components/paragraph/instances/paragraph_A2821C1F-DE32-FF1B-2E6B-7244A136E3F3@published" data-editable="text" data-component-name="paragraph" data-analytics-observe="off">&#8220;This whole talk about age makes me uncomfortable,&#8221; Lemon said. &#8220;I think it’s the wrong road to go down. She says people, you know, politicians are suddenly not in their prime. Nikki Haley isn’t in her prime,&#8221; Lemon said during the <a href="https://www.mediaite.com/tv/things-get-awkward-after-don-lemon-dings-nikki-haley-by-insisting-women-are-in-their-prime-in-their-20s-30s-and-40s/">broadcast</a>. &#8220;Sorry, when a woman is in their prime [is] in [their] 20s and 30s and maybe 40s…&#8221;
<p data-uri="archive.cms.cnn.com/_components/paragraph/instances/paragraph_A2821C1F-DE32-FF1B-2E6B-7244A136E3F3@published" data-editable="text" data-component-name="paragraph" data-analytics-observe="off">Harlow and Collins were visibly taken aback by the comments, and both objected even as he doubled down.
<p data-uri="archive.cms.cnn.com/_components/paragraph/instances/paragraph_A2821C1F-DE32-FF1B-2E6B-7244A136E3F3@published" data-editable="text" data-component-name="paragraph" data-analytics-observe="off">&#8220;Don’t shoot the messenger, I’m just saying what the facts are. Google it. Everybody at home, when is a woman in her prime? It says 20s, 30s, and 40s,&#8221; Lemon continued. &#8220;I’m just saying Nikki Haley should be careful about saying that politicians are not in their prime, and they need to be in their prime when they serve. She would not be in her prime according to Google or whatever it is.&#8221;
<p data-uri="archive.cms.cnn.com/_components/paragraph/instances/paragraph_A2821C1F-DE32-FF1B-2E6B-7244A136E3F3@published" data-editable="text" data-component-name="paragraph" data-analytics-observe="off">Haley was unfazed by the attack, responding, &#8220;I have always made the liberals&#8217; heads explode. They can&#8217;t stand the fact that a minority, conservative, female would not be on the Democratic side.&#8221;
<p data-uri="archive.cms.cnn.com/_components/paragraph/instances/paragraph_A2821C1F-DE32-FF1B-2E6B-7244A136E3F3@published" data-editable="text" data-component-name="paragraph" data-analytics-observe="off">WATCH:
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Nikki Haley responding to Don Lemon&#39;s comments about her on CNN:
&quot;I have always made the liberals&#39; heads explode. They can&#39;t stand the fact that a minority, conservative, female would not be on the Democratic side.&quot; <a href="https://t.co/p8FY7eqOgT">pic.twitter.com/p8FY7eqOgT</a>
&mdash; Townhall.com (@townhallcom) <a href="https://twitter.com/townhallcom/status/1626600374856450048?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">February 17, 2023</a></blockquote>
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Don Lemon Will Be Back On CNN — After Class On Not Making Sexist Comments

'A Bit Embarrassing':Hollywood A-Lister Says He 'Wasn't Impressed' By The Ladies At 'The View'

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<a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/missouri" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Missouri</a> House lawmakers <a href="https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2023/01/13/missouri-state-legislators-adopt-more-strict-dress-code-women/11046371002/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">voted</a> to <a href="https://thehill.com/homenews/state-watch/3812448-missouri-house-adopts-new-dress-code-for-women-requiring-covering-of-arms/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">change</a> the women’s dress code on Wednesday, sparking outrage from Democrats and several legacy media <a href="https://www.npr.org/2023/01/13/1149057491/missouri-house-dress-code-women-cardigan" target="_blank" rel="noopener">reports</a> that looked to imply there was <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/sexism" target="_blank" rel="noopener">sexism</a> at play, even though the new code ended up looking surprisingly similar to the previous dress code.
Republican state Representative Ann Kelley pushed for the changes, saying that the dress code needed to be clarified.
&#8220;Isn&#8217;t it is essential to always maintain a formal and professional atmosphere on the House floor?&#8221; Kelley asked. &#8220;And to ensure this happens, I have felt compelled to offer this amendment, which cleans up some of the language in rule 98 by mirroring the previous language and the gentleman&#8217;s dress code.”
“Men are required to wear a jacket, a shirt and a tie, correct? And if they walked in here without a tie, they would get gaveled down in a heartbeat. If they walked in without a jacket, they would get gaveled down in a heartbeat. So, we are so interested in being equal,” Kelley also <a href="https://www.cnn.com/2023/01/13/politics/missouri-dress-code-lawmakers-house/index.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener">noted</a>.
“All we’re trying to do today is to take the same rules that we have and make them more clear,” Republican state Representative Brenda Shields <a href="https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2023/01/12/missouri-women-dress-code-arms-house/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">said</a>.
The previous dress code from 2021 <a href="https://house.mo.gov/billtracking/bills211/rules/rules.pdf" target="_blank" rel="noopener">states</a> that “[p]roper attire for women shall be dresses or skirts or slacks worn with a blazer or sweater and appropriate dress shoes or boots. This rule shall apply to all members and staff on the floor of the House and lower gallery.”
For men, it says that “proper attire for gentlemen shall be business attire, including coat, tie, dress trousers, and dress shoes or boots.”
The dress code amendment was approved in a voice vote. A rules package with the new dress code then <a href="https://house.mo.gov/BillTracking/PDFViewer/web/viewer.html?file=/billtracking/bills231/jrnpdf/jrn005.pdf#page=10" target="_blank" rel="noopener">passed</a> on Wednesday in a <a href="https://house.mo.gov/Bill.aspx?bill=HR11&amp;year=2023&amp;code=R" target="_blank" rel="noopener">vote</a> of 105-51.
One dress code amendment <a href="https://house.mo.gov/BillTracking/PDFViewer/web/viewer.html?file=/billtracking/bills231/jrnpdf/jrn005.pdf#page=10" target="_blank" rel="noopener">stated</a> that “[p]roper attire for women shall be business attire, including jackets worn with dresses, skirts, or slacks, and dress shoes or boots. For the purposes of this rule, ‘jacket’ shall include blazers and knit blazers.”
The word “cardigan&#8221; was also added after the word &#8220;blazers&#8221; in an amendment by Shields as people reportedly pushed back on the rule change.
Democrats, in particular, voiced their concerns on the House floor.
“We are fighting — again — for a woman’s right to choose for something. This time, it’s how she covers herself — and the interpretation of someone who has no background in fashion,” Democratic state Representative Raychel Proudie <a href="https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2023/01/12/missouri-women-dress-code-arms-house/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">argued</a> during a speech. “I spent $1,200 on a suit, and I can’t wear it in the People’s House because someone who doesn’t have the range tells me that it’s inappropriate.”
Proudie also said that some coworkers might be pregnant and would have to spend money on new attire to be in line with the rule.
&#8220;We are a place of laws and words do matter,&#8221; Proudie said. &#8220;This is a place where we ought to be dressed in business formal, which does call for women to have our arms covered. I think we&#8217;re being quite pedantic here by making rules so petty and what it will ultimately lead to is the disenfranchisement of folks.&#8221;
“You surely don’t have the money off the salary that we make to go buy a bunch of new clothes or tailored clothes, and I hope you’re able to continue to wear your cardigan and vote on behalf of the people who sent you here,” Proudie said.
Democratic State Representative Ashley Aune also pushed back, saying, “Do you know what it feels like to have a bunch of men in this room looking at your top trying to decide whether it’s appropriate or not?”
Kelley, in favor of the change, questioned why they were discussing the matter on the House floor at all.
“You would think, you would think, that all you would have to do is, say, dress professionally, and women could handle it,” Kelley responded. “You would think elected officials could handle that.”

