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Bruce served two years on NOW's board of directors, but later criticized the organization in one of her books. During the early 1990s, she spearheaded the campaign to publicly criticize the sexualized violence in the novel ''[[American Psycho]]'', and led an effort to [[boycott]] all titles by the book's publisher, [[Alfred A. Knopf|Knopf]], for a year.{{Citation needed|date=May 2009}}
Bruce served two years on NOW's board of directors, but later criticized the organization in one of her books. During the early 1990s, she spearheaded the campaign to publicly criticize the sexualized violence in the novel ''[[American Psycho]]'', and led an effort to [[boycott]] all titles by the book's publisher, [[Alfred A. Knopf|Knopf]], for a year.{{Citation needed|date=May 2009}}


In 1995, responding to verdict in the [[O. J. Simpson]] murder trial, Bruce said "What we need to teach our children is... not about racism, but is about violence against women″ and that her message to Simpson was "You are not welcome here, you are not welcome in this country, you are not welcome on our airwaves, you are not welcome in our culture." She also refused to discuss the issue on a talk show, reportedly saying "I don’t have time to argue with a bunch of black women; we’ve moved beyond that."<ref name="AP NEWS 1995">{{cite web | title=Group Apologizes for LA Leader's Remarks Following Simpson Verdict | website=AP NEWS | date=7 December 1995 | url=https://apnews.com/article/9cd05831c51771081d7573257404b649 | access-date=27 September 2022}}</ref> The NOW Executive Board voted to censure her for what it called these "racially insensitive comments".<ref name="AP NEWS 1995"/><ref name="Los Angeles Times 1996"/<ref>{{cite news| url=https://www.nytimes.com/1995/12/18/us/outspokenness-on-simpson-case-has-california-talk-show-host-in-acaldron.html?n=Top/Reference/Times%20Topics/Subjects/W/Women&pagewanted=all | work=[[The New York Times]] | title=Outspokenness on Simpson Case Has California Talk Show Host in aCaldron | first=Kenneth B. | last=Noble | date=December 18, 1995 | access-date=May 24, 2010}}</ref> In May 1996, Bruce resigned as president of Los Angeles NOW.<ref>{{cite news |last=Gleick |first=Elizabeth |url=http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,983921,00.html?promoid=googlep |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071202094927/http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,983921,00.html?promoid=googlep |url-status=dead |archive-date=December 2, 2007 |title=Fighting Words |date=January 8, 1996 |access-date=April 3, 2007}}</ref> Bruce claimed that the censure was due to her focus on [[domestic violence]], as opposed to defense attorney [[Johnnie Cochran]]'s "racial issues" trial argument.<ref name="Bruce, Tammy 2001">Bruce, Tammy. "The New Thought Police," Random House, 2001.</ref> Since then, Bruce has written about the dispute in her critique on what she sees as the failings of NOW and the [[political left]] in general. She has said that the [[feminist]] establishment in the U.S. has abandoned authentic feminism.<ref>{{cite news |last=Gillin |first=Beth |url=http://www.philly.com/mld/inquirer/news/magazine/daily/13279514.htm |title=Packing heat – and political punch |website=The Philadelphia Inquirer |date=November 29, 2005 |access-date=April 3, 2007 |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20051210141146/http://www.philly.com/mld/inquirer/news/magazine/daily/13279514.htm |archive-date = December 10, 2005}}</ref> Bruce resigned from NOW five months later, in May 1996. She launched a new organization, the [[Women’s Progress Alliance]] with Denise Brown, [[Nicole Brown Simpson]] sister, saying “We both have been controversial, and we both will remain controversial."<ref name="Los Angeles Times 1996"/><ref name="AP NEWS 1996">{{cite web | title=Embattled L.A. NOW President Quits, Forms Organization with Denise Brown | website=AP NEWS | date=7 May 1996 | url=https://apnews.com/article/f120a203b4a91f6d120041299c0695f8 | access-date=27 September 2022}}</ref>
In 1995, responding to verdict in the [[O. J. Simpson]] murder trial, Bruce said "What we need to teach our children is... not about racism, but is about violence against women″ and that her message to Simpson was "You are not welcome here, you are not welcome in this country, you are not welcome on our airwaves, you are not welcome in our culture." She also refused to discuss the issue on a talk show, reportedly saying "I don’t have time to argue with a bunch of black women; we’ve moved beyond that."<ref name="AP NEWS 1995">{{cite web | title=Group Apologizes for LA Leader's Remarks Following Simpson Verdict | website=AP NEWS | date=7 December 1995 | url=https://apnews.com/article/9cd05831c51771081d7573257404b649 | access-date=27 September 2022}}</ref> The NOW Executive Board voted to censure her for what it called these "racially insensitive comments".<ref name="AP NEWS 1995"/><ref name="Los Angeles Times 1996"/><ref>{{cite news| url=https://www.nytimes.com/1995/12/18/us/outspokenness-on-simpson-case-has-california-talk-show-host-in-acaldron.html?n=Top/Reference/Times%20Topics/Subjects/W/Women&pagewanted=all | work=[[The New York Times]] | title=Outspokenness on Simpson Case Has California Talk Show Host in aCaldron | first=Kenneth B. | last=Noble | date=December 18, 1995 | access-date=May 24, 2010}}</ref> In May 1996, Bruce resigned as president of Los Angeles NOW.<ref>{{cite news |last=Gleick |first=Elizabeth |url=http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,983921,00.html?promoid=googlep |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071202094927/http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,983921,00.html?promoid=googlep |url-status=dead |archive-date=December 2, 2007 |title=Fighting Words |date=January 8, 1996 |access-date=April 3, 2007}}</ref> Bruce claimed that the censure was due to her focus on [[domestic violence]], as opposed to defense attorney [[Johnnie Cochran]]'s "racial issues" trial argument.<ref name="Bruce, Tammy 2001">Bruce, Tammy. "The New Thought Police," Random House, 2001.</ref> Since then, Bruce has written about the dispute in her critique on what she sees as the failings of NOW and the [[political left]] in general. She has said that the [[feminist]] establishment in the U.S. has abandoned authentic feminism.<ref>{{cite news |last=Gillin |first=Beth |url=http://www.philly.com/mld/inquirer/news/magazine/daily/13279514.htm |title=Packing heat – and political punch |website=The Philadelphia Inquirer |date=November 29, 2005 |access-date=April 3, 2007 |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20051210141146/http://www.philly.com/mld/inquirer/news/magazine/daily/13279514.htm |archive-date = December 10, 2005}}</ref> Bruce resigned from NOW five months later, in May 1996. She launched a new organization, the [[Women’s Progress Alliance]] with Denise Brown, [[Nicole Brown Simpson]] sister, saying “We both have been controversial, and we both will remain controversial."<ref name="Los Angeles Times 1996"/><ref name="AP NEWS 1996">{{cite web | title=Embattled L.A. NOW President Quits, Forms Organization with Denise Brown | website=AP NEWS | date=7 May 1996 | url=https://apnews.com/article/f120a203b4a91f6d120041299c0695f8 | access-date=27 September 2022}}</ref>


