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- 1 2 3 4 5 6 Paul Farhi, "The Voice of Experience? Um, Not Exactly", Los Angeles Times, 27 May 2000
- ↑ Stephen Klien, "Ann Coulter's Inconvenient Gender: The Conservative Feminine Persona and Legitimate Public Agency", Proceedings of 2011 National Communication Association Convention
- 1 2 Susan Estrich, Sex & Power, New York: Riverhead Books, 2001, ISBN 1-57322-893-1, page 207
- ↑ Hunter Baker, "Down Syndrome", The American Spectator, 19 August 2004
- 1 2 Daniel M. Gold, "Mixing It Up With the Charmer, the Flight Attendant and the Pundette", New York Times, 1 September 2012