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Democrats, Media Imply Sexism In Missouri Women Lawmaker Dress Code Change, But It Hardly Changed Anything

Democrats, Media Imply Sexism In New Missouri Women Lawmaker Dress Code, But It Hardly Changed Anything

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Does <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/gender" target="_blank" rel="noopener">gender equality</a> include men and women being allowed to publicly expose their breasts?
Well, according to Dorothy Stover — a lifelong resident of Nantucket, Massachusetts, and a self-proclaimed sex educator — the answer to that question is yes.
Stover scored a legal victory this week after Massachusetts Attorney General Maura Healey <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-KVDTiGDZ5k" target="_blank" rel="noopener">approved</a> an amendment recently passed by Nantucket voters that legalized toplessness for men and women on all island beaches.
She first advocated for the change last spring, proposing an amendment that read, &#8220;In order to promote equality for all persons, any person shall be allowed to be topless on any beach within the Town of Nantucket.&#8221;
According to Stover, the idea first came to her many years ago when she saw a cartoon showing a man and woman with the exact same body, with the male telling the female to cover up.
Her desire to ditch her bikini top legally was hastened again after she realized she couldn&#8217;t do so at a Nantucket beach, despite men being able to walk around bare-chested.
&#8220;I do like to go topless on the beach,&#8221; Stover <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-KVDTiGDZ5k" target="_blank" rel="noopener">explained</a> on a podcast recorded before voters approved the measure, explaining that there was a Nantucket beach where women could bare their upper half without hassle from authorities — even though it was illegal.
Yet she noticed a double standard one day on another part of the island after seeing several males who must have suffered from gynecomastia.
&#8220;I was at a different beach where you couldn&#8217;t be topless and I had this moment when I wanted to be topless,&#8221; she said. &#8220;I realized I couldn&#8217;t and as I looked around the beach, I&#8217;m like, &#8216;Wait you know there are people that there are men that have bigger breasts than I do right now but they&#8217;re able to be topless? Why can&#8217;t I be topless?'&#8221;
Stover apparently doesn&#8217;t see any difference between men&#8217;s chests and women&#8217;s breasts.
“We have the exact same makeup — men have mammary glands and nipples — and so I started reaching more into it and men can go topless but we can’t,” Stover previously <a href="https://nypost.com/2022/05/05/nantucket-residents-vote-to-allow-topless-beaches/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">said</a>.
Not all island residents support her ideas.
&#8220;If I have to go topless to prove I am equal to a male that is something wrong with that concept,&#8221; one woman <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6lLJ-E4pnho" target="_blank" rel="noopener">said</a> during a debate about the proposal last spring.
A man at the time also pointed out that Nantucket has strict laws about everything in hopes of keeping a certain aesthetic.
&#8220;We talk about preservation, we talk about making sure the shingles are gray, yet we&#8217;re going to pass something that could call undo attention to the island for wrong the reasons,&#8221; he said.
Another woman was offended by that comment, saying, &#8220;To the gentleman that just spoke, I don&#8217;t like to be compared to a shingle. My breasts are not shingles.&#8221;
For now, the town is requesting &#8220;everyone to be patient and respectful as the island adapts to this first-of-its-kind bylaw in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts.&#8221;
If you have to ask people to be &#8220;respectful,&#8221; isn&#8217;t it a sign that maybe this law isn&#8217;t the best way to achieve equality?
You don&#8217;t have to be a &#8220;sex educator&#8221; like Stover to understand that this will lead to heavy bouts of voyeurism.
The views expressed in this piece are the author’s own and do not necessarily represent those of The Daily Wire.

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