"The 'Binders Full of Women' Outrage Still Makes No Sense". "Romney's binders, still full of women, are unearthed". "Jeopardy! Hosts 'A Binder Full of Women' Category". "Jeopardy Features "Binder Full Of Women" Category". ^ Kaczynski, Andrew (February 26, 2013)."How Mitt Romney had 'whole binders of women' for staff positions as governor". "Romney Challenged on How He Got the Binder Full of Women Managers". "Obama: 'We don't have to collect a bunch of binders' to find qualified women". "Internet Takes Off With Mitt Romney's 'Binders Full of Women' ". "Amazon's Binder Pages Flooded With Snarky Romney-Related Reviews". ^ Grossman, Samantha (October 18, 2012).^ " 'Binders Full of Women' Spawns Three-Ring Circus on Web"."Presidential Debate Spins 'Binders Full Of Women' Meme, Fact Checks". ^ a b c "Romney's 'Binder full of women' comment spills onto campaign trail"." 'Binders,' cooking and equal pay: Did Romney undo gains with women voters?". ^ Abdullah, Halimah (October 18, 2012).In Season 3, Episode 3 of the Hulu series, Commander Joseph Lawrence says: “Binders full of women.” Considering the show’s dystopian genre and premise (in which The United States is largely overtaken and replaced with Gilead, a patriarchal authoritarian regime), the inclusion of this phrase in the fictional show’s script is believed to be a nod to the real-life phrase used by Romney. On June 5, 2019, the phrase “binders full of women” was used in the television show The Handmaid’s Tale. Cooke of National Review criticized media coverage of the scandal, saying that "I am yet to hear an explanation of what was wrong with Romney’s line that isn’t wholly incoherent." In 2017, a former Romney aide recovered the binders Romney was referring to and gave them to The Boston Globe. The clues were about famous or powerful women.
On February 25, 2013, the game show Jeopardy! referenced the meme with a category titled "A Binder Full of Women". The group compiled the names of female applicants and offered them to both Romney and his Democratic opponent Shannon O'Brien before the election. The coalition issued a statement saying that they had approached both Romney and his opponent's campaigns prior to the election to ask for a commitment to appoint more women to address underrepresented women in Massachusetts' government. Romney's statement that he was the one who initiated the recruitment of so many women was challenged by MassGAP, a coalition of women's groups affiliated with the Massachusetts Women's Political Caucus. The Washington Post stated that "Mitt Romney's 'binders full of women' comment during the second presidential debate did more than go viral it put women's issues back in the campaign spotlight." MassGAP response Īt a campaign stop Barack Obama referenced the phrase: "I've got to tell you, we don't have to collect a bunch of binders to find qualified, talented, driven young women". A parody Twitter account that portrayed itself as a binder owned by Romney attracted 30,000 followers before the debate was even over. received a barrage of satirical reviews for generic binders, with thousands of users marking the reviews as "helpful", moving them to the top of the review pages. Reactions Internet meme īy the day after the debate, a Tumblr blog and posts had been created illustrating commentary on the phrase, tweets and original works of art had been produced, and a Facebook page about "Binders Full of Women" had received 274,000 likes. I went to a number of women's groups and said, 'Can you help us find folks?' And they brought us whole binders full of women." Even while the debate was ongoing, comedic commentary about the phrase had begun to be published online. When asked about pay equity for women at the debate, Romney said, "I had the chance to pull together a cabinet, and all the applicants seemed to be men.
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