NEW YORK-We’re relieved for millions of women across the country who will not be cut from access to critical health care services. We think the reaction over the last 48 hours really demonstrates the power of women when we speak loudly and act together. It also demonstrates the power of social media to enact change quickly. We also want to thank Mayor Bloomberg for his actions as a civic and business leader.
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NEW YORK– The Women’s Media Center is deeply disappointed with the Susan G. Komen for the Cure Foundation’s decision to cease funding breast cancer prevention, education, and screenings at Planned Parenthood health centers. We urge our friends and supporters to join us by standing in solidarity with Planned Parenthood Federation of America and all of the women and families they serve to ensure that almost 750,000 women in rural, underserved, and low-income communities continue to receive comprehensive and accessible preventative care.
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PWV Alum Rose Aguilar has a new gig writing a regular op-ed for Al Jazeera English. Check out her debut article “Reproductive Rights and the Republican Primary.”
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The Women’s Media Center congratulates Patty Jenkins for winning “Outstanding Directorial Achievement in a Dramatic Series” for The Killing Pilot (AMC) at the 64th Annual Directors Guild of America Awards!
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Stanford University News published an article detailing a recent Stanford panel discussion where editors, activists, and bloggers came together to salute Ms. magazine and consider the future of feminism. The piece mentions the contributions of WMC Co-Founder Gloria Steinem and Board Member Helen Zia in the creation of the iconic magazine.
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The Women’s Media Center congratulates Katy Garretson for becoming the 26th recipient of the Frank Capra Achievement Award at the 64th Annual Director’s Guild of America Awards. It is a pleasure to see her talents, career, and service recognized and celebrated.
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The Screen Actors Guild National Board of Directors has approved a merger package with AFTRA. Hollywood’s two leading acting unions will now comprise one entity. For details, see the Screen Actors Guild website.
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Talk about fiscal responsibility: for every dollar spent helping women avoid unwanted pregnancies, the country saves 4 dollars in Medicaid expenditures that would have gone towards pregnancy-related care.
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Celebrating International Women’s Day with Reflections from Renowned Women
3/7/11
WMC: In a WMC Exclusive, for the centenary of International Women’s Day, Marianne Schnall samples assessments from a wide range of women on where we stand around the world.
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No matter where you were yesterday, from Rome to the Congo or on your Google homepage, it was hard to miss the women and men standing together on the 100th anniversary of International Women’s Day. From any perspective and nearly every point on the map, women have made great, global strides in the last century. When it comes to reproductive health and choice, however, where you’re standing makes a difference.
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We’re thrilled to be live-tweeting some of the informative and inspiring panels at Newsweek and The Daily Beast’s second annual Women in the World summit. We’ll be tweeting from @womensmediacntr using the hashtag #WIW11. Tune in to our live-tweeting of Nawal El-Saadawi’s conversation and interview with WMC’s co-founder Robin Morgan on Saturday morning at 10:50 AM. Don’t miss a minute of the action. Check out the live stream here:
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Majority of Americans Support Keeping Abortion Legal
3/14/11
RH Reality Check: Despite the recent GOP attack on women’s reproductive rights, a new study released earlier this month found that the majority of Americans support keeping abortion legal.
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By Elayne Clift
Photography exhibits on both coasts—one massive, the other showcasing one artist’s vision—both reveal the quality of women’s insights that shed light on our times.
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No one who knows me would call me speechless, just ask my mom. I had the nickname “Ms. Bossy” before I could even form full sentences. When I read Alice Walker’s essay ‘Overcoming Speechlessness’ (published in 2010 by Seven Stories Press) I felt the weight of all the times in my life where I had not spoken up. I felt the weight of my country, the many who have not and do not speak up against the brutality waged in the name of Americans (and/or democracy, and/or security) everywhere. As heavy as I felt, there was a lightness that came through Alice’s story—a sense of hopefulness not easily achieved when discussing mass rape in the DRC, white phosphorous laden communities in the bombed out Gaza Strip, or the genocide of Native American Indians. I immediately began to imagine Alice’s vivid journey playing out on stage. Ultimately, I would love to see this play be used by communities of women to talk about the profound global issues, as well as their own personal struggles with speechlessness.
