Voting for Hillary Because of Her Gender Doesn't Make You a Good Feminist—Bernie's Record Is Better

Sanders is better than Clinton not only on economic issues, but also on reproductive choice and gay rights. The following is an excerpt from the new book False Choices: The Faux Feminism of Hillary Clinton edited by Liza Featherstone (Verso, 2016): Hillary Clinton would be America’s first woman president. And for many, that is all she needs to be. Feminist writer Jessica Valenti declared her fealty as early as 2013, in The Nation op-ed titled “Why I’m Voting for Her,” illustrated by a silhouette of then secretary of state Hillary Clinton. In a moment of 2008 youthful indiscretion, Valenti admitted, she had voted for Obama, but, she wrote, “this time around I’m voting for a woman ... because...