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The New Jersey-born activist acted as the Recording Industry Association of America's chairman for five years, acted lesbian social networking site Ourchart's president, served as Human Rights Campaign's interim executive director back in 2004 and currently serves as Huffington Post's political director, a gig she accepted earlier this year. With all that experience under her belt, you can be sure Rosen, who previously endorsed Hillary Clinton's campaign, has scads to say about the current electoral climate, including the increasingly "blurred" lines between press and politics, her feelings on Clinton's departure, sexism in the press and how the lived experience shapes one's political views. And, thankfully, Rosen shared her thoughts - and many more - with our trusty editor. Before getting into all of that, however, the duo start things off at the "beginning" of Rosen's queer career: her coming out. Read all about it, after the jump… |
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Things are looking good for Hilary. No, not Hillary Clinton. Hilary Rosen - former Recording Industry Association of America CEO, noted gay activist and political consultant - just joined the staff over at Huffington Post, where she'll act as Washington Editor-At-Large and political director, according to a press release sent out this afternoon. |
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• Sacramento's CBS renacts Larry Craig's toilet habits. • Hilary Rosen is glad Larry Craig's "not gay". |
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The sappho-journo found, to her delight, that Cheney Country's no more. Rosen writes, "Cheney Country no longer exists. And Wyoming is so beautiful." Now, if only we could extend the trend from coast-to-coast. |