Mary Tyler "Molly" Ivins (August 30, 1944 – January 31, 2007) was an American newspaper columnist, author, political commentator, and humorist. Born in California and raised in Texas, Ivins attended

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and the

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. She began her journalism career at the ''

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'' where she became the first female police reporter at the paper. Ivins joined ''

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''. She became a columnist for the ''

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'' in the 1980s, and then the ''

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'' after the ''Times Herald'' was sold and shuttered (1991). Her column was subsequently syndicated by

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and carried by hundreds of newspapers. A biography of Ivins, ''Molly Ivins: A Rebel Life'', was co-written in 2010 by PEN-USA winning presidential biographer

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and W. Michael Smith. The ''Forbes Media Guide Five Hundred, 1994'' said:

Early life

Ivins was born in

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, and raised in

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. Her father, James Ivins, known as "General Jim" because of his rigid authoritarianism (or sometimes "Admiral Jim" for his love of sailing), was an oil and gas executive, and the family lived in Houston's affluent River Oaks neighborhood. Ivins graduated from St. John's School in 1962. In high school, she was active in

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, including the yearbook staff. She had her first pieces of journalism published in ''The Review'', the official

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of St. John's School, though she never wrote any of the political columns that would become her specialty later in life. Ivins later became co-editor of the arts and culture section of the student paper. In addition, she frequently participated in theater productions and earned a lifetime membership in ''Johnnycake'', the drama club. Ivins enrolled in

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in 1962, but was not happy there, and transferred to

in 1963. During that time, she became romantically involved with Henry "Hank" Holland, Jr., a family friend and student at Yale whom she referred to as "the love of my life". After he was killed in a motorcycle accident in 1964, her friends would later say that she never seemed to find anyone else who could replace his memory. Some say that is why she never married. She spent her junior year at the Institute of Political Science in Paris and received a Bachelor of Arts degree in history in 1966. She earned a master's degree from

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in 1967.Syracuse U. Bio
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retrieved 11/6/06.

Career

While at Smith, Ivins spent three summers as an intern at the ''

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''. Her jobs there included the complaint department as well as "sewer editor", as she put it, responsible for reporting on the nuts and bolts of local city life. After graduating from Columbia, she took a job in the Twin Cities at the ''

'', where she covered "militant blacks, angry Indians, radical students, uppity women and a motley assortment of other misfits and troublemakers". In 1970 Ivins left the ''Tribune'' for the city of

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, hired by

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, to be the co-editor and political reporter for ''

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and befriended folklorist

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, Secretary of State Bob Bullock and future Governor Ann Richards, among others. She also gained increasing national attention through op-ed and feature stories in ''

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'' and ''

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'' along with a busy speaking schedule inside and outside Texas. The ''Times'', concerned that its prevailing writing style was too staid and lifeless, hired her away from the ''Observer'' in 1976, and she wrote for the ''Times'' until 1982. During her run there, Ivins became

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bureau chief, covering nine western states, although she was known to say she was named chief because there was no one else in the bureau. Ivins also wrote the obituary for Elvis Presley in ''

'' for the August 17, 1977 edition. Generally, her more colorful writing style clashed with the editors' expectations, and in 1980, after she wrote about a "community chicken-killing festival" in New Mexico and called it a "gang-pluck", she was recalled to New York City as punishment. When Abe Rosenthal, editor of the ''Times'', accused her of trying to inspire readers to think "dirty thoughts" with these words, her response was, "Damn if I could fool you, Mr. Rosenthal." One friend saw her rebellion against the ''Times'' authority structure as a continuation of her rebellion against her father's authority. In late 1981, after receiving an offer from the ''

'' to write a column about anything she liked, Ivins left New York City for Dallas. Ivins wrote for the ''

'' for ten years and was nominated for the

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twice. By 1985 the editors had moved her to the paper's Austin bureau to reduce friction with Dallas city leaders. Her freelance work and speaking engagements continued to grow, and she hired Elizabeth Faulk, John Henry Faulk's widow, as a personal assistant. In 1991, her book ''Molly Ivins Can't Say That, Can She?'' was published, and spent 29 weeks on the New York Times bestseller list. Also in 1991, rival newspaper, ''

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'' bought the ''Times Herald'' and closed it down. The ''

'' immediately made Ivins an offer and said she could stay in Austin. Ivins accepted, and wrote a column for the Fort Worth paper from 1992 until 2001, when she became an independent journalist. Her column, syndicated b
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eventually appeared in nearly 400 newspapers nationwide. Ivins also remained a board member and contributor to the Texas Democracy Foundation, which publishes the ''Texas Observer'' in Austin.

