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Archive for October, 2007
The U.S. economy does not produce enough good jobs, and as a result, many families are unable to afford basics like housing, food, or health care. This Associated Press piece documents the ways that some families are coping.
What is interesting about this article is that the stories highlighted are about people who either have […]
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American Culture, Economics, Issues in the News |
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I went to the NAMAC conference this weekend, which I describe elsewhere and was insanely fun, but for days, one of the questions from the audience after the panel I was on was stuck in my craw.
The issue pretty much revolved around the use of the phrase “not throwing the baby out with the […]
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Uncategorized, American Culture, Commercialism, Feminism, Pop Culture, Body Image |
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[Update: To those of you who tuned in to CNN to watch this segment and didn’t see me on it — apologies. Due to a bizarre miscommunication between the car service and the CNN studio, I hopped into the car, opened up my laptop and began to work… looked up a half an hour later […]
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Age, American Culture, Commercialism, Feminism, Human Rights & Civil Liberties, Legal & Political Affairs, Media Justice Now, Media Policy Reform, Pop Culture, WIMN’s Executive Director’s Blog, Workplace Discrimination, Issues in the News, Outrages & Responsibilities, Public Relations, Body Image |
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Another in the list of job openings in the growing field of media reform. As always, if you want to list your journalism, media activism or media related job on WIMN’s Voices, send announcements to info[at]wimnonline[dot]org
Open Position: Media Policy Working Group Program Coordinator
Grantmakers in Film + Electronic Media (GFEM) is an association of grantmakers committed […]
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Media Justice Now, Media Policy Reform, Pop Culture, Technology & Communication, WIMN’s Executive Director’s Blog, Journalism, Media or Advocacy Jobs |
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My title gives you the very short version of a very long article “The New Girl Order” by Kay S. Hymowitz in the City Journal . And what is “the new girl order”, according to Hymowitz? It is a world where young women delay marriage because they just want to have fun. Think “Sex and the City”:
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Feminism, Human Rights & Civil Liberties, Immigration, Parenthood & Family |
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Editorial note from WIMN: On Monday, WIMN’s Voices blogger Heather Boushey posted about an event bringing leading women journalists, researchers and advocates together to discuss and debate the continued (and often inaccurate) media controversy over what media insist on calling “the opt-out” phenomenon related to women and work. Here’s a brief report-back from the event.
By […]
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Age, American Culture, Commercialism, Domestic Politics, Economics, Feminism, Human Rights & Civil Liberties, Parenthood & Family, Pop Culture, Workplace Discrimination, Issues in the News |
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Most of the time, my writing about the profit motives of big media focuses on the negative consequences of media economics over mainstream journalism and the free-flow of information, or on the production and promotion of increasingly violent, misogynistic portrayals of women in entertainment fare.
This time, I have nothing that lofty to report… except […]
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Advertising, American Culture, Commercialism, Pop Culture, WIMN’s Executive Director’s Blog, Issues in the News, Humor |
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Do you want to know whether women are indeed leaving the labor market and “opting out”? Then come to this terrific event at the New School in New York City.
WORKING MOTHERS: WHO’S OPTING OUT?
Tuesday, October 16, 7 p.m., $8 admission
The New School, New York City
Wollman Hall, 65 West 11th Street, 5th floor (enter at 66 […]
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A British paper dares to warn women of cosmetics’ potential health dangers
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Age, Environment, Health & Sexuality, Science, Body Image |
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