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As a result of a court decision last week, women and people of color have an open door to advocate for media policy that will serve to expand their media ownership.
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American Culture, Domestic Politics, Feminism, Human Rights & Civil Liberties, Legal & Political Affairs, Media Justice Now, Media Policy Reform, Race, Technology & Communication, Issues in the News |
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By Guest Blogger Tamura A. Lomax
If you’ve been boycotting newspapers, magazines, TV news and the blogosphere for the past few weeks, or if terms like “rape,” “slut” or even “sex” lead you to hurriedly put down the newspaper or magazine and turn the TV channel (as they do for my media-savvy grandmother), then you may […]
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Age, American Culture, Domestic Politics, Feminism, Health & Sexuality, Human Rights & Civil Liberties, International Media, Political Dissent, Race, Violence Against Women, Girls and LGBT Youth, Youth Activism, Issues in the News, Outrages & Responsibilities |
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As a journalist who writes about feminism, gender and sexuality, I have been keenly interested in SlutWalk, a protest against victim-blaming which first took place in Toronto on April 3, after a local police officer said at a safety seminar that “women should avoid dressing like sluts in order not to be victimized.”
I wasn’t […]
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Age, Criminal Justice & Prisons, Feminism, Health & Sexuality, Human Rights & Civil Liberties, International Media, Political Dissent, Race, Violence Against Women, Girls and LGBT Youth, Youth Activism, Issues in the News, Outrages & Responsibilities |
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I’m representing Women In Media & News (WIMN) at two events today at the National Conference on Media Reform (NCMR11), and I hope to see many of you at one or both:
BOOK SIGNING:
Reality Bites Back: The Troubling Truth About Guilty Pleasure TV on Saturday, 10:30-11am, in the main exhibition hall. As a sneak peek, […]
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Uncategorized, Advertising, American Culture, Commercialism, Economics, Feminism, Health & Sexuality, Human Rights & Civil Liberties, Media Justice Now, Pop Culture, Race, Technology & Communication, WIMN’s Executive Director’s Blog, Girls and LGBT Youth, Youth Activism, Outrages & Responsibilities, Reality TV |
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Quick hit: Tonight, to mark the premiere of the 25th season of The Real World, I’ll be on the CBC News show Connect with Mark Kelley to discuss how reality TV has morphed from one iconic (yet fringe) MTV show about strangers living together in 1992, to the landscape-altering genre it became once it traveled […]
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Age, American Culture, Commercialism, Feminism, Health & Sexuality, Human Rights & Civil Liberties, LGBT (Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender) Issues, Pop Culture, Race, WIMN’s Executive Director’s Blog, Body Image, Reality TV |
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To the chorus of outcry against politicians’ efforts to attack women’s reproductive rights in general and defund Planned Parenthood in particular, add the voice of online environmental magazine Grist. This past weekend, writer Lisa Hymas put out the call to support PP and reproductive health care through political action and personal stories, observing:
A society is […]
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Domestic Politics, Environment, Feminism, Health & Sexuality, Human Rights & Civil Liberties, Parenthood & Family, Reproductive Justice, Issues in the News |
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Timing is everything.
When I heard that Hazel Trice Edney was leaving the National Newspaper Association (NNPA) (www.nnpa.org) as editor in chief a few weeks ago to start her own electronic news service, I thought, “Why now?” But in my heart, I knew why. Her talent and vision for Black journalism had already moved into the future, and she needed the freedom to lead it to a new conclusion.
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African Americans in Entertainment, American Culture, Domestic Politics, Human Rights & Civil Liberties, Legal & Political Affairs, Race, Issues in the News |
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A magazine cover shows a marijuana leaf and a stiletto heel in the shape of a gun. One newspaper regularly divides its front page with a preening bikini clad woman and cadavers.
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Uncategorized, American Culture, Drugs, Human Rights & Civil Liberties, Immigration, International Media, Latina/o Community, Violence Against Women |
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Reality Bites Back: The Troubling Truth About Guilty Pleasure TV officially hit bookstores yesterday [!!] and I can’t tell you how excited I am. You know who else is excited about the book? Canadians. To mark the official publication date, let’s take a look at the warm reception Reality Bites Back is getting from the […]
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Advertising, African Americans in Entertainment, Age, American Culture, Commercialism, Domestic Politics, Economics, Feminism, Health & Sexuality, Hip Hop Culture, Human Rights & Civil Liberties, International Media, Political Dissent, Latina/o Community, LGBT (Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender) Issues, Pop Culture, Race, WIMN’s Executive Director’s Blog, Girls and LGBT Youth, Outrages & Responsibilities, Body Image, Reality TV |
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The 4th Gender and Media Summit ended in Johannesburg on Friday with a strong statement linking the findings of recent global and regional studies on the representation of women in the content of news media with issues relating to freedom of expression, democracy and citizen participation, and pointing out that, while more blatant forms of censorship may be subsiding in southern Africa, the region’s media daily silence large segments of the population, notably women.
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Feminism, Health & Sexuality, Human Rights & Civil Liberties, International Media, International Media Activism, LGBT (Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender) Issues, Media Justice Now, Media Policy Reform, Reproductive Justice, Violence Against Women, Girls and LGBT Youth, Issues in the News |
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