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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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Guyland: Expanding Feminism to the Human Experience

July 21, 2010 – 1:11 pm

I’m tired of talking about women.  I am.  Admittedly, women’s voices are so disproportionately underrepresented in society at large that my individual focus on women benefits the whole.  But in the scope of one person’s life, focusing on one gender to such a degree can grow tiresome.  Which is exactly why Paradigm Shift’s Guyland lecture [...]

By Becca Stanger | Also posted in *Feature*, Books, Events, Feminism, Media, Politics, Progressive Women's Voices, Race | Comments (0)

EXCLUSIVE Wonder Woman in Pants is Not a Feminist Win

July 1, 2010 – 8:49 am

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, [...]

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Australia Launches Body Image Initiative Targeting Media and Fashion Industry

June 29, 2010 – 1:22 pm

On Sunday, Australian Youth Minister, Kate Ellis, announced a new initiative to promote healthy body image among youth–the world’s first such government sponsored effort. Working in collaboration with the Butterfly Foundation, an eating disorder awareness and support group, the government will be issuing a “body image friendly” logo to magazines, modeling agencies, retailers and designers [...]

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Katie Couric Explores the Woman’s World with Jehmu Greene and Gloria Steinem (VIDEO)

June 24, 2010 – 4:52 pm

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. [...]

By Corinne Colgan | Also posted in *Feature*, Entertainment, Feminism, Hot Button Words, Media, Politics | Comments (1)

GlobalGirl Media Launches Soweto Bureau

June 2, 2010 – 12:29 pm

GlobalGirl Media, a new non-profit that nurtures the voice and self expression of young girls by linking them with seasoned broadcast and print journalists, documentary filmmakers, and digital media professionals, is announcing the opening of GlobalGirl Media Soweto Academy and News Bureau on June 7th as well as the launch of their Kick it Up! [...]

By Becca Stanger | Also posted in *Feature*, Feminism, Media | Comments (0)

7-Year-Old “Single Ladies” — WMC Takes Action

May 15, 2010 – 12:39 pm

The video that’s spun through blogs and YouTube this week – featuring five 7-year-old girls dancing to Beyoncé’s “Single Ladies” in an Urban Dance Contest – got attention Thursday night from Anderson Cooper and his guest Dr. Phil, who called it “extremely inappropriate.” How did we get here?:

Women’s Media Center is working with a group of [...]

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Happy World Press Freedom Day!

May 3, 2010 – 4:29 pm

May 3 is World Press Freedom Day.  In our commitment to independent media and amplifying the voices of women and girls everywhere, we’d like to celebrate by highlighting the amazing work of our partners at Global Girl Media (GGM).
You may have heard about GGM’s amazing work in developing media training programs for South African girls [...]

By Rachell Arteaga | Also posted in Feminism, Media | Comments (0)

Girls Investigate: Is the Media a Mirror?

April 28, 2010 – 9:17 am

Watch the video!

And read Culley’s commentary!

Girls Investigate: Our Portrayal…Chic or Sham?
by Culley Schultz

The typical American watches four hours of TV and is exposed to 247 commercial messages each day.  This includes print ads, commercials, and billboards.  The life expectancy of an American woman is 80.4 years.  This means that the average American woman will be [...]

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What’s Spectacularly wrong with “Spectacular”

April 15, 2010 – 8:18 am

April is Sexual Assault Awareness Month.
What better way to acknowledge it then a music video by a teen icon glorifying date rape:

This is former the Cheetah Girl Kiely Williams’s new music video, “Spectacular.” And in response to the concern and downright outrage to the video and its lyrics about drunk sex (“…I must have been [...]

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