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Archive for March, 2007
I am trying to get into the habit of posting here more often.
In the interest of getting into the habit of blogging, and because I have not stopped thinking about this article, I would like to draw your attention to TomDispatch.Com, where a journalism student named Meghann Farnsworth has written a staggering article about […]
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Uncategorized, Human Rights & Civil Liberties, Latina/o Community, US Foreign Policy |
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Very quickly: I’m at the Facing Race: A National Conference right now, where WIMN’s Voices blogger (and Applied Research Centere president and Colorlines publisher) Rinku Sen just participated in a powerful opening plenary session, in which media justice issues, including the intersections of news, popular entertainment media and racial and political justice issues were discussed […]
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African Americans in Entertainment, American Culture, Asian American community, The Blogosphere, Commercialism, Domestic Politics, Economics, Electoral Politics, Feminism, Health & Sexuality, Hip Hop Culture, Human Rights & Civil Liberties, Immigration, Political Dissent, International Media Activism, Latina/o Community, Legal & Political Affairs, Media Justice Now, Media Policy Reform, Native American Community, Pop Culture, Race, Technology & Communication, War, WIMN’s Executive Director’s Blog, Youth Activism, Issues in the News, Outrages & Responsibilities, Public Relations |
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Four months have passed since Sri Lankan journalist Parameshwari Munusamy was arrested by the island nation’s Terrorism Investigation Division (TID). She has been in custody since November without any formal charges being brought against her so far.
It was, ironically, on International Women’s Day (8 March) that a petition filed by 25-year-old Parameshwari, alleging violation […]
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Arms & Conflict, Human Rights & Civil Liberties, International Media, International Media Activism, Media Justice Now, Media Policy Reform, War, Issues in the News |
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Ain’t nothin’ hotter than a dead girl. That’s the take-away message from this week’s episode of America’s Next Top Model, in which Tyra “I care so much about my girls” Banks & co. created the most brazen bit of ad-industry misogyny ever to grace the reality TV genre: an entire episode presenting a gaggle […]
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Advertising, American Culture, Commercialism, Feminism, Health & Sexuality, Pop Culture, Violence Against Women, WIMN’s Executive Director’s Blog, Girls and LGBT Youth, Reality TV |
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By Guest Blogger Lindsay Beyerstein
The New York Times Magazinethis Sunday ran quite a good article about female vets with PTSD, headlined, “The Women’s War.” A cover tease for the piece includes this quote:
“More than 160,000 women have been deployed to the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan . They have experienced more lethal attacks than American […]
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American Culture, Arms & Conflict, Criminal Justice & Prisons, Health & Sexuality, Human Rights & Civil Liberties, Legal & Political Affairs, US Foreign Policy, Violence Against Women, War, Workplace Discrimination, Issues in the News, Outrages & Responsibilities |
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I recently had the opportunity to speak at the Left Forum (formerly the Socialist Scholars Conference), on a panel called “Doing Independent Reporting: A Tribute to Brad Will.” Given that frame, in preparing my remarks I considered the reporting on Oaxaca, where Brad was killed, and the recent coverage of popular uprisings in Mexico. I […]
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Arms & Conflict, Feminism, Human Rights & Civil Liberties, International Media, Political Dissent, International Media Activism, Media Justice Now, US Foreign Policy, Violence Against Women, War, Outrages & Responsibilities |
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Call me crazy, but it still gets my goat that the entire Iraq debate takes place without the input of the female majority. The Sunday TV talk shows are wall-to-wall male. Tim Russert seems his most relaxed, when–as again on March 18–he’s surrounded by white men. Russert’s not the only one, on the day before […]
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American Culture, Arms & Conflict, Domestic Politics, Electoral Politics, Feminism, Political Dissent, Media Justice Now, US Foreign Policy, War, Issues in the News, Outrages & Responsibilities |
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Lucinda Marshall’s 15 March post about women in/and news coverage during Women’s History Month (which, incidentally, is not widely observed in India) reminded me that I had been wanting to highlight the continuing neglect and/or desecration of International Women’s Day in many parts of the world – and certainly in my country, especially over the […]
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Feminism, International Media, International Media Activism, Issues in the News |
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By Guest Blogger Veronica I. Arreola, board member, Women In Media & News
I was sitting in a coffee shop flipping through Wed.’s Chicago Red Eye (a heavily distilled version of the Chicago Tribune marketed towards the 18-25 crowd and distributed free around college campuses) when I saw the headline: “UIC student held on weapons charges.” […]
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American Culture, Feminism, Violence Against Women, Issues in the News, Outrages & Responsibilities |
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In the last few days, I’ve come across a few astonishing ads that illustrate the worst and best of how fashion advertising addresses women’s body image:
THE WORST:
MARC JACOBS ad: The newest ad campaign for this women’s wear designer is striking for its unusual choice of model: actress Dakota Fanning. Yes, Dakota Fanning, […]
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Advertising, Commercialism, Pop Culture, Girls and LGBT Youth, Humor |
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