In 1997, she hosted an overnight weekend talk show on [[KFI]].<ref>https://www.americanradiohistory.com/Archive-Other-Documments/LA-Radio-Guide/LA-Radio-Guide-1997-07.pdf {{Bare URL PDF|date=March 2022}}</ref> Bruce hosted a national radio program on [[Talk Radio Network]] throughout much of the 2000s.
In 1997, she hosted an overnight weekend talk show on [[KFI]].<ref>https://www.americanradiohistory.com/Archive-Other-Documments/LA-Radio-Guide/LA-Radio-Guide-1997-07.pdf {{Bare URL PDF|date=March 2022}}</ref> Bruce hosted a national radio program on [[Talk Radio Network]] throughout much of the 2000s.

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This article is about the political commentator. For the swimmer, see Tami Bruce.

Tammy Bruce
Born (1962-08-20) August 20, 1962 (age 62)
Los Angeles, California, U.S.
EducationUniversity of Southern California
Occupation(s)Radio host, writer, political commentator
Websitetammybruce.com

Tammy K. Bruce (born August 20, 1962) is an American conservative radio host, author, and political commentator. Earlier she had been president of the Los Angeles chapter of the National Organization for Women. She is currently an on-air contributor to Fox News and host of Get Tammy Bruce on Fox Nation.

