By Laura Tillman
Social-entrepreneurial partnerships can be win-win situations, reports writer-photographer Laura Tillman, but nonprofits and celebrities have to choose their collaborators carefully.
Shelley Simmons of The Body Shop discusses the company’s campaign against child sex trafficking. Photo by Laura Tillman.
Recently, Sandra Bullock asked to be pulled from a Women of the Storm video campaigning for the [...]
Actress Jennifer Aniston has been taking the time during press rounds for The Switch, her upcoming movie about a woman’s decision to use a sperm donor, to voice her support for those women who pursue alternative reproductive options such as artificial insemination and sperm donors to create their families. “Women are realizing it more and [...]
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…so is it gratuitous and irresponsible, or brave and necessarily explosive?
Eminem’s new track featuring Rihanna, “Love the Way You Lie,” has received intense media attention over its accompanying music video. Since its debut last Thursday, “Love the Way You Lie” has been viewed almost 18 million times on YouTube. The video’s graphic depiction of [...]
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Americans may be all too familiar with the debate on abortion as it rages on in courts and in between politicians, but few actually know how the battle plays out on the ground. “12th and Delaware,” a documentary seeks to offer “a fly-on-the-wall view of the ideological trench warfare” that happen on the intersection of [...]
Is the outrageousness of the Lady Gaga era to blame for the lackluster ticket sales to this year’s revival of Lilith Fair?
New York Times writer Jon Caramanica certainly thinks so, as evidenced in his recent piece titled, “Girl Pop’s Lady Gaga Makeover.” He opens with a blunt undercut to Gaga, saying that “no one in [...]
Angelina Jolie as a Bond girl is a concept that millions would undoubtedly shell out $12 to see. One person that might not, though, is Jolie herself. When approached to appear in a James Bond film, Jolie deferred, saying, “I want to be Bond—I don’t want to be anyone else in the movie.” While a female [...]
Rachel Maddow Wants You to Fight Insensitive Comments!
Louisiana Senator David Vitter (R) has come under fire for making derisive comments regarding MSNBC host Rachel Maddow’s recently circulated high school yearbook photo on a New Orleans morning radio show. The segment that was supposed to be about David Vitter the Politician quickly became about something else [...]
Jeff Zucker
President & CEO, NBC Universal
30 Rockefeller Plaza
New York, NY 10112
Dear Mr. Zucker,
We commend your network for airing the “I Can’t” episode of Friday Night Lights on July 9.
As organizations and individuals who advocate on behalf of reproductive health and rights, we appreciate seeing such an honest depiction on network television of a young woman’s [...]
By Shelby Knox
It’s the end of an era. At 69 years old, Wonder Woman has decided to put on some pants.
Actually, the new duds are not an act of self-determination by the woman (formerly) in red, white and blue. According to the New York Times, the new head writer of the series, J. Michael Straczynski, [...]
WMC President Jehmu Greene and WMC Co-Founder Gloria Steinem recently sat down with Katie Couric on her CBSNews.com web show, @katiecouric. Reflecting on recent stories in the news, including The Atlantic’s cover story, “The End of Men“, the discussion included the role of women in the workplace as well as changing dynamics in family structure. [...]
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