{"id":479,"date":"2007-12-19T10:20:00","date_gmt":"2007-12-19T15:20:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/girlwpen.com\/?p=479"},"modified":"2007-12-19T10:20:00","modified_gmt":"2007-12-19T15:20:00","slug":"welcome-to-the-glamocracy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thesocietypages.org\/girlwpen\/2007\/12\/19\/welcome-to-the-glamocracy\/","title":{"rendered":"Welcome to the Glamocracy"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/bp3.blogger.com\/_AjTpvPO_ddU\/R2kpJ6GtyRI\/AAAAAAAAAxM\/zXdvZxn1Bas\/s1600-h\/glamocracy-logo.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"float:left;margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer;cursor:hand\" src=\"http:\/\/bp3.blogger.com\/_AjTpvPO_ddU\/R2kpJ6GtyRI\/AAAAAAAAAxM\/zXdvZxn1Bas\/s200\/glamocracy-logo.jpg\" border=\"0http:\/\/www.blogger.com\/img\/gl.link.gif\" \/><\/a>As those who know me know, I&#8217;m all for the innovative intersection of politics and glam, if it helps engage more women in a worthy cause.  Like voting.  And campaigning.  And just the other week, <span style=\"font-style:italic\">Glamour<\/span> magazine launched a blog with promise: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.glamour.com\/news\/blogs\/glamocracy\">Glamocracy.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>As <a href=\"http:\/\/www.salon.com\/mwt\/broadsheet\/2007\/12\/18\/glamour\/index.html\">Broadsheet&#8217;s Carol Lloyd notes<\/a>, &#8220;it&#8217;s a clever move when an estimated 25 percent of the voters are 18-29 and an increasing number of those younger voters are actively following the presidential elections.&#8221; Here&#8217;s Lloyd&#8217;s assessment:<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-style:italic\">The idea behind Glamocracy is simple but deft. Five women from different backgrounds (but all within the youngish Glamour demographic) blog weekly on the 2008 elections. Amanda Carpenter, a 25-year-old reporter for conservative Web site TownHall.com, and Asma Hasan, a 33-year-old Muslim-American who describes herself as a moderate and currently registered Republican, fill out the right flank, while Fernanda Diaz, a student from Columbia University and first-time voter, and Caille Millner, a 28-year-old African-American editorialist for the San Francisco Chronicle and unabashed Barack Obama booster, make up the left. Only Rebecca Roberts, a 37-year-old journalist (and daughter of pundit Cokie Roberts), claims journalist&#8217;s license and resists showing her political undergarments&#8230;.Diaz&#8217;s post &#8212; about the candidates acting as if the youngest voters are &#8220;exotic animals&#8221; requiring full-time youth-outreach specialists and MTV-style events while regularly ignoring the international issues &#8212; taught me something I didn&#8217;t know. As might be expected, though, there&#8217;s plenty about candidates&#8217; wives and daughters. So far, mercifully, there&#8217;s not a single fashion do or don&#8217;t.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Personally, I think it&#8217;s brilliant.  I&#8217;ll look forward to watching it maintain its integrity, which, with these five writers behind it, should not be hard to do.  They&#8217;re off to a great start.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>As those who know me know, I&#8217;m all for the innovative intersection of politics and glam, if it helps engage more women in a worthy cause. Like voting. And campaigning. And just the other week, Glamour magazine launched a blog with promise: Glamocracy. 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