Career

Bruce holds a bachelor's degree in political science from the University of Southern California.[1]

For seven years, Bruce served as president of the Los Angeles chapter of the National Organization for Women (NOW) (1990–1996). She was the youngest woman at the time to lead a major chapter of NOW.[2]

Bruce served two years on NOW's board of directors, but later criticized the organization in one of her books. During the early 1990s, she spearheaded the campaign to publicly criticize the sexualized violence in the novel American Psycho, and led an effort to boycott all titles by the book's publisher, Knopf, for a year.[citation needed]

In 1995, responding to verdict in the O. J. Simpson murder trial, Bruce said "What we need to teach our children is... not about racism, but is about violence against women″ and that her message to Simpson was "You are not welcome here, you are not welcome in this country, you are not welcome on our airwaves, you are not welcome in our culture." She also refused to discuss the issue on a talk show, reportedly saying "I don’t have time to argue with a bunch of black women; we’ve moved beyond that."[3] The NOW Executive Board voted to censure her for what it called these "racially insensitive comments".[3][2][4] In May 1996, Bruce resigned as president of Los Angeles NOW.[5] Bruce claimed that the censure was due to her focus on domestic violence, as opposed to defense attorney Johnnie Cochran's "racial issues" trial argument.[6] Since then, Bruce has written about the dispute in her critique on what she sees as the failings of NOW and the political left in general. She has said that the feminist establishment in the U.S. has abandoned authentic feminism.[7] Bruce resigned from NOW five months later, in May 1996. She launched a new organization, the Women’s Progress Alliance with Denise Brown, Nicole Brown Simpson sister, saying “We both have been controversial, and we both will remain controversial."[2][8]

In 1997, she hosted an overnight weekend talk show on KFI.[9] Bruce hosted a national radio program on Talk Radio Network throughout much of the 2000s.

In 2003, Bruce was appointed to serve on Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger's transition team after his successful recall election against Gray Davis.[10]

In 2009, after President Barack Obama and his family had moved into the White House, Bruce said, "we've got trash in the White House."[11][12]

Bruce returned to Talk Radio Network in November 2012 as a guest host during the move of The Laura Ingraham Show from TRN to Courtside Entertainment Group.[citation needed]. In 2014, Bruce created a short video for the conservative YouTube channel Prager University in which she summarized her criticisms of the contemporary feminist movement.[13][better source needed]

Bruce was the subject of controversy in May 2017, when appearing as a guest on Fox News show Tucker Carlson Tonight. She criticized an autistic child for asking Vice President Mike Pence for an apology when he accidentally brushed the young boy in the face.[14] She later apologized on air.[15]

In December 2018, Bruce appeared on Fox News to criticize the decision of one Scottish coffee shop to call "gingerbread men" "gingerbread people". Bruce said, "obviously, they're men". She characterized the decision by the coffee shop as "the tipping point" in policing free speech.[16][17][18]

Bruce is a Fox News contributor.[19] In 2019, she became the host of Get Tammy Bruce, which airs on the Fox Nation streaming service.[20][21]

Personal life

In a 2006 interview with C-SPAN, Bruce stated she was bisexual, and that for her, identifying as a lesbian was a choice. In an earlier speech, she identified herself as a pro-choice lesbian.[22]

At the age of 17, Bruce became lovers with 34-year-old Brenda Benet.[23] Later, Bruce and Benet lived together for nearly a year before Bruce moved out.[23] On April 7, 1982, two years after they had first met and two weeks after Bruce moved out, Benet committed suicide at her home during a lunch date with Bruce.[23]

Books

  • The New Thought Police: Inside the Left's Assault on Free Speech and Free Minds (Prima, 2001) ISBN 0-7615-6373-3
  • The Death of Right and Wrong: Exposing the Left's Assault on Our Culture and Values (Random House, 2003) ISBN 0-7615-1663-8[24]
  • The New American Revolution: Using the Power of the Individual to Save Our Nation from Extremists (Morrow, 2005) ISBN 0-06-072620-2

Films

Bruce made her film debut in the short feature film 2081,[25][better source needed] an independent film based on Kurt Vonnegut's short story "Harrison Bergeron." Bruce plays the role of Diana Moon Glampers, the United States Handicapper General in a technologically advanced, totalitarian-egalitarian state.[citation needed] Bruce also starred in a supporting role in the 2011 documentary The Undefeated.[26]