Plagiarism allegations

In 1995, humorist

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wrote an article in '' The American Enterprise'' claiming that Ivins had plagiarized King's work in a 1988 ''Mother Jones'' article. Like Ivins, King—who was referred to as the "Queen of Mean" by ''

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'', which published her columns—pulled no punches in her writing. David Rubien, writing in ''

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'', described the incident: "In a 1995 article for ''Mother Jones'' on Southern manners and mores, she extensively quoted, with affectionate attribution, statements from Florence King's book ''Southern Ladies and Gentlemen''. But for some careless reason Ivins still fails to comprehend, she left the attribution off a few King statements." Ivins had also included her own words in a quotation she attributed to King. Ivins wrote a letter of apology to King, but characteristically ended it with: "As for the rest of your observations about me and my work ..., boy you really are a mean bitch, aren't you? Sincerely, Molly Ivins, plagiarist." ''The American Enterprise'' published Ivins's apology and King's reply in a later issue.

Health issues

For more than three decades, Ivins struggled with

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, described in her ''

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'' obituary as an "occupational hazard" of journalism. In her notebooks, she wrote of her struggles, "I should like to think the biggest mistake I have made in the first 30 years of my life was to start drinking and keep drinking" and "I have wasted so much time by getting drunk ... I have jeopardized my job from drinking and failed in my responsibilities as a journalist." Late in her life, she took some steps to treat the condition, spending some time at a "drunk school", then attending

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(AA) meetings for the last year-and-a-half of her life. In 1999, Ivins was diagnosed with stage III inflammatory breast cancer. The cancer recurred in 2003 and again in late 2005. In January 2006, she reported that she was again undergoing

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.''Houston Chronicle'', expired link
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She wrote two columns in January 2007 but returned to the hospital on January 26 for further treatment.

Death

Ivins died at her

, home in

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care on January 31, 2007, at age 62. After her death, George W. Bush, a frequent target of her barbs, said in a statement, "I respected her convictions, her passionate belief in the power of words. She fought her illness with that same passion. Her quick wit and commitment will be missed."Kelley Shannon,

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February 1, 2007. From August 23 to October 28, 2012, actress

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portrayed Molly Ivins in the play '' Red Hot Patriot: The Kick-Ass Wit of Molly Ivins'' by twin sisters and journalists Margaret and Allison Engel at

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in Washington, D.C. and at the Berkeley Repertory Theatre in Berkeley, California. Janice Engel (no relation) produced and directed a documentary, "Raise Hell: The Life & Times of Molly Ivins," inspired by the play.

Beliefs

Writing from an unabashedly

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perspective, Ivins repeatedly described herself as a populist and, on some occasions, as a left-libertarian. Ivins peppered her columns with colorful phrases to create the "feel" of Texas. Her writings often employ

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and satirical humor to make a very serious point. For example, in her 1993 essay "Taking a Stab at Our Infatuation with Guns", she begins by saying: When outraged by instances of what she considered malfeasance or stupidity on the part of public officials, she couched her argument in an air of stunned amusement. She enjoyed telling stories about the

, which she simply called "The Lege", calling it one of the most corrupt, incompetent, and funniest governing bodies in the nation. For example:

Practice, practice, practice, that's what Texas provides when it comes to sleaze and stink. Who can forget such great explanations as "Well, I'll just make a little bit of money, I won't make a whole lot"? And "There was never a Bible in the room"?

In 2003, she coined the term "Great Liberal Backlash of 2003", and was a passionate critic of the 2003

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. She is also credited with applying the nicknames "Shrub" and "Dubya" to George W. Bush. Ivins supported affirmative action and denounced President Bush for choosing Martin Luther King Jr.'s birthday to announce his opposition to the use of racial quotas at the

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Quotations

Notable quotes attributed to Ivins include: *On the subject of

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's combative Culture War Speech at the 1992 Republican Convention, which attracted controversy over Buchanan's aggressive rhetoric against

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, liberals, supporters of abortion and gay rights, and for his comparison of American politics to

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fare, Ivins quipped that the speech had "probably sounded better in the original

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". *"We are the people who run this country. We are the deciders. And every single day, every single one of us needs to step outside and take some action to help stop this war. ... We need people in the streets, banging pots and pans and demanding, 'Stop it, now!'" (from her last column) *"Having breast cancer is massive amounts of no fun. First they mutilate you; then they poison you; then they burn you. I have been on blind dates better than that." *"So keep fightin' for freedom and justice, beloveds, but don't you forget to have fun doin' it. Lord, let your laughter ring forth. Be outrageous, ridicule the fraidy-cats, rejoice in all the oddities that freedom can produce. And when you get through kickin' ass and celebratin' the sheer joy of a good fight, be sure to tell those who come after how much fun it was."—quoted by John Nichols for ''

