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By Guest Blogger Jonathan McIntosh
I usually try to stay away from the forces of darkness, but last week I killed a famous vampire – and let me tell you, it was fun! Actually, I didn’t stake him myself — I used new media tools to allow one of the strongest female television characters of […]

By Guest Blogger Jennifer Nedeau
Chief Technology Officer, New Leaders Council
It is with much gratitude that I am able to honor Jennifer L. Pozner, Executive Director of Women in Media & News (and editor of WIMN’s Voices) with a “40 Under 40” Award from New Leaders Council.
The “40 Under 40” Awards were created to […]

By Guest Blogger Nia Vardalos

A little-known fact: some studios recently decided to no longer make female-lead movies.
Lately, I’ve been in meetings regarding a new script idea I have. A studio executive asked me to change the female lead to a male, because… “women don’t go to movies.”
Really?
When I pointed out the box office successes of […]

OK, let’s get this right: Supreme Court nominee Sonia Sotomayor is making the rounds of the Capitol this week and some jackasses are still saying she has to explain her “wise Latina” comment?
In a 2001 speech Sotomayor said, “I would hope that a wise Latina woman with the richness of her experiences would more often […]

OK, let’s get this right: Supreme Court nominee Sonia Sotomayor is making the rounds of the Capitol this week and some jackasses are still saying she has to explain her “wise Latina” comment?
In a 2001 speech Sotomayor said, “I would hope that a wise Latina woman with the richness of her experiences would more often […]

OK, let’s get this right: Supreme Court nominee Sonia Sotomayor is making the rounds of the Capitol this week and some jackasses are still saying she has to explain her “wise Latina” comment?
In a 2001 speech Sotomayor said, “I would hope that a wise Latina woman with the richness of her experiences would more often […]

Quick hit: If you have Free Speech TV, tune in to Grit TV with Laura Flanders tonight at 8pmEST for a more in-depth discussion of the murder of Dr. George Tiller than you’ll find in most media accounts. Or, watch the segment here:

The segment — titled “What Should Change in Wake of Tiller Murder?” […]

With outrage rising at today’s widely reported murder of doctor George Tiller at his church, many news outlets are reporting this crime as if it were a completely unpredictable aberration. As if this cold-blooded killing of this abortion provider for political purposes is somehow unthinkable.
A lesson from the Wayback Machine could be illuminating for […]

Nona & I talked over the phone for a good 45 minutes about this article. I knew immediately that she got the issue as I was communicating it. Her prompt was simple - why aren’t young feminists connected to mother issues and vice versa?
As someone who has been a feminist activist in some form or […]