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Nawal El Saadwi on Counter-Revolution
3/17/11
Bloomberg: Egyptian activist Nawal El-Saadawi discusses her thoughts on the counter- revolution and the future of Egypt at a WMC event.
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On Thursday, March 17th The Women’s Media Center hosted a press conference call to highlight the successes of Dr. Nawal El Saadawi. Dr. El-Saadawi is a highly acclaimed author, political activist, religious leader, lecturer, and trained doctor. El-Saadawi calls for a rebirth of women’s leadership and encourages both women and youth to fight in the name of freedom and justice.
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Fri. March 25th – Sun. March 27th: A weekend of activities for feminist journalists and media makers.
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As more and more women hold international leadership positions, it’s clear that gender stereotypes just aren’t holding up. Media coverage of the role of women in Obama’s Administration has obfuscated much more important conversations about a human rights crisis, diversity in leadership, and what true democracy means.
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George Lopez is known for his often offensive stand-up, and last night, the comedian went too far yet again when he compared Kirstie Alley’s Tuesday night Dancing with the Stars performance to that of a pig, remarking that “She did a nice job, her little hooves tapping away,” before cutting to a video clip of a pig squeeling.
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Media Execs Consider Quotas to Boost Women’s Newsroom Presence
3/23/11
Fox News Latino: At a meeting of international media executives in Washington, quotas emerged as a possible solution to tackling gender inequality in newsrooms. A report from the International Women’s Media Foundation reveals that men hold 73 percent of the top executive posts in media companies and that almost two-thirds of reporters are male.
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Media has long reigned supreme in the court of public opinion, and in today’s viral information culture, it takes little more than a tweet to set off a firestorm. Online opinions may not constitute legal rulings, but public discourse and media exposure can create real pressure for justice inside the courtroom.
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Directors of media organizations from twenty-five countries met last week to discuss the International Women’s Media Foundation’s Global Report on the Status of Women in the Media which found, not surprisingly, a large gender disparity in newsrooms around the world. The report found that in the 522 global companies surveyed, women represent only a third of the full-time journalism workforce and only one-quarter of the senior management roles in news media. Additionally, it found that men hold the majority of the seats on governing boards (74.1%) and in top management (72.7%) across seven regions. In the United States, while women account for 41% of the overall news media workforce, less than a fourth of those in top management and only a third of those in governance level roles are women.
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Title IX Suit Filed Against Yale for “Hostile Sexual Environment”
3/31/11
Jezebel:The federal Office for Civil Rights announced it will open an investigation of Yale for failure to eliminate a hostile sexual environment on campus after 16 students and alumni filed a complaint with OCR.
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By Alida Brill
April 8, 2011
This week the labor movement honored Dr. Martin Luther King, who died on April 4 defending workers in Memphis, with a National Day of Action for Worker’s Rights. Here writer and WMC Progressive Women’s Voices alumna Alida Brill reflects on our history.
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By Ellen Bravo
April 12, 2011
Today is Equal Pay Day. April 12 symbolizes how far into 2011 women must work to earn what men earned in 2010 in the United States. Here, activist and author Ellen Bravo explains what is at stake.
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Net Neutrality is Key for Women’s Media
4/6/11
Ms.: “If you haven’t already heard of net neutrality, you must get up to speed. What ultimately happens with the fight for free speech on the Internet will have a direct impact on female representation in our media–and in our culture.”
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Today marks the 15th annual Equal Pay Day in the USA. Started in 1996, the annual observance has become increasingly important as more cases of gendered discrimination have come to light, including the heavily media covered Wal-Mart lawsuit which if accepted by the Supreme Court will be the largest employment discrimination lawsuit in American history. Also in the news are the recent discrimination lawsuits against Virginia Tech and Publicis Groupe SA.
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As many of you know, today is Equal Pay Day. April 12 symbolizes how far into 2011 women must work to earn what men did in 2010 in the US. Today, the Paycheck Fairness Act is also being reintroduced by Senator Barbara Mikulski and Representative Rosa L. DeLauro in the U.S Senate, and media outlets across the nation are covering the wage gap.
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NJ School Superintendent Says Young Women Are Worst Enemy
4/15/11
Clutch Magazine: NJ School Superintendent blames young women for community’s problems, saying, “our worst enemy is the young ladies.”
