According to blogger Nancy Goldstein, the economic stimulus bill is worse for women than men.Many of the jobs generated for women will come later and pay far less than jobs being created in fields dominated by men.http://www.salon.com/mwt/broadsheet/feature/2009/02/20/women_economy/index.html
Topic: Should the Obama administration work to eliminate pay inequality?
Category:citizen/journalistic /blog
Title: The Economy Is A Feminist Issue
Publication Information: Salon.com , an online news and entertainment site, since 1995.Posted Friday Feb.20,2009 at 10:57PST. Hosted by Open Salon, by the Salon Media Group which is headquartered in San Francisco,CA.
Author: Nancy Goldstein, A New York blogger and professor,topics of interest are women,gay rights and AIDS
Location:http://www.salon.com/mwt/broadsheet/feature/2009/02/20/women_economy/index.html
Accessed: 1:30 pm,February 23,2009
Support: Goldstein’s sources include NY TIMES Op-Ed articles that explain the realities of the stimulus bill. Her last sentence is “Let’s Change that” in reference to women not being informed about what the bill means for them. The entire sentence is a link to the article, “The End Of The Financial World As We Know It,” by Michael Lewis, so readers can find out immediately what they don’t understand.
Source Analysis: Salon.com has won awards such as Time Magazine’s best 50 web Sites. They attract 5.8 million monthly visitors, with a “real-time” magazine cover home page that changes with the posts received. The site is hosted by Open salon, where “you make the headlines”, and people can create an account and blog away. The Salon Media Group is headquartered in San Francisco,Ca, with satellites in New York and Washington and has managed to attract major advertisers , including Sony and Visa, to fund the site.
Usefulness: The site itself was created to put people with opinions in contact with others. This particular post was written as a plea to feminists to wake up and make some noise about the stimulus plan that seems destined to favor men. There are links to recent articles deconstructing the 1000-plus page plan,and to A New York Times Article entitled “The End Of The Financial World As We Know It.” Also a personal attack on NYC Mayor Bloomberg for giving top priority to Wall Street jobs. This relates to the question of how much is the administration doing to eliminate pay inequality, and are they on the right track.
Works Cited: Salon.com
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/01/04/opinion/04lewiseinhorn.html?scp=4&sq=Michael%20%20Lewis&st=cse
New York City Mayor Bloomberg
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