Sandra Kobrin, Author at Women's eNews

Political Wives’ ‘Tipper Point’ Is Way Too Late

By Sandra Kobrin ● Commentary ● May 19, 2011

Maria Shriver asked for privacy this week in the matter of her breakup with Schwarzenegger over his “love child.” Sandra Kobrin says sorry, but when a woman stays married to a powerful womanizer, the personal turns deeply public and political.

Polanski, Letterman Sheltered By Casting Couch

By Sandra Kobrin ● Commentary ● October 14, 2009

Letterman and Polanski are in different quandaries, but Sandra Kobrin says they both benefit from Hollywood’s allegiance to letting powerful men get away with exploiting younger women.

Obama’s Trip Home Leads to Millions of Grandmas

By Sandra Kobrin ● Commentary ● October 29, 2008

Obama’s visit to his ailing grandmother last week was off the official campaign schedule. But Sandra Kobrin says it had to resonate with the growing numbers of older U.S. women who could use help rearing a second generation of offspring.

Hold the Escapism; We Need Some Real News

By Sandra Kobrin ● Commentary ● July 30, 2008

After spending too much time worrying about Christie Brinkley’s divorce and the fight at a WNBA basketball game, Sandra Kobrin confesses she needs help getting back to what’s really going on. She needs an escape from escapism.

Michelle: Hold Your Head High; We Got Your Back

By Sandra Kobrin ● Commentary ● June 18, 2008

From Fox News to vicious Internet rumors the media is turning Michelle Obama into the new female campaign target. But Sandra Kobrin says news watchers and the Obama campaign are hustling to her defense.

My Blockbuster Stars Laura Dern as Hillary

By Sandra Kobrin ● Arts & Culture ● June 6, 2008

After the events of the past week Sandra Kobrin is dreaming about a Hollywood blockbuster about female politicians that picks up where “Sex and the City” leaves off. For the starring Hillary role she’s thinking about casting Laura Dern.

News Outlets Crossed Line in Showing Spitzer Smut

By Sandra Kobrin ● Commentary ● March 26, 2008

For a few days Ashley Alexandra Dupre was a valid news subject. But Sandra Kobrin says media outlets–however financially struggling–had no business showing and peddling pictures of the prostitute at the center of the Spitzer sex scandal.

Scandal Spotlight Doesn’t Flatter Spitzer’s Wife

By Sandra Kobrin ● Politics ● March 12, 2008

A governor’s high-profile confession of using a prostitute should not require his wife’s presence, says Sandra Kobrin. She’s told her own husband that he’s on his own if anything like this happens to him.

Cable News’ Locker-Room Mentality Really Stinks

By Sandra Kobrin ● Commentary ● February 13, 2008

David Shuster has stirred the latest hue and cry against MSNBC after he slurred Chelsea Clinton last week. Sandra Kobrin says he’s just one symptom of a cable news culture that’s sick with misogyny.

What Hillary Needs Now: Less Bill, More Chelsea

By Sandra Kobrin ● Commentary ● January 30, 2008

After Bill’s damaging effects on Hillary’s campaign Sandra Kobrin says it’s too bad the former president can’t simply play the role of good political wife. But there is Chelsea to provide a strategically softer side.

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