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By Alexandra Guthy
Let me just start by saying I don’t really consider myself to be hard-core
feminist (not that there’s anything wrong with being called a feminist, I
actually find it to be a term of fortitude and a great compliment). Although
I may have some very strong opinions on some very important issues regarding
women’s rights, I never thought these issues impacted me personally, that
is, until now.
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Last night, the Women’s Media Center (WMC) hosted Jane Fonda (WMC Co-Founder), Gabourey Sidibe, Gloria Steinem (WMC Co-Founder), and Marlo Thomas for the New York City premiere of D.A. Pennebaker’s (The War Room, Don’t Look Back) documentary Jane on Wednesday, April 20, 2011 at The Paley Center for Media at 8:00pm. Over 200 friends and supporters joined us for a dynamic conversation about gender, power, and authenticity. Proceeds from the event will benefit the our efforts to amplify women’s voices and change the conversation in the media.
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Newsbrief: Hollywood Gender Gap Persists in Top Films, Transgender Rights Make Headway and Will Post-Mubarak Egypt Shut Women Out?
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By Dami Adeyemi, WMC intern, poet, and Baldwin High School student
As a young, female high school student I am deeply offended by Superintendent Charles T. Epps’ declaration “Our worst enemy is the young ladies. The young girls are bad. I don’t know what they’re drinking today, but they’re bad.” By placing the blame for the community’s problems on young girls only, Epps is indirectly encouraging reckless behavior among the youth. When a teenager is continuously accused of false wrongdoing, eventually he or she is pushed to commit those wrongdoings out of rebellion. This case is similar. If Epps continues to place the blame on young girls, young girls and boys may see this as a reason to cause commotion with the purpose of exceeding Epps’ expectations in a mocking manner. As a Superintendent, Epps’ goals should be set on uplifting the student body with positivity; instead Epps is promoting the use of discrimination, a behavior we have always been taught to fight against.
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Lara Logan Breaks Ground With Graphic Description Of Her Rape, Injuries
5/2/11
Jezebel: Speaking candidly about her assault and injuries in a new interview, Logan stand up for all the women who don’t want the possibility of sexual assault to curtail their freedom.
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Mother’s Day is coming up this Sunday, and with all the incredible things mothers do, I’m sure you know a mom or two (or three!) who deserve to be celebrated. Well, this year MomsRising made it possible for you to thank all the moms you know with a customizable video announcing them as the star of an upcoming movie.
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The World’s Best and Worst Places to Be a Mother
5/6/11
AlterNet: In many parts of the developing world, the day a woman becomes a mother is a day too often obscured by terrible tragedy and danger.
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The Women’s Media Center (WMC) is a national, non-partisan, non-profit, progressive women’s media organization based in New York City. We were founded in 2005 by Jane Fonda, Robin Morgan, and Gloria Steinem to make women visible and powerful in the media. Through our advocacy, original content, and media and leadership training, the WMC works to amplify women’s voices and change the conversation.
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While IMF chief Dominique Strauss-Kahn cools his heels in Rikers awaiting trial on charges of attempted rape, the French media is daily embarrassing itself with a host of tasteless story-lines ranging from political conspiracy theories to commenting on the physical attractiveness of the alleged victim. Such efforts to discredit the alleged victim are beneath France. The French media would be better served by examining its own silent complicity and role in perpetuating a national mythology that glorifies shows of aggressive, male sexuality by its public figures.
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IMF Head Arrested for Sexual Assault: What Happened, What It Means
5/16/11
AlterNet: IMF Head and popular French Socialist Party politician Dominique Strauss-Khan was arrested on a flight from JFK on charges that he sexually assaulted a chambermaid at his NYC hotel.
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Schwarzenegger, Strauss-Kahn and The Media’s Groping Problem
5/18/11
RH Reality Check: A friendly reminder that groping is, in fact, a real crime defined by a lack of consent, which makes it substantially more similar to rape than it is to ill-advised yet consensual flirting, petting, or sex.
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The woman who accused two NYPD officers of rape today released a statement expressing her devastation at Friday’s verdict of not-guilty, adding, “everything they say about the difficulties of a rape trial is sadly true…you are tested beyond what any crime victim should have to endure.”
