As many long-time WIMN’s Voices readers know, I spent the bulk of 2009 - 2010 writing Reality Bites Back: The Troubling Truth About Guilty Pleasure TV, which will be published by Seal Press on Nov. 1.
Until then, you can learn more about the book at the newly launched RealityBitesBackBook.com, where you can read excerpts, […]

By Guest Blogger Cindy Gallop

This weekend a storm blew up in the blogosphere. It began on Friday with Shira Ovide’s piece on WSJ.com, “Addressing the Lack of Women Leading Emerging Tech,” which quoted Rachel Sklar:
“Part of changing the ratio is just changing awareness, so that the next time Techcrunch is planning a Techcrunch Disrupt, […]

By Guest Blogger Janna A. Zinzi, cross–posted at Feministe.
Over the last month or so, I’ve been following this story about trendy makeup company MAC’s inappropriate collaboration with design duo Rodarte. It was reported that the unnamed collection, due to launch in September, was inspired by Rodarte’s trip through Texas which exposed them to Mexican […]

Last night Ali Fedotowski, ABC’s “single gals should give up their careers to search for husbands lest they be miserable forever” cautionary tale — AKA, the star — of The Bachelorette season six, got engaged to Roberto Martinez. (By the way, no talk in the “After the Final Rose” post-script of Ali trying to win […]

Yesterday, from St. Petersburg Times media critic Eric Deggans, came the headline: “Julie Chen gets View-style talk CBS show; should wife of CEO have three jobs on the network?”
Chen, who anchors CBS’s daily Early Show and hosts CBS’s backstabby summer reality TV ratings staple, Big Brother, is oh-so-conveniently married to the network’s CEO, […]

UPDATE, July 13: Here’s a sample of last night’s livetweets of “The Bachelorette”:
@jennpozner: We begin as always: 6seasons of #Bachelorette +14seasons of #Bachelor: ALL 20 stars +most daters were white #RealityBitesBack
@jennpozner: Will #Bachelorette Ali end up with salsa-dancing Roberto Martinez? Answer’s in surname: in #Bachelorverse #MrRightMustBeWhite
@jennpozner: #Bachelor franchise IS bigoted;that’s what I meant RT @GeriJarvis […]

It happened again. Another violent guy shot and killed his wife — and went on to gun down six other women unfortunate enough to be in his path before committing suicide. Four women are now dead; three others are in critical condition. And some media outlets (such as the AP story on Yahoo! News, “5 […]

I wrote this article on media literacy for On The Issues Magazine’s Spring ‘10 edition, published today. To explore the theme of this edition, “The Feminist Mind,” contributors look at ways readers can enhance their understanding of feminist and progressive values.
Media Literacy: Piercing Content and Who Controls It
by Jennifer L. Pozner
On The Issues magazine, […]

By Guest Bogger Lila Kitaeff
At Reel Grrls, we like to keep track of what the Federal Communications Commission is doing and how it affects our lives. When the FCC came to town a couple of years ago to hold a public hearing about media consolidation, a bunch of Reel Grrls participants went down to […]

NYC EVENT REMINDER: Tonight is my last planned talk on reality TV for the spring and summer, and I’m happy to bring WIMN’s spring multimedia lecture tour to a close in my own backyard — Brooklyn!
WHAT: Jennifer L. Pozner delivers Annual McKinney Social Justice Lecture
WHERE: First Unitarian Congregational Society of Brooklyn, Pierrepont Street and Monroe […]