by Heather Hastie | Oct 16, 2016 | US Politics, Women
Since the second presidential debate, there have been at least eight women who have come forward with allegations that they have been subjected to unwelcome sexual attention from Donald Trump. The ongoing reports of bad behaviour by Trump hasn’t made a single...
by Heather Hastie | Oct 12, 2016 | US Politics
Note: In quoting Donald Trump, this post includes crude and sexually explicit language. Just 48 hours before the second presidential debate, the Washington Post released an eleven-year-old video in which, among other things, Trump boasts of sexually abusing women and...
by Heather Hastie | Oct 6, 2016 | US Politics
No, I didn’t make that up – the credit goes to Greg Gutfeld of Fox New’s The Five and The Greg Gutfeld Show. I like it though, so I’m using it! So, one hour and 40 minutes before the vice-presidential debate even started the RNC (Republican...
by Heather Hastie | Oct 4, 2016 | US Politics
After posting my opinion about whether Donald Trump should attack Hillary Clinton for her treatment of the women her husband had some form of sexual relationship with (whether consensual or not) today, I checked my e-mails. Despite not ever signing up for them, I get...
by Heather Hastie | Oct 4, 2016 | US Politics
Short answer: “No.” A picture is worth a thousand words, and this one sums things up pretty well: There’s a lot more to it than that though of course. Everyone except Trump and his most blinkered acolytes accept that he lost the first debate. One of...
by Heather Hastie | Sep 8, 2016 | US Politics, Women
In typical Trump fashion, Trump makes his own truth. But it’s statements like this – calling Phyllis Schlafly “a champion for women” – that expose both his ignorance and misogyny. The truly great Phyllis Schlafly, who honored me with her...
