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Posted by Guest Blogger August 15th, 2010 |
This post was originally featured at PunditMom.
The media love to mock women in the political world by using sexist terms that demean us and make us out to be something not worthy of serious consideration. We saw that time and time again during the 2008 presidential election as talking heads not-so-subtly suggested […]
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Posted by Jennifer L Pozner April 21st, 2010 |
Although the first day of #140Conf (the #140 Conference: The State of Now) was too pale-male-stale, one panel stood out as a highlight not only for the diversity of its participants but for the humor, insight and strategic advice participants brought to the conversation.
In Finding Common Ground: Discussion of issues of race and politics in […]
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Posted by Margaret Morganroth Gullette December 1st, 2009 |
The spontaneous eruption over the new mammography regulations, and the confused history of the debate, warn us about the general relationships between government-issued medical guidelines, insurance coverage limits, and doctors’ discretion. […]
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Posted by Jennifer L Pozner October 8th, 2009 |
On behalf of Women In Media & News, I’ll be doing a multimedia lecture presentation tonight on media coverage of women in politics, in Devil’s Lake, ND.
WHAT: “White Male Electile Dysfunction: Media Coverage of Women in Election 2008″
With multimedia clips, commentary and humor, this lecture uses media coverage of Hillary Clinton, Sarah Palin and […]
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Posted by michelle garcia September 29th, 2009 |
Sotomayor’s elevation to the high court should inspire the many she is said to represent –women, Latinas/non-whites– and the nation that has presumably been enriched by the social advancement that her confirmation heralded, to embrace the challenges that were left in the wake of “progress.”
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Posted by Guest Blogger August 5th, 2009 |
By Guest Blogger Adele M. Stan, cross-posted with AlterNet.
In response to coverage of its “Mad Bitch” video by WIMN, TPM, AlterNet and others, WaPo has killed “Mouthpiece Theater.”
As reported here yesterday, the Women, Action and the Media (WAM!) community yesterday delivered a letter to Washington Post Executive Editor Marcus Brauchli (among the signers was […]
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Posted by Guest Blogger August 4th, 2009 |
By Guest Blogger Adele M. Stan
August 4, 2009
Mr. Marcus W. Brauchli
Executive Editor
The Washington Post
1150 15th Street, NW
Washington, DC 20071
cc: Andrew Alexander, ombudsman
Dear Mr. Brauchli:
As members of Women, Action & the Media, we write to protest the Washington Post’s production and presentation of the July 31 “Mouthpiece Theater” episode titled, “Menage a Stella Artois,” and the […]
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Posted by Miranda Spencer July 27th, 2009 |
Grist, the online environmental magazine, had this very creative and accurate (if a bit mean-spirited) editorial on Sarah Palin’s resignation from her post as governor of Alaska.
Click on the “greeting card” and you’ll see what I mean.
Palin’s no friend of the earth, and the cartoon (or whatever you’d call it) made me laugh. […]
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Posted by Jennifer L Pozner July 8th, 2009 |
A version of this commentary is published by NPR today. Please click “recommend” and comment on NPR’s site to encourage their support for media criticism (of course, your comments are welcome below).
Think carefully: can you remember any passionate TV news debates about whether journalists or voters might want to get naked with former vice president […]
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Posted by Jennifer L Pozner July 7th, 2009 |
On Friday, shortly after Sarah Palin declared her independence from her job as Governor of Alaska, I posted this request to Twitter:
@jennpozner: Feminists & progressives, let’s b on lookout 4 #palinsexism –if u see blatantly sexist coverage, call it out. (h/t @addiestan 4suggestion)
On Monday, NPR asked me to write an oped on sexism in […]