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It’s no secret that several of MSNBC’s commentators and anchors have espoused some moderately sexist to severely misogynist views over the years. In 2008, we went after Chris Matthews’ derogatory coverage of Hilary Clinton‘s presidential race, resulting in MSNBC’s decision to demote him from the anchor chair of election coverage to become a strictly political commentator. One thing was clear: Matthews crossed the line too many times.
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Jill Abramson to be First Female Executive Editor at the New York Times.
6/2/11
Feministing: Jill Abramson, the Washington bureau chief for the New York Times, will be replacing Bill Keller as the executive editor, making her the first woman ever in this position.
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In light of the breaking news surrounding Rep. Anthony Weiner’s admission of having online extramarital relationships, the Women’s Media Center urges media to focus on productive stories that do not focus on outing lurid details of women involved in this issue, nor excessively focus on Rep. Weiner’s personal life. Stories of assault, adultery, and sexual misconduct from high profile male politicians such as Schwarzenegger and Strauss-Kahn have garnered much coverage in the past weeks, and the women involved have borne the brunt of media coverage on the wrondgoings of male leaders. As the latest news about Rep. Weiner surfaces, we urge media to cover this story in a fair and balanced fashion. Of more substance, media should be concerned about a cultural and political climate where some high powered male leaders use their positions of power to access women sexually, and encourage media to ditch harmful, irrelevant personal details.
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In light of the breaking news surrounding Rep. Anthony Weiner’s admission of having online extramarital relationships, the Women’s Media Center urges media to cover this story productively.
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Libya has been embroiled in a civil war for the past five months, and yesterday the International Criminal Court claimed that the Gadhafi Regime gave its soldiers Viagra-like drugs to encourage rape as a weapon of war.
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Today, an article in The Weekly Standard detailing the walkout of Newt Gingrich’s aides (which has garnered the nickname of ‘Newtiny’ on Twitter) took a new perspective on the incident than other news outlets thus far. While most focused on the differences in campaigning styles that seemed to caused the rift between Gingrich and his aides, this article boasted the headlines: “The Problem Was the Wife”.
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It’s a well-known fact that there are more women in the world than men. Yet, when only looking at media sources this is completely unapparent. The lack of female representation in the media world would appear to an alien source to mean that women either don’t care or want to get involved in the current event and news of today, or that those that do are usually very beautiful and white. When represented through the media, it is usually a sexulization of the women, contorted to be more aesthetically pleasing for the eyes more than anything else. This not only takes away from her as a person being taken seriously, but also demines whatever she is saying or representing. If a woman is not seen as stereotypically attractive or appealing to the outside world, they are unlikely to be given a fair voice in the media world.
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The population of India is constantly growing. Yet the sex ratio is becoming increasingly worse. In the age gap of 0-6, 914 girls per 1,000 boys born. This unfair disproportion makes any change in India a difficult process. With a higher male population, women’s voices in the media world are drowned out. It is important for there to be a fair amount of opportunity for both sexes.
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Through Japanese animations the hyper-sexualized idealistic body of women is constantly portrayed
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Turkey has only recently had an increase in female voices. This past Sunday’s election results provide some security in terms of female political representation. Women’s Rights have become an ever increasing topic of discussion, but many women of Turkey feel they still don’t have enough say. “The number of female deputies has increased, but it is not enough. [Female representation] has not even approached 25 percent of the total number of deputies,” Canan Güllü, the chairwoman of the Turkish Women’s Associations Federation, or TKDF. In previous years only 50 women were deputies in Turkey’s Parliament.
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Today, Gloria Steinem – Co-Founder of the Women’s Media Center – released a statement denouncing the sexist and racist ad that targets candidate Janice Hahn, a democratic candidate for Congress in the special election for California’s 36th district.
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The Women’s Media Center celebrates CBS’s decision to appoint Norah O’Donnell (previously of NBC) to be chief White House reporter. She replaces Chip Reid, just after Katie Couric’s departure as Anchor of CBS Evening News. We commend CBSs decision to hire this extremely qualified reporter, and congratulate Norah O’Donnell on her new position.
