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Liveblogging the NCMR2008, the National Conference on Media Reform: opening plenary, streaming audio/video, and initial intro to WIMN events and feminist-friendly sessions, Pt. I

jpozners Icon Posted by Jennifer L Pozner

June 6th, 2008

If you’re not able to be in Minneapolis for the National Conference on Media Reform, you can listen to live streaming video and audio from the opening plenary, here (you can also watch and hear clips from panels, full video and audio from plenaries, and more on a constant basis from now until Sunday).
As she […]

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Uncategorized, Advertising, African Americans in Entertainment, Age, American Culture, Arms & Conflict, Asian American community, The Blogosphere, Commercialism, Criminal Justice & Prisons, Disability Issues, Domestic Politics, Drugs, Economics, Electoral Politics, Environment, Feminism, Health & Sexuality, Hip Hop Culture, Human Rights & Civil Liberties, Immigration, International Media, Cartoons, Political Dissent, Transgender Issues, International Media Activism, Latina/o Community, Legal & Political Affairs, LGBT (Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender) Issues, Media Justice Now, Media Policy Reform, Native American Community, Parenthood & Family, Pop Culture, Race, Reproductive Justice, Science, Sports, Technology & Communication, US Foreign Policy, Violence Against Women, War, WIMN’s Executive Director’s Blog, Workplace Discrimination, Girls and LGBT Youth, Youth Activism, Issues in the News, Outrages & Responsibilities, Public Relations, Humor, Body Image, Journalism, Media or Advocacy Jobs, Miscategorized News, Reality TV |

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Join WIMN staff and bloggers at the National Conference on Media Reform: There Is No Media Justice Without Women

jpozners Icon Posted by Jennifer L Pozner

June 5th, 2008

If you’re planning on attending the National Conference on Media Reform (NCMR 2008), I’m excited to invite you to what promises to be a fascinating and compelling conversation between some of the most dynamic, effective women leaders of the multi-faceted media justice movement.
On behalf of Women In Media & News (WIMN), I’m moderating a […]

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Uncategorized, Advertising, African Americans in Entertainment, Age, American Culture, Arms & Conflict, Asian American community, The Blogosphere, Commercialism, Criminal Justice & Prisons, Disability Issues, Domestic Politics, Drugs, Economics, Electoral Politics, Environment, Feminism, Health & Sexuality, Hip Hop Culture, Human Rights & Civil Liberties, Immigration, International Media, Cartoons, Political Dissent, Transgender Issues, International Media Activism, Latina/o Community, Legal & Political Affairs, LGBT (Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender) Issues, Media Justice Now, Media Policy Reform, Native American Community, Parenthood & Family, Pop Culture, Race, Reproductive Justice, Science, Sports, Technology & Communication, US Foreign Policy, Violence Against Women, War, WIMN’s Executive Director’s Blog, Workplace Discrimination, Girls and LGBT Youth, Youth Activism, Issues in the News, Outrages & Responsibilities, Public Relations, Humor, Body Image, Journalism, Media or Advocacy Jobs, Miscategorized News, Reality TV |

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It’s our 1,000th birthday! How has WIMN’s Voices impacted your blogging, journalism, activism, or personal life?

jpozners Icon Posted by Jennifer L Pozner

March 29th, 2008

Media love to tell women we should be ashamed of aging. “You never ask a lady her age,” we hear from news anchors to soap opera characters. But WIMN’s Voices is turning 1,000 today, and we couldn’t be happier at how we’ve grown up.
This, in fact, is the thousandth post to WIMN’s Voices, the […]

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Uncategorized, Advertising, African Americans in Entertainment, Age, American Culture, Arms & Conflict, Asian American community, The Blogosphere, Commercialism, Criminal Justice & Prisons, Disability Issues, Domestic Politics, Drugs, Economics, Electoral Politics, Environment, Feminism, Health & Sexuality, Hip Hop Culture, Human Rights & Civil Liberties, Immigration, International Media, Cartoons, Political Dissent, Transgender Issues, International Media Activism, Latina/o Community, Legal & Political Affairs, LGBT (Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender) Issues, Media Justice Now, Media Policy Reform, Native American Community, Parenthood & Family, Pop Culture, Race, Reproductive Justice, Science, Sports, Technology & Communication, US Foreign Policy, Violence Against Women, War, WIMN’s Executive Director’s Blog, Workplace Discrimination, Girls and LGBT Youth, Youth Activism, Issues in the News, Outrages & Responsibilities, Public Relations, Humor, Body Image, Journalism, Media or Advocacy Jobs, Miscategorized News, Reality TV |

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Sat - Sun, Meet several WIMN folk at WAM, and Mon., meet Pozner at MIT

jpozners Icon Posted by Jennifer L Pozner

March 29th, 2008

Opportunity for Boston area folks: This weekend through Monday there will be several chances to meet Women In Media & News’s staff, board and bloggers at the WAM!2008 conference today (Saturday) and tomorrow (Sunday), as well the next day (Monday) at MIT, where I will be speaking about reality TV as cultural backlash against women […]

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Uncategorized, Advertising, African Americans in Entertainment, Age, American Culture, Arms & Conflict, Asian American community, The Blogosphere, Commercialism, Criminal Justice & Prisons, Disability Issues, Domestic Politics, Drugs, Economics, Electoral Politics, Environment, Feminism, Health & Sexuality, Hip Hop Culture, Human Rights & Civil Liberties, Immigration, International Media, Cartoons, Political Dissent, Transgender Issues, International Media Activism, Latina/o Community, Legal & Political Affairs, LGBT (Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender) Issues, Media Justice Now, Media Policy Reform, Native American Community, Parenthood & Family, Pop Culture, Race, Reproductive Justice, Science, Sports, Technology & Communication, US Foreign Policy, Violence Against Women, War, WIMN’s Executive Director’s Blog, Workplace Discrimination, Girls and LGBT Youth, Youth Activism, Issues in the News, Outrages & Responsibilities, Public Relations, Humor, Body Image, Journalism, Media or Advocacy Jobs, Miscategorized News, Reality TV |