References

  1. ^ Malone, Noreen (January 20, 2011). "Sarah Palin's Biggest Fan". Slate. Retrieved October 11, 2019.
  2. ^ a b c "Tammy Bruce, Outspoken President of NOW's L.A. Chapter, Resigns". Los Angeles Times. May 7, 1996. Retrieved September 27, 2022.
  3. ^ a b "Group Apologizes for LA Leader's Remarks Following Simpson Verdict". AP NEWS. December 7, 1995. Retrieved September 27, 2022.
  4. ^ Noble, Kenneth B. (December 18, 1995). "Outspokenness on Simpson Case Has California Talk Show Host in aCaldron". The New York Times. Retrieved May 24, 2010.
  5. ^ Gleick, Elizabeth (January 8, 1996). "Fighting Words". Archived from the original on December 2, 2007. Retrieved April 3, 2007.
  6. ^ Bruce, Tammy. "The New Thought Police," Random House, 2001.
  7. ^ Gillin, Beth (November 29, 2005). "Packing heat – and political punch". The Philadelphia Inquirer. Archived from the original on December 10, 2005. Retrieved April 3, 2007.
  8. ^ "Embattled L.A. NOW President Quits, Forms Organization with Denise Brown". AP NEWS. May 7, 1996. Retrieved September 27, 2022.
  9. ^ https://www.americanradiohistory.com/Archive-Other-Documments/LA-Radio-Guide/LA-Radio-Guide-1997-07.pdf [bare URL PDF]
  10. ^ Nicholas, Peter; Gold, Matea (October 11, 2003). "Schwarzenegger Team Focuses on 2 Key Posts". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved May 24, 2010.
  11. ^ McAlister, Joan Faber (September 1, 2009). "_____ Trash in the White House: Michelle Obama, Post-Racism, and the Pre-Class Politics of Domestic Style". Communication and Critical/Cultural Studies. 6 (3): 311–315. doi:10.1080/14791420903063844. ISSN 1479-1420. S2CID 144331165.
  12. ^ Coates, Ta-Nehisi (March 23, 2009). "We're All White Trash now". The Atlantic. Retrieved November 19, 2019.
  13. ^ "Feminism 2.0". Prager University. Retrieved January 16, 2015.[permanent dead link]
  14. ^ "Fox News contributor apologizes for mocking 10-year-old boy with autism as a 'snowflake'". The Washington Post. Retrieved January 3, 2018.
  15. ^ "Fox News Contributor Tammy Bruce Apologizes for Comments About 'Snowflake' 10-Year-Old Boy". Mediaite. May 16, 2017. Retrieved January 3, 2018.
  16. ^ Moye, David (December 19, 2018). "Fox News Contributor Tells Tucker Carlson Gingerbread Cookies Are 'Obviously Men'". HuffPost. Retrieved December 20, 2018.
  17. ^ McNamara, Audrey (December 19, 2018). "Fox News' Tammy Bruce on 'Gingerbread People': 'Obviously, They're Men'". The Daily Beast. Retrieved December 20, 2018.
  18. ^ "Calling cookies gingerbread 'people' suggests we're 'spiritually neutering' ourselves, Fox News' Tucker Carlson says". theweek.com. December 19, 2018. Retrieved December 20, 2018.
  19. ^ Lemon, Jason (August 26, 2019). "Fox News contributor claims media 'think the American people should be punished' for electing Trump". Newsweek.
  20. ^ "Fox Nation Rolls Out New Slate Featuring Tyrus, Kat Timpf, Tammy Bruce, Lawrence Jones". May 23, 2019.
  21. ^ Nelson, Joshua (October 11, 2019). "Tammy Bruce: Biden campaign seems to think he cannot be criticized in mainstream media". Fox News Channel.
  22. ^ "Book Discussion: The New American Revolution – Video (Timestamp 4:25-4:35)". C-SPAN (Video). November 18, 2005. Archived from the original on August 7, 2022. Retrieved August 7, 2022.
  23. ^ a b c Bruce, Tammy (2003). The Death of Right and Wrong: Exposing the Left's Assault on Our Culture and Values. New York, New York: Three Rivers Press. pp. 2–5. ISBN 9781400052943. Retrieved July 14, 2021. {{cite book}}: |website= ignored (help)
  24. ^ "NYT Bestseller May 11, 2003". The New York Times. May 11, 2003. Retrieved October 30, 2008.
  25. ^ "Watch "2018" a new film based on Kurt Vonnegut's "Harrison Bergeron"". finallyequal.com. Retrieved January 19, 2015.
  26. ^ Swan, Betsy (April 13, 2017). "Steve Bannon's Deep, Weird Adoration of Sarah Palin". The Daily Beast. Retrieved April 22, 2020. The Undefeated, a film about Palin featuring Mark Levin, Tammy Bruce, and other conservative pundits.
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