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Under the Spotlight: World Cup 2010 and AIDS Awareness Campaigns

June 14, 2010 – 1:10 pm

World Cup: The Other South Africa
Once again, World Cup fever is upon us. As soccer fans turn their eyes and switch their television channels to the games in South Africa, the host of the 2010 tournament and home to the largest number of HIV carriers worldwide, AIDS organizations are taking advantage of the media blitz [...]

By Fiona Lee | Also posted in *Feature*, HIV/AIDS, Health, International, Media | Comments (0)

Less Than 60 Seconds of Airtime for Women’s Sports

June 10, 2010 – 12:19 pm

When was the last time you turned on the TV, tuned into a sports or news network and heard some commentary about a male athlete who won MVP, got injured, broke a record, etc?  The answer to this is most likely every day.  Now what about female athletes?  When was the last time you heard [...]

By Janine Zaltsman | Also posted in *Feature*, Media | Comments (1)

Recognizing Women’s Recent Accomplishments in Sports

May 4, 2010 – 12:10 pm

by Alexis McCombs
Since the beginning of time, little girls have been taught to focus on finding something old, something new, something borrowed and something blue.  As a gender, we are slowly evolving from the “Home Ed” classes of the 60’s that taught us how to take care of the men we married to being able [...]

By Alexis McCombs | Comments (0)

Nike: Valuing Dogs Over Women

April 23, 2010 – 3:13 pm

In 2007, Nike took a stand!  In the wake of Atlanta Falcons quarterback Michael Vick’s dog-fighting scandal, Nike publicly dropped their commercial contract with the athlete, indignantly decrying, “We consider any cruelty to animals inhumane and unacceptable.”  Nike nobly put financial concerns aside to maintain their standards of corporate social responsibility.  When it comes to [...]

By Becca Stanger | Also posted in *Feature*, General | Comments (2)

A Gentleman’s – and Lady’s – Game for Ruffians

April 23, 2010 – 1:59 pm

As if female athletes didn’t have to battle hard enough already for validation. First off, take the media’s coverage of the NCAA Women’s Basketball Championship where the University of Connecticut Women’s basketball team was torn apart for a less than perfect game, despite the fact of finishing a second perfect season in a row and [...]

By Leslie Von Pless | Also posted in *Feature*, LGBT | Comments (0)

Global Girl Media “Kicks It Up!” with Julie Foudy

March 1, 2010 – 5:16 pm

“Give a girl a camera and watch a woman grow.”
-  Kgomotso Matsunyane, T.O.M. Pictures, South Africa
Yesterday, Global Girl Media (GGM) Cofounder and Executive Director Amie Williams, Program Director Kamala Lopez and Director of Content and Distribution Therese Steiner organized an intimate brunch in New York City with Guest of Honor Julie Foudy in the lovely [...]

By Rachell Arteaga | Also posted in International, Media | Comments (3)

Breaking the Glass Grandstand in Women’s Sports

February 26, 2010 – 4:48 pm

As the 2010 Winter Olympic games come to a close, we head into college basketball’s March Madness – the end-all, be-all of NCAA championships. While U.S. Skier Lindsay Vonn’s medal wins in Vancouver and Serena Williams’ victory at the Australian Open have made international headlines, triumphs in women’s team sports are still virtually unheard of [...]

By Leslie Von Pless | Also posted in Media | Comments (1)

NCAA Rejects Focus on the Family Ad

February 25, 2010 – 6:38 pm

This week, the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) – the major governing body of college sports – yanked a Focus on the Family banner ad from its website amid concern that the group’s agenda conflicts with the NCAA’s policy of inclusion. As the LA Times reports, the NCAA made the decision after some of its [...]

By Jehmu Greene | Also posted in Advocacy, LGBT, Reproductive Rights | Comments (3)

ESPN Suspends Kornheiser for Sexist Remarks Against Hannah Storm

February 24, 2010 – 6:42 pm

After letting loose a string of misogynist remarks, ESPN’s Tony Kornheiser has been suspended by the network for two weeks. On his February 16 radio show, Kornheiser said that SportsCenter anchor Hannah Storm wore “a horrifying, horrifying outfit today. She’s got on red go-go boots and a Catholic school plaid skirt…way too short for somebody [...]

By Catherine Epstein | Also posted in Media | Comments (8)

The State of Tiger’s Union

February 20, 2010 – 11:04 am

After a week of media build up, CBS, NBC and ABC interrupted daytime’s regularly scheduled programming to air Tiger Woods’ apology and subsequent “news” commentary labeling it a “Special Report.”  That’s national airtime. Hmm, special report like Obama’s State of the Union Address?  Who knew a celebrity golfer’s painfully boring speech could be so “special.”  [...]

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