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Are you the next Rachel Maddow? Do you want to become a political commentator and strong progressive thought leader in the media? Apply for Progressive Women’s Voices today!: http://bit.ly/mvZRAy
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WOMEN’S MEDIA CENTER ANNOUNCES FIRST CLASS OF 2011 PROGRESSIVE WOMEN’S VOICES MEDIA AND LEADERSHIP TRAINING PROGRAM
July 1, 2011 (New York) – Women’s Media Center (WMC) is thrilled to announce the first class of its 2011 Progressive Women’s Voices (PWV) media and leadership training program. Now in its fourth year, PWV continues to be one of the most elite programs in the country, training and mentoring issue experts and emerging commentators. Read More
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According to the the UK Guardian in this eye-opening piece, Secretary of State Hillary Clinton promised that the women of Afghanistan could rely on her to protect their rights, yet today that promise seems negotiable. Now that the Obama administration wants out of the war, there is diminishing help and aid for Afghan women.
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Last year in the annual Rio Carnival of Brazil crowned seven year-old Julia Lira as samba queen. The samba queen is usually a model or soap opera star usually takes the role of the barely covered ‘drum corps queen.’ Neither a grown women nor a young girl should be sexualized in such a manner but a seven year old girl celebrated for objectifying certain level off attractiveness should not be idealized in such a way.
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In an area of study where men vastly outnumber women, the inaugural Google Science Fair shows an optimistic future for women in the math and science fields. In all three age groups, a female was the top contender for the prize, which included scholarships, internships, and for one winner, a trip to the Galápagos Islands with a National Geographic Explorer.
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The Women’s Media Center works to ensure that women’s stories are told and women’s voices are heard. Women’s Media Center Co-Founder Gloria Steinem and Vanity Fair‘s Nell Scovell address the crisis of representation in the media in their witty Huffington Post piece 15 Ways the Media Would be Different If It Were Run by 97 % Women and Only 3% Men, by visioning a media landscape where women possess the majority of decision making positions in newsrooms, on air, in print, and online.
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Check out our Facebook album to see these and more pictures featuring our many supporters from Wednesday night’s Women’s Media Awards: Arianna Huffington, Sheryl Sandberg, Business Media Award Recipient Maggie Wilderotter, Carol Jenkins Young Journalist Award Recipient Yanique Richards, and many more!
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At The Hollywood Reporter’s 2011 Women in Entertainment Breakfast, WMC Co-Founder Jane Fonda was awarded the Sherry Lansing Leadership Award. Watch her acceptance speech as she addresses the importance of including women in decision making positions and how the Women’s Media Center helps amplify women’s voices.
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PWV alum Linda Sarsour, current director of the Arab American Association of New York, will be among 10 community leaders honored at the White House Thursday as “Champions of Change. The Champions of Change program was created as a part of President Obama’s Winning the Future initiative. Each week, a different issue is highlighted and groups of “champions,” ranging from educators to entrepreneurs to community leaders, are recognized for the work they are doing to improve their communities. Congratulations, Linda! Watch the live stream from the White House here.
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Williams Intermediate School seventh-grader Mickey Sloat interviewed WMC Co-Founder Gloria Steinem on Tuesday. After reading books and articles about Steinem over the past few weeks, Mickey wrote to Gloria Steinem requesting an interview with the “legend.” The WMC co-founder accepted, and Mickey was able to speak with her via Skype. Read snippets of their conversation here.
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The New York Social Diary features some great pictures from the WMC Women’s Media Center Awards last month of our First Responders: the founding WMC board members.
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In a new piece for CNN, PWV alum Marianne Schnall asks several women, What will it take to make a woman president? Some of the interviews were conducted at the WMC Women’s Media Awards last month. See what WMC Co-Founders Jane Fonda and Gloria Steinem, House Democratic leader Nancy Pelosi, COO of Facebook Sheryl Sandberg, Huffington Post Co-Founder Arianna Huffington, and New York state senator Kristen Gillibrand think about the prospect of a female president.
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Kim Masters has written a great article for the Hollywood Reporter that asks “why the odds are still stacked against women in Hollywood.” Masters writes that “A handful of women run studios, win Oscars and influence TV, but across the board, the gains females had begun to make in the entertainment industry are leveling off.” Read to find out what’s at play in this alarming gender gap and what needs to happen to change it.
