{"id":1409701,"date":"2022-03-30T09:59:35","date_gmt":"2022-03-30T13:59:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1409701"},"modified":"2022-03-30T09:59:52","modified_gmt":"2022-03-30T13:59:52","slug":"sign-of-the-times-blackburn-sells-define-a-woman-shirts-amid-media-attack","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/sign-of-the-times-blackburn-sells-define-a-woman-shirts-amid-media-attack\/","title":{"rendered":"Sign Of The Times: Blackburn Sells \u2018Define A Woman\u2019 Shirts Amid Media Attack"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">26<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fsign-of-the-times-blackburn-sells-define-a-woman-shirts-amid-media-attack%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1409701&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>Capitalizing on controversy, Sen. Marsha Blackburn, R-Tenn., plans to sell \u201cDefine A Woman\u201d t-shirts on her campaign website this week. According to a preview shared with The Federalist, the hot-pink shirts include a dictionary definition of the word \u201cwoman\u201d and will sell for $35.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Blackburn took heat from the media last week for asking Kentanji Brown Jackson whether she could provide a definition of \u201cwoman\u201d during the judge\u2019s confirmation hearing before the Senate Judiciary Committee. Jackson, nominated to the Supreme Court by President Joe Biden, <a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/2022\/03\/23\/judge-nominated-to-supreme-court-on-the-basis-of-her-sex-cant-define-woman\/\">declined<\/a> to define the word, replying, \u201cI\u2019m not a biologist.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Asked about Blackburn\u2019s decision to lean into the controversy, a senior GOP communications official told The Federalist, \u201cWhen the lunacy of the left has infiltrated every aspect of American life \u2014 corporations, sports, media, and politics \u2014 it shouldn\u2019t surprise anyone that Republicans are leaning into moments like this.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe culture war is being waged by the left on battlefields that were unthinkable just a few years ago \u2014 what is a woman, teaching sex to kindergarteners,\u201d the GOP official continued. \u201cRepublicans are well within the mainstream for suggesting a\u00a0woman is, well, a woman.\u201d<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"648\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/3B48DE69-EE70-45B1-8449-D8B4AF01230E-1024x648-1.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-269870\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/3B48DE69-EE70-45B1-8449-D8B4AF01230E-1024x648-1.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/3B48DE69-EE70-45B1-8449-D8B4AF01230E-300x190.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/3B48DE69-EE70-45B1-8449-D8B4AF01230E-768x486-1.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/3B48DE69-EE70-45B1-8449-D8B4AF01230E-1536x972-1.jpeg 1536w, https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/3B48DE69-EE70-45B1-8449-D8B4AF01230E-2048x1296-1.jpeg 2048w\" \/><\/figure>\n<p>The New York Times <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2022\/03\/23\/us\/politics\/ketanji-brown-jackson-woman-definition.html\">claimed<\/a> Blackburn\u2019s question \u201cadded another social issue to the list of cultural grievances the G.O.P. is foisting upon [Jackson] in her confirmation hearings.\u201d Jimmy Kimmel <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thedailybeast.com\/jimmy-kimmel-gives-it-to-marsha-blackburn-you-are-a-horrible-woman\">called<\/a> Blackburn \u201ca horrible woman\u201d on his late-night show, and a Philadelphia Inquirer columnist <a href=\"https:\/\/www.inquirer.com\/opinion\/ketanji-brown-jackson-woman-marsha-blackburn-20220329.html\">called<\/a> her a \u201cbigot.\u201d The Washington Post\u2019s national correspondent <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/politics\/2022\/03\/23\/remarkable-bad-faith-involved-what-is-woman-attack\/\">claimed<\/a> the question was asked in \u201cremarkable bad faith,\u201d while feminist blog Jezebel <a href=\"https:\/\/jezebel.com\/marsha-blackburn-is-a-prime-example-of-the-self-victimi-1848697655\">said<\/a> the senator\u2019s inquiry served as \u201ca shining example of how white women help uphold white patriarchy.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Perhaps most memorably, a USA Today correspondent <a href=\"https:\/\/www.usatoday.com\/story\/life\/health-wellness\/2022\/03\/24\/marsha-blackburn-asked-ketanji-jackson-define-woman-science\/7152439001\/\">wrote<\/a> a story headlined, \u201cMarsha Blackburn asked Ketanji Brown Jackson to define \u2018woman.\u2019 Science says there\u2019s no simple answer.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Almost none of the coverage mentioned that Blackburn asked the question in the context of\u00a0<em>U.S. v. Virginia<\/em>, a landmark Supreme Court case that dealt with sex differences. Jackson said she was \u201cnot familiar\u201d with the case.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>In a statement to The Federalist, Blackburn referenced the case again. \u201cIt is absurd that Joe Biden pushed for a female nominee who cannot even define the word \u2018woman.\u2019\u00a0As Justice Ginsburg said in\u00a0<em>United States v. Virginia<\/em>, there are physical differences between men and women that are enduring,\u201d said the senator. \u201cIt is frightening that, if confirmed, Judge Jackson will be expected to rule on cases involving women \u2014 in schools, in sports, and in the workplace \u2014 yet refuses to comment on the fundamental difference between a man and a woman.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Blackburn further framed her pushback as a fight \u201cagainst the radical Left\u2019s attempt to destroy our nation and our values.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>While the pro-trans agenda may be popular in legacy media, it remains unpopular among Blackburn\u2019s constituents. A Vanderbilt University poll of Tennessee voters conducted last year \u201cfound that 60% of respondents\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.tennessean.com\/story\/news\/politics\/2021\/03\/26\/tennessee-gov-bill-lee-signs-transgender-athlete-bill-into-law-despite-concerns-trans-community\/7020244002\/\">support<\/a> requiring students in middle and high school to play on the sports team corresponding with their sex at the time of birth,\u201d <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tennessean.com\/story\/news\/politics\/2021\/06\/08\/transgender-sports-jobless-benefits-permitless-carry-gov-bill-lee-vanderbilt-poll\/7590516002\/\">according<\/a> to The Tennessean. <\/p>\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\" \/>\n<p>\n  Emily Jashinsky is culture editor at The Federalist. She previously covered politics as a commentary writer for the Washington Examiner. Prior to joining the Examiner, Emily was the spokeswoman for Young America\u2019s Foundation. She\u2019s interviewed leading politicians and entertainers and appeared regularly as a guest on major television news programs, including \u201cFox News Sunday,\u201d \u201cMedia Buzz,\u201d and \u201cThe McLaughlin Group.\u201d Her work has been featured in the Wall Street Journal, the New York Post, Real Clear Politics, and more. Emily also serves as director of the National Journalism Center and a visiting fellow at Independent Women&#8217;s Forum. Originally from Wisconsin, she is a graduate of George Washington University.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Capitalizing on controversy, Sen. Marsha Blackburn, R-Tenn., plans to sell \u201cDefine A Woman\u201d t-shirts on her campaign website this week. 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