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Archive for October, 2011
By Guest Blogger Ariel Dougherty, cross-posted at the Women’s Media Center.
After the Oprah’s Documentary Club film “Miss Representation” aired on OWN last week, some opportunities to broaden consciousness about empowering media slipped through the ether amid the post-film discussion.
The bombardment of negative imagery from corporate media is surely extensive. Director Jennifer Siebel Newsom has […]
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American Culture, Commercialism, Feminism, International Media, Political Dissent, Media Justice Now, Pop Culture, Race, Girls and LGBT Youth | Comments (11)
This post is cross-posted with www.MissRepresentation.org, in advance of the film’s debut tonight on OWN, 9pm (8c).
In Miss Representation, actress-activist Rosario Dawson talks about how important it is for women to write their own stories. This is equally important in entertainment and in journalism alike.Yet as I discuss in the film, today’s media climate is […]
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Advertising, American Culture, The Blogosphere, Commercialism, Feminism, Political Dissent, Media Justice Now, Media Policy Reform, Pop Culture, Race, WIMN’s Executive Director’s Blog, Girls and LGBT Youth, Youth Activism, Body Image, Reality TV | Comments (2)
DVR Alert: Tune in to the award-winning documentary “Miss Representation” TONIGHT, Oct. 20, 9pm(8c) on OWN (the Oprah Winfrey Network).
I had the honor of being an adviser on — and being interviewed in — this powerful film about women and the media. “Miss Representation” is the first mainstream film to delve into sexism in […]
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Advertising, Age, American Culture, Commercialism, Electoral Politics, Feminism, Health & Sexuality, Media Justice Now, Pop Culture, Race, WIMN’s Executive Director’s Blog, Girls and LGBT Youth, Body Image, Reality TV | Comments (9)
Pink-illuminated skyscrapers greet me in downtown Philadelphia by night, and packages of pink-frosted cupcakes entice at my local Acme by day. It seems there’s no corner of our culture that’s NOT reminding us it’s Breast Cancer Awareness Month. First established in 1985 to encourage women to get mammograms, it has metastasized into a […]
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American Culture, Commercialism, Criminal Justice & Prisons, Health & Sexuality, Violence Against Women, Issues in the News | Comments (25)
Guest Blogger Coco Papy
“Sluts are a figment of the patriarchal imagination…” –Nicole Ouimette
“You know there is a rapist out here, right?”
I pause, unsure of what exactly is happening. A Brooklyn police officer is now standing directly in front of me, so close I can see his uniform stitching and smell his breath. I have […]
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American Culture, The Blogosphere, Domestic Politics, Feminism, Health & Sexuality, Human Rights & Civil Liberties, Political Dissent, Pop Culture, Race, Violence Against Women, Girls and LGBT Youth, Youth Activism, Issues in the News | Comments (38)
WHAT: “Women, Media, Revolution,” the 2011 Women PeaceMakers Forum
WHEN: October 5 - 7, 2011
WHERE: University of San Diego, Joan B. Kroc Institute for Peace & Justice Theatre
COST: None; Events are free and open to the public and the media.
When I founded Women In Media & News in 2001, it was with the core principle that […]
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I am extremely humbled to announce that my book, Reality Bites Back: The Troubling Truth About Guilty Pleasure TV, has been voted by Ms. readers onto Ms.’s Top 100 Feminist Non-Fiction Books list.
The magazine is revealing their Top 100 list in batches of ten books at a time, and so far I am blown […]
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