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The Women’s News Network published a disturbing story about two female journalists who were murdered in Mexico because of their social media activity meant to protect others against crime. Yolanda Ordaz, a reporter for the Vera Cruz newspaper “Notiver,” and María Elisabeth Macías Castro, a reporter for the Nuevo Laredo newspaper “Primera Hora,” were both killed in connection to their coverage of drug-related violence. Their deaths are symbolic of a larger trend of violence and abduction of women in certain parts of the country.
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The Women’s Media Center extends our congratulations to MSNBC’s new host, political analyst Melissa Harris-Perry. The underrepresentation of women and people of color is at its most acute on the influential Sunday morning political talk shows where male guests outnumber female guests four to one. We are hopeful that Melissa Harris-Perry will amplify women’s voices on her new weekend show and invite her and her team to tap into SheSource, the Women’s Media Center’s database of 500 women experts representing all fields.
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Over at The Nation, Katrina vanden Heuvel has written a provocative piece on the progress of the fight for paid sick leave across the United States. Connecticut has made history as the first state to guarantee paid sick leave for all working residents. But is this a “common sense protection for working people,” as vanden Heuvel asserts? So far there have been victories in only three US cities: San Francisco, Washington DC, and the latest–Seattle. Vanden Heuvel wonders whether in 2012 the spirit of the Occupy Movement will galvanize more activists to fight for what she calls “economic sanity.”
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“Today, in a new time of budget wars, The Iron Lady’s depiction of draconian cuts as feminist guts is chilling.”
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Annie Shields at Ms. Magazine has written a piece celebrating the official redefinition of rape by the FBI. This is the first time that the FBI has changed its definition of what constitutes rape since 1927.
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In an effort to protest Lego’s new “Friends” line, SPARK Movement and Powered By Girl have teamed up to create a petition on Change.org. In a piece from Daily Finance, Dawn Kawamoto explains why:
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Stanford is hosting a series of events this month celebrating the 40th anniversary of Ms. Magazine, culminating in a keynote speech by Gloria Steinem. The Women’s Media Center encourages all of our supporters in the bay area to attend. An essay contest this fall asked each participant to select an iconic Ms. cover and explain what it meant to them and to the changing nature of feminism. More than 300 people from around the country responded with submissions.
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In a NY Times article yesterday, Men Struggle for Rape Awareness, writer Roni Caryn Rabin addresses the difficult subject of male victims of rape. While women are the victims of sexual violence in disproportionate numbers, Rabin points out that male survivors suffer similar consequences: they “feel violated and ashamed and may become severely depressed or suicidal.”
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In a Washington Post piece published Monday, January 23, Krissah Thompson and Vanessa Williams wrote that “African American women see their own challenges mirrored in Michelle Obama’s.” The article references a nationwide survey conducted by The Washington Post and the Kaiser Family Foundation with indications that black women strongly relate to the first lady.
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WMC Founding Board Member and CEO of the Paley Center for Media Pat Mitchell discussed the Sundance Film Festival in a Huffington Post article yesterday. “I was honored,” she wrote, “to be cohost of a gathering about women in film…along with two great organizations—Women In Film Los Angeles and the Sundance Institute.”
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WMC Co-Founder Gloria Steinem was interviewed by Salamishah Tillet of TEDxWomen on modern feminism, media, aging, and the future of feminism, among other things. Check out the full interview here.
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On November 16, 2011, the Women’s Media Center invited girls ages 14-22, to create a 1- 5 minute video for our first annual Girls State of the Union (#GSOTU) video contest. Like the President’s report, the Girls’ State of the Union sums up the condition of the country—with a special emphasis on the welfare of girls.
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The Women’s Media Center is very excited about the upcoming Athena Film Festival and is so proud of Melissa Silverstein at Women and Hollywood, who worked for the Women’s Media Center in our early days and is a true force for women in the media. We are also delighted that the HBO documentary about our Co-Founder, Gloria Steinem, will be featured at the festival. Watch the inspiring trailer for this great festival here!
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WMC VP of Programs Jamia Wilson and WMC Board Member Gloria Feldt have both written chapters in the new book, “Madonna and Me: Women Writers on the Queen of Pop.” Congratulations Jamia and Gloria! Check out this review of the new book on Atlas.
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“If men didn’t buy sex, there would be no sex trafficking.”
