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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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Name It. Change It. Campaign Launches into Action

August 31, 2010 – 8:43 am

Today from the Paley Center for Media in New York City, Women’s Media Center joins forces with Women’s Campaign Forum Foundation and Political Parity to launch a crucial campaign in the fight for equality – Name It. Change It. This ground-breaking national campaign will ensure accountability through a coordinated rapid response network to dramatically decrease [...]

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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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Women’s eNews Joins WMC’s #SheParty for Women’s Equality Day

August 23, 2010 – 1:32 pm

Since its inception in May, Women’s Media Center’s #SheParty has offered women an open forum on Twitter to discuss the issues that matter to them, no matter where they live.  Week after week, women come together at #SheParty  to debate everything from emerging definitions of feminism to the war in Afghanistan to positive role models [...]

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Dr. Laura Schlessinger: I’m Sorry, But I’m Not Sorry

August 20, 2010 – 12:28 pm

The media has been abuzz with Dr. Laura Schlessinger’s resignation from her radio show when it ends this year after repeating the N-word 11 times at a self-identified Black woman caller. Needless to say, her comments generated criticism, including from the Women’s Media Center, which along with the Gay & Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation (GLAAD), [...]

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Calling all future Steinems, Maddows, Amanpours and Courics!

August 20, 2010 – 10:12 am

Calling all future Steinems, Maddows, Amanpours and Courics! Do you want to become a political commentator or journalist serving as a strong voice in the media? Apply for the last class of Progressive Women’s Voices in 2010 today!
Apply for Progressive Women’s Voices here: http://www.surveymonkey.com/s/CNNFP8G or click here to nominate a friend: http://www.surveymonkey.com/s/CNFRD93.
Progressive Women’s Voices is [...]

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Kirsten Powers is a Professional – Treat Her Like One

August 19, 2010 – 3:08 pm

The first words that come to mind when I think of Kirsten Powers, liberal pundit for Fox News, might be “trailblazer,” “powerful,” or perhaps “exceptional professional.” “Attractive,” the first adjective Matt Lewis uses to describe Powers in his interview with the rising media star, does not belong on her CV.
I was delighted to learn that [...]

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Women’s Media Center Calls for Apology from MN Republican Group for Posting Sexist Video

August 18, 2010 – 12:11 pm

August 18. 2010 (New York) – An outrageous lapse in judgment was made by the Republican Party of the 56th district of Minnesota yesterday when they posted a highly offensive YouTube video that plays the song “Who Let the Dogs Out?” over unflattering pictures of Democratic women, after first playing the song “She’s a Lady” [...]

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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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Women of “The Daily Show” and “Late Night with Jimmy Fallon” at Comix

August 5, 2010 – 1:44 pm

In the New York area?  Catch co-creator and former head writer of Comedy Central’s “The Daily Show” Lizz Winstead and writer for NBC’s “Late Night with Jimmy Fallon” Morgan Murphy at Comix NY this weekend.  For more information, go to Comix NY.
Lizz Winstead & Morgan Murphy

LIZZ WINSTEAD
As a co-creator and former head writer of Comedy [...]

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