It’s Impossible to Watch Amy Coney Barrett Without Thinking of Christine Blasey Ford
<p>Amy Coney Barrett, a “tireless mother of seven,” as Chuck Grassley and other Republican senators insist on pointing out, has spent all week sitting in front of the Senate Judiciary Committee, secure in her nomination to the Supreme Court. Watching the process play out has been a startling contrast to the Kavanaugh hearings two short years ago.</p>
<p>Judge Barrett is a “typical right-wing woman” <a href="https://gen.medium.com/what-amy-coney-barretts-supreme-court-nomination-means-for-women-88cf0d4149e9" rel="noopener">writes</a> </p>
<p><a href="https://medium.com/u/922c9d4804b5?source=post_page-----ac72095e1f01--------------------------------" rel="noopener" target="_blank">Jill Filipovic</a></p>
<p>, “someone who undermines feminism, even when she herself has benefited from it. There’s no doubt the GOP will trumpet the fact Barrett is a woman and try to use her gender to bulldoze over feminist concerns: “How can you say she’s anti-woman? She’s a woman.”</p>
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