'' Original source: "The Fun's in the Fight" column for ''Mother Jones'', 1993. Part of the original quote is currently posted in

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offices. *On

: "If left to my own devices, I'd spend all my time pointing out that he's weaker than bus-station chili. But the man is so constantly subjected to such hideous and unfair abuse that I wind up standing up for him on the general principle that some fairness should be applied. Besides, no one but a fool or a Republican ever took him for a liberal." (Introduction to ''You Got to Dance With Them What Brung You'') *On James M. Collins, U.S. Representative, R-Dallas: "If his IQ slips any lower we'll have to water him twice a day." Collins had said that the current energy crisis could be averted if "we didn't use all that gas on school busing." Ivins's quote engendered substantial controversy, with calls and letters pouring into her newspaper, ''The Dallas Times Herald''. The newspaper turned the controversy into a publicity campaign, with billboards all over the city asking, "Molly Ivins Can't Say That, Can She?"—which she later employed as the title for her first book. Specifically excerpts from interviews on October 3, 1991 and October 7, 2003. *"Of Bush's credentials as an economic conservative, there is no question at all—he owes his political life to big corporate money; he's a CEO's wet dream. He carries their water, he's stumpbroke—however you put it, George W. Bush is a wholly owned subsidiary of corporate America. ... We can find no evidence that it has ever occurred to him to question whether it is wise to do what big business wants."

Awards

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Award from the

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(2001) * Smith Medal from Smith College (2001) * Elected to the

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(2001)Ivins Bio, Creators Syndicate
/ref> * Ivan Allen Jr. Prize for Progress and Service (2003) * Pringle Prize for Washington Journalism from

(2003) * Eugene V. Debs Award in the field of journalism (2003) * David Brower Award for journalism from the

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(2004) *

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Prize for Political Journalism from the

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(2006) * The Molly National Journalism Prize from the Texas Democracy Foundation (2006) *Otis Social Justice Award from Wheaton College, MA (2004) In addition to these formal awards, Ivins said that she was particularly proud of two distinct honors—having the

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police force's

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pig named after her, and being banned from the Texas A&M campus.

Bibliography

*''Bill of Wrongs: The Executive Branch's Assault on America's Fundamental Rights'' (Random House, 2007) *''Who Let the Dogs In?: Incredible Political Animals I Have Known'' (Random House, 2004) *''Bushwhacked: Life in George W. Bush's America'' with Lou Dubose (Random House, 2003) *''Pipe Dreams: Greed, Ego, and the Death of Enron'' by Robert Bryce, foreword by Molly Ivins (PublicAffairs, 2002) *''Sugar's Life in the Hood: The Story of a Former Welfare Mother'' by Sugar Turner and Tracy Bachrach Ehlers, foreword by Molly Ivins (University of Texas Press, 2002) *''The Betrayal of America: How the Supreme Court Undermined the Constitution and Chose Our President'' (2001) with Vincent Bugliosi (Thunder's Mouth Press, 2001) *''Shrub: The Short But Happy Political Life of George W. Bush'' with Lou Dubose (Random House, 2000) *''You Got to Dance With Them What Brung You: Politics in the Clinton Years'' (Random House, 1998) *''Nothin' But Good Times Ahead'' (Random House, 1993) *''Molly Ivins Can't Say That, Can She?'' (Random House, 1991) *''The Edge of the West and Other Texas Stories'' with Bryan Wooley (Texas Western Pr, 1987)

In popular culture

In 2019 a documentary called ''Raise Hell: The Life and times of Molly Ivins'' was released.

Notes

*Ivins, Molly.
Bush-hater strikes again
. ''The Free Press''. October 16, 2003. *Ivins, Molly.
There Goes the Electrical Grid
. '' AlterNet''. July 12, 2005. *Ivins, Molly.
Who Needs Breasts, Anyway?
''Time Magazine''. February 18, 2002. * Robert Siegel and

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,
Molly Ivins Dies at 62 After Bout with Breast Cancer
, including interviews with and commentaries by Ivins, NPR, January 31, 2007.

References

External links

Molly Ivins column archive at ''Creators Syndicate''
* ttp://www.alternet.org/columnists/1406/ Stories by Molly Ivins at ''AlterNet''br>Selected Molly Ivins quotations
*
Minneapolis Tribune article by Ivins on Honeywell protest, April 1970Molly Ivins's campaign contributionsInterview excerpts on Fresh Air with Terry Gross from Oct. 3, 1991 and Oct. 7, 2003Who Let the Dogs In? An Hour with Political Columnist and Author Molly Ivins
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