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Posted by Guest Blogger August 17th, 2010 |
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 […]
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Posted by Jennifer L Pozner May 24th, 2010 |
As long-time WIMN’s Voices readers know, GRITtv, hosted by journalist (and WIMN’s Voices contributor) Laura Flanders, is one of the most important news and public affairs programs produced in the United States, providing us with critical perspectives we can’t find anywhere else on television.
I don’t usually blog fundraising pitches on behalf of non-profits other […]
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Posted by Jennifer L Pozner May 1st, 2010 |
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 […]
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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 Jennifer L Pozner April 20th, 2010 |
During his #140Conf solo speech “Why Madison Avenue Should Love Social Media - The Thoughts of a Mad Man Turned Twitterholic,” Hank Wasiak (@hankwasiak on Twitter), who describes himself as an “Author, TV Host, Ad Guy,” made one key point I want to share with you.
I find it is always quite useful to listen […]
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Posted by Jennifer L Pozner April 20th, 2010 |
Quickly: I haven’t been able to livetweet the early sessions of the #140 Conference: The State of Now, but if you’re interested in learning about:
– educating about the politics of race online
– social media as real-time news and information-gathering systems
– Interacting with the television audience in Real Time
– and more…
I encourage you to read the […]
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Posted by Malkia Cyril November 16th, 2009 |
As I sit against the florescence of the television screen, watching the conservative Fox News pundit Glenn Beck drive political nails into progressive leaders using the fear of U.S. blacks and immigrants of color as his hammer, my memory harkens back to the year in which the book Push was set, 1987. During that time, […]
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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 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 […]