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What’s YOUR Choice: Living Old or Dying Younger?

mgullettes Icon Posted by Margaret Morganroth Gullette

March 28th, 2008

On March 27th, PBS repeated “Living Old”– its mainly depressive portrait of people over 85, most of whom are sick, and some of whom are sick and tired of living. The moral–implied in some of the interviews–is that no one should want to live that long. But hey, I finally said to myself on second […]

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Age, American Culture, Disability Issues, Domestic Politics, Political Dissent, Body Image |

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Mental Illness as Spectator Sport

mspencers Icon Posted by Miranda Spencer

February 25th, 2008

Rather than gleefully gawking, the media should use Britney Spears’ troubles as an opportunity for public education on, and de-stigmatization of, mental health issues

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American Culture, Disability Issues, Health & Sexuality, Pop Culture, Issues in the News |

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Help WIMN replace our broken computer!

varreolas Icon Posted by Veronica Arreola

February 22nd, 2008

You know that we don’t ask for your financial support very often. We’re asking now because we really need it. After years on its last legs, the computer our tireless Executive Director uses has bitten the dust. Kicked the bucket. Kaput.

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Uncategorized, Advertising, African Americans in Entertainment, Age, American Culture, Arms & Conflict, Asian American community, The Blogosphere, Commercialism, Criminal Justice & Prisons, Disability Issues, Domestic Politics, Drugs, Economics, Electoral Politics, Environment, Feminism, Health & Sexuality, Hip Hop Culture, Human Rights & Civil Liberties, Immigration, International Media, Cartoons, Political Dissent, Transgender Issues, International Media Activism, Latina/o Community, Legal & Political Affairs, LGBT (Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender) Issues, Media Justice Now, Media Policy Reform, Native American Community, Parenthood & Family, Pop Culture, Race, Reproductive Justice, Science, Sports, Technology & Communication, US Foreign Policy, Violence Against Women, War, Workplace Discrimination, Girls and LGBT Youth, Youth Activism, Issues in the News, Outrages & Responsibilities, Public Relations, Humor, Body Image, Journalism, Media or Advocacy Jobs, Miscategorized News, Reality TV |

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Join Susan Faludi in helping WIMN fight to transform the media

jpozners Icon Posted by Jennifer L Pozner

December 23rd, 2007

If you value WIMN’s Voices–and you want to amplify women’s voices online, in print, on TV and radio, and in the public debate at large–we need your help.

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Uncategorized, Advertising, African Americans in Entertainment, Age, American Culture, Arms & Conflict, Asian American community, The Blogosphere, Criminal Justice & Prisons, Disability Issues, Domestic Politics, Drugs, Economics, Electoral Politics, Environment, Feminism, Health & Sexuality, Hip Hop Culture, Human Rights & Civil Liberties, Immigration, International Media, Cartoons, Political Dissent, Transgender Issues, International Media Activism, Latina/o Community, Legal & Political Affairs, LGBT (Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender) Issues, Media Justice Now, Media Policy Reform, Native American Community, Parenthood & Family, Pop Culture, Race, Reproductive Justice, Science, Sports, Technology & Communication, US Foreign Policy, Violence Against Women, War, WIMN’s Executive Director’s Blog, Workplace Discrimination, Girls and LGBT Youth, Youth Activism, Issues in the News, Outrages & Responsibilities, Public Relations, Humor, Body Image, Journalism, Media or Advocacy Jobs, Miscategorized News, Reality TV |

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Join Susan Faludi in helping WIMN fight to transform the media

jpozners Icon Posted by Jennifer L Pozner

December 20th, 2007

If you value WIMN’s Voices–and you want to amplify women’s voices online, in print, on TV and radio, and in the public debate at large–we need your help.

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Uncategorized, Advertising, African Americans in Entertainment, Age, American Culture, Arms & Conflict, Asian American community, The Blogosphere, Commercialism, Criminal Justice & Prisons, Disability Issues, Domestic Politics, Drugs, Economics, Electoral Politics, Environment, Feminism, Health & Sexuality, Hip Hop Culture, Human Rights & Civil Liberties, Immigration, International Media, Cartoons, Political Dissent, Transgender Issues, International Media Activism, Latina/o Community, Legal & Political Affairs, LGBT (Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender) Issues, Media Justice Now, Media Policy Reform, Native American Community, Pop Culture, Race, Reproductive Justice, Science, Sports, Technology & Communication, US Foreign Policy, Violence Against Women, War, WIMN’s Executive Director’s Blog, Workplace Discrimination, Girls and LGBT Youth, Youth Activism, Issues in the News, Outrages & Responsibilities, Public Relations, Humor, Body Image, Journalism, Media or Advocacy Jobs, Miscategorized News, Reality TV |

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Invisible stories of conflict

ajosephs Icon Posted by Ammu Joseph

October 10th, 2007

The Indian media have been doing a better job than the Indian government in condemning the recent brutal repression of the popular protests led by Buddhist monks in Myanmar by the ruling military junta…

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Arms & Conflict, Disability Issues, Health & Sexuality, Human Rights & Civil Liberties, International Media, Violence Against Women, War, Issues in the News |

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