Bushwomen

“This book calls for serious scrutiny of the female figureheads of the Bush administration. More broadly, it calls for urgent attention to 21st-century sexual politics. This is no time to cede any ground to the Right on the basic issues of human equality. Progressive Americans have been demoralized for too long by timid leaders. Imagine what they might accomplish with a boost in morale. Perhaps, after all, it does come down to morality.”

In the months leading up to the November election, Bush’s team framed everything from agriculture to foreign policy as a “woman’s issue” while the Democratic contender refused to engage women voters specifically, calling them a “special interest group.”

In a scintillating new foreword to her New York Times bestselling book, BUSHWOMEN, Air America Radio host Laura Flanders assesses the central role of women – and sexual politics – in the 2004 Republican victory. Who are Bush’s women – Condoleezza Rice, Karen Hughes, Gale Norton and the others? This book – which unmasks their meteoric careers and nefarious allegiances – is more important than ever. The Bushwomen’s mission is critical to the entire Bush project. They are the female-friendly face on the most reactionary administration yet.

Reviews

“Flanders' detailed personal and career histories of six women appointed to the Bush administration (plus Lynne Cheney and Laura Bush) offer sharp insight into political history, hypocrisy, and opportunism, revealing how the women in question benefited from the policies they now oppose.” … Utne Magazine

“Laura Flanders’ Bushwomen exposes how women in the Bush Administration create a false, feminist diversity while leading renewed attacks on women, workers, the environment, and in the so-called war on terror. Cutting through the caricatures and spin, she writes with the sharp-edged rigor that she practices daily with her radio show and in her many columns. Crucial reading at a critical time, this book is hot.” … Amy Goodman, “Democracy Now!”

“Laura Flanders warns: John Ashcroft in a dress is still John Ashcroft.” … New Haven Advocate

“Bless you, Laura Flanders, for bravely and brilliantly unmasking the female impostors of the Bush Administration. … This is a crucial book for these times of masquerade and deceit. May it remind us that W does not stand for the rights of Women. May it ignite and encourage all women to remember where they come from, to stand up for their sisters, for freedom, justice and peace rather than exchanging their integrity for a tenuous seat in their mad father’s house.” … Eve Ensler, Obie Award winning playwright of The Vagina Monologues

“Laura Flanders has given us the perfect gift for these dangerous, dastardly days. Brilliant and compelling, this deeply researched, vividly written, stunning book tells us all we need to know to mobilize against this profoundly treacherous regime…. Every public citizen who wants to help avert disaster will benefit from this powerful book…. Read it before all regard for democracy and the public good are flushed away by these cynics and creeps, and their Bushwomen.” … Blanche Wiesen Cook, author of Eleanor Roosevelt

“Behind every bad man is a bad woman. And this book proves it.” … Jill Nelson, author of Sexual Healing and Volunteer Slavery

Laura Flanders is the host of “The Laura Flanders Show” on Air America Radio. She is the editor of The W Effect: Bush’s War on Women and the author of Real Majority, Media Minority: The Cost of Sidelining Women in Reporting.