Self-satisfied cries of ‘‘we told you so’’ are wafting out of France in the wake of the first major backlash against ‘‘rock star economist’’ Thomas Piketty and his theories on rising inequality.
Now that more of us are managing to make president, prime minister, director and CEO should we all continue to be patted on the back for getting there, no matter what our record or the merit of what we do, just because we are women?
The first-year anniversary reviews for French president François Hollande could not be worse.
France is gearing up for another round of mass demonstrations against gay marriage, as new laws granting same-sex couples the same legal status as wedded heterosexuals, including adoption rights, come before the Senate.
The Australia of my youth was not a place where adults were infantilized as constant victims, unable to stand up to even moderately rude and pushy bosses or insufferable colleagues.
The Australian model is being repeatedly held up as the standard for Barack Obama to follow in the wake of the Newtown massacre.
The last-minute peace deal between French President Francois Hollande and steel tycoon Lakshmi Mittal may have saved everyone’s face for the time being. ArcelorMittal plants in France will remain open and job losses will be averted after the government backed away from nationalization threats.
French feminists have had more than enough of sexpot-supermodel-songstress turned dutiful housewife-first lady Carla Bruni-Sarkozy and they are furiously flooding Twitter in the thousands to teach the former first lady a lesson.
We are witnessing a tipping point in global gender politics when a feisty female prime minister can aggressively call out her male opponent as a sexist and misogynist, immediately become an international online sensation, then surge to a 10-point poll lead.
