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Gloria Steinem’s Statement on Equality

August 31, 2010 – 9:01 am

To commemorate the launch of the Name It. Change It. campaign today, WMC Cofounder and Board Member Gloria Steinem issued the following statement on equality:
Statement on Equality
By Gloria Steinem, WMC Cofounder and Board Member
The most workable definition of equality for journalists is reversibility. Don’t mention her young children unless you would also mention his, or [...]

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National ‘NAME IT. CHANGE IT.’ Campaign Launch Addresses Sexism in Media Against Women Candidates Starting in 2010 Midterm Elections

August 26, 2010 – 11:23 am

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
CONTACT:
YANA WALTON, COMMUNICATIONS DIRECTOR
WOMEN’S MEDIA CENTER
(OFFICE) 212-563-0680
YANA@WOMENSMEDIACENTER.COM
National ‘NAME IT. CHANGE IT.’ Campaign Launch Addresses Sexism in Media Against Women Candidates Starting in 2010 Midterm Elections
New York: Just days after the 90th anniversary of women’s right to vote, women candidates running for office during November’s midterm election have already begun to experience one of [...]

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Neglected Rape Kits Getting Second Life in Mainstream Media

August 18, 2010 – 9:18 am

When I picked up the September issue of Marie Claire, my expectations began and ended at the cover– a Mary-Kate Olson profile, some insights from Tim Gunn, an expose on online dating and, to my slight irritation, “Diet Secrets: What Women Really Eat.” Imagine my surprise, then, when I flipped to page 166 and [...]

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Body Typed: Short Films on Perfection

August 10, 2010 – 12:01 pm

Women’s Media Center is proud to partner with Paradigm Shift in hosting a screening and discussion event of Body Typed, a series of short films that use humor to raise serious concerns about the marketplace of commercial illusion and unrealizable standards of physical perfection.  The event will be held on August 18 at 6:30 PM [...]

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Washington Post: We Deserve Better Than the Inanity of Tom Shales’ Review

August 3, 2010 – 2:15 pm

Earlier this year, the Washington Post published Tom Shales’ blustery response to ABC News’ announcement that Christiane Amanpour will be anchoring its Sunday morning news show, “This Week”–a decision the Women’s Media Center called a banner moment for news media.  As Women’s Media Center President, Jehmu Greene, pointed out, Shales attempt at undermining Amanpour’s journalistic [...]

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EXCLUSIVE HIV/AIDS: Raising a Clamor in Vienna

August 3, 2010 – 8:22 am

By Kali Villarosa
Already an award winning writer, our 14-year-old correspondent at the international HIV/AIDS conference, July 18 to 23, tells and shows us why it was important for her to be among the youth delegates struggling to have their voices heard.
Every two years people come from all over the world to the international HIV/AIDS [...]

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Phyllis Schlafly Says Unmarried Women Voters Cast Obama Ballots For Welfare

August 2, 2010 – 7:19 pm

Conservative activist Phyllis Schlafly incited a firestorm of criticism and debate after she made remarks at a fundraiser that President Obama gained 70% of unmarried women’s votes because these women were eager to receive their government welfare checks.

“Unmarried women, 70% of unmarried women, voted for Obama, and this is because when you kick your husband [...]

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Christiane Amanpour Debuts on ABC’s “This Week”

August 2, 2010 – 6:08 pm

Christiane Amanpour made her debut on ABC News’ “This Week” this past Sunday, a much awaited and a banner moment in the news media world. Featuring taped interviews with Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi and Secretary of Defense Robert Gates, Amanpour’s much anticipated debut was described by New York Times’ Alessandra Stanley as making [...]

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Documentary Offers an Inside Look at an Anti-Abortion “Pregnancy Care Center”

August 2, 2010 – 2:37 pm

Trailer

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 [...]

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Lackluster Lilith Fair Sales Blamed on Gaga Nation

July 29, 2010 – 11:54 am

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 [...]

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