Ms. Chemaly said her research has found that online harassment and revenge porn — and the warnings around it — limit freedom of speech and expression, especially for women.

Feminist icons Gloria Steinem and Robin Morgan talk to Chris Hayes about how the most powerful woman in America, Nancy Pelosi, is standing up to the President.

Gayle King discusses The Women's Media Center 2019 Women's Media Awards and being honored with the WMC Visible and Powerful Award in a special presentation by WMC Co-Founder Gloria Steinem.

Longoria urged the media to more fairly represent the Latinx community on-screen. “Our letter was a big call to action to you as well,” she said directly to the room. “The Latinx community has long been portrayed as criminal…the media and the entertainment communities fail to lift up our voices…we must all and to take responsibility for the ‘othering’ of the Latinx community. We can’t just sit by and allow this mistreatment to continue.”

Jane Fonda, Robin Morgan, and Gloria Steinem - the Co-Founders of The Women's Media Center - announce the honorees for the 2019 Women's Media Awards, to be held on Tuesday, Oct. 22, at the Mandarin Oriental in New York City.

Newsrooms across the country, including the Associated Press, Los Angeles Times, the New York Times, San Francisco Chronicle, the Wall Street Journal, and the Washington Post, all see men earning more than women. Here are a few stats worth highlighting, from a report compiled by the Women’s Media Center (WMC). At the Associated Press: White, male journalists receive the highest paychecks while black, female reporters receive the lowest. The gap between their earnings is $15,000.

The Women’s Media Center has a wonderful primer of the different forms of online abuse. As WMC explains, online abuse takes many forms and hues.

On October 22, Maria Grazia will come to New York to receive the Sisterhood Is Powerful Award for Wearable Media from the Women’s Media Center, cofounded by Jane Fonda, Gloria Steinem, and myself, at the annual Women’s Media Awards gala. So when Bazaar asked us to share parts of our conversation while Maria Grazia was briefly in Dallas with the traveling exhibition “Dior: From Paris to the World,” we welcomed such elegant eavesdropping.

The September issue of British Vogue has a very special guest editor - and some extra-ordinary cover stars. The Duchess of Sussex is the decision maker at the fashion bible, and selecting the person for the striking front page image is all-important. Instead of one model taking centre stage, Meghan Markle has picked 15. We take a closer look at the women she admires most, from actress Jane Fonda to teen climate change campaigner Greta Thunberg.

The 81-year-old actress is known for her work as a writer, political activist, fitness guru and fashion model, and has seen a career resurgence after starring in Netflix's original series Grace And Frankie.

The Oscar-winning star is an outspoken supporter of the Me Too movement against sexual misconduct in Hollywood. She protested against the Iraq war and co-founded the Women's Media Center, an organisation providing advocacy for women in the media.

Such discrepancies are amplified in the realm of science fiction and superhero films, according to a recent study by the Women’s Media Center (WMC), an organization founded by Jane Fonda, Robin Morgan and Gloria Steinem. The study, a collaboration with BBC America, is titled “The Superpowering Women in Science Fiction and Superhero Film: A 10-Year Investigation.”

“Behind the camera, change is excruciatingly slow,” according to WMC’s press release.

In collaboration with BBC Media, the Women’s Media Center study shows that 55% of major sci-fi and superhero films have featured a man as the solo lead over the last decade. And, the study found, 97% of sci-fi and superhero films over the last 10 years were directed by men. In a press release emailed to Bustle, Pat Mitchell, chair of the board of directors of the Women’s Media Center, said that “it’s important that television and film provide an abundance of roles and role models for diverse girls and young women.

Judy Woodruff speaks with Emily Bazelon of The New York Times Magazine and Soraya Chemaly of the Women’s Media Center Speech Project about rape myths, language around assault and the role of masculinity.