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Ageism & Sexism at a CT Fox Affiliate

July 8, 2009 – 3:07 pm

This just in—a veteran political reporter at Connecticut’s Fox 61 has filed an age and gender discrimination complaint against the station with the Connecticut Commission on Human Rights and Opportunities (CHRO) and the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), citing a “pattern of discrimination against older women at the station by demoting those over the age [...]

By Tristin Aaron | Posted in Media, WMC Advocacy, WMC Progressive Women's Voices | Comments (1)

That’s DR. Biden to You by Sarah Jaffe

February 4, 2009 – 5:11 pm

(Originally posted on GlobalComment)
Vice President Joe Biden’s biography became a campaign tool when he joined the Obama ticket this past summer. Then-Senator Biden’s no-bull attitude meshed well with the story of the father who took the train home from Washington, D.C. every night to be with his kids after the death of his wife [...]

By Tristin Aaron | Posted in Feminism, Politics | Comments (1)

Loveleen Tandan, Slumdog Millionaire’s Co-Director

January 30, 2009 – 1:42 pm

Slumdog Millionaire won top honors at both the Screen Actors Guild awards and the Golden Globes. The frontrunner for Oscar’s best picture is a rich Indian cultural experience, with a third of the film in Hindi, and the controversial employment of actual children from the streets. Many of the film’s key cultural decisions were made [...]

By Tristin Aaron | Posted in Entertainment, WMC Advocacy, Women in Film | Comments (6)

Why Appearances Matter–and Corrupt

October 7, 2008 – 8:53 am

In response to passionate comments both pro and con on my previous post “What Did Sarah Learn?”, I have been thinking a lot about why it matters that Sarah Palin uses her looks, her cutesy down-home phrases, her flirty moves. All politicians use whatever it is they’ve got to appeal to voters, after all.
In [...]

By Gloria Feldt | Posted in 2008 Election, Media, Politics | Also tagged , , , , , , | Comments (0)

A Nearly Perfect Speech—Hillary Clinton at the DNC

August 27, 2008 – 4:52 pm

By Adele M. Stan
Hillary Clinton approached the podium tonight at the Democratic National Convention with a tall order to fill: to deliver a speech of historical significance that would fulfill the immediate needs of pragmatic politics.  Tall or not, the order was filled.  On the 88th anniversary of the 19th amendment—the one that grants women [...]

By Adele M. Stan | Posted in 2008 Election, WMC Exclusives, WMC Exclusives Articles | Comments (1)