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Sexist Jokes: Still Not Funny
One of my male teachers has repeatedly made a joke about girls belonging in the kitchen. Usually, he'd make that comment, some girls in my class would jokingly yell "hey!" and he'd laugh, say he's jok...
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Support Women Artists Sunday: Betty Who
Australian-born pop singer Betty Who makes vivacious yet bittersweet music that calls to mind divas such as Whitney Houston, Robyn, and Katy Perry. Born Jessica Anne Newham in Sydney, she began playin...
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Saturday Vids: Sally Kohn On Emotional Correctness
In her TED talk, Sally Kohn makes the brilliant case for "emotional correctness" as a way for us to transcend our political differences and actually listen to each other.
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WMC Live
January 17, 2014 | Amy K. Nelson, Michaela Davies, Layla Fiske, Lisa Stratton, Jill Gaulding |
Media,
Politics,
Robin Morgan
WMC Live #66: Amy K. Nelson, Michaela Davies, Layla Fiske, Lisa Stratton & Jill Gaulding. (Original Airdate 01/18/2014)
Robin comments on poverty, MLK Day, the Saudis, and drill-sergeant progress. Guests: Amy Nelson on sports journalism; Michaela Davies reframes celeb reporting; Layla Fiske on Palestinian fiction; Lisa Stratton & Jill Gaulding fight for Midwest women.
WMC News & Features
January 15, 2014 | Kate Rounds |
Media
Keeping the Spotlight on Abortion Rights
Lizz Winstead keeps finding new ways to raise awareness of, and money for, the fight for reproductive rights.
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Why Girls Want American Girl to Commit To Diversity
When I was younger, I owned an American Girl doll, like many girls my age. I wasn’t as big a fan as some girls, but I really loved the books that went with each doll. I read all the stories that were ...
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Feminism Has Changed Me: Claiming My Black Latina Identity
Throughout the last few weeks, I have been introduced to a powerful movement called feminism. I have never been as inspired and motivated to use my voice than I am right now. The more that I have been...
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Support Women Artists Sunday: Lizzo
Melissa Jefferson, better known by her stage name Lizzo, is an American alternative hip hop artist based in Minneapolis, Minnesota. She is a founding member of indie hip hop groups The Chalice, Grrrl ...
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Saturday Vids: Celebrating the Heroic Women of 2013
Is this a corporate video produced by Microsoft as a way to promote their products? Yes. Did it still make me happy to see clips of inspiring women who made 2013 great set to an over-played pop song? ...
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‘How to rape a woman’: Searching for porn, ending up here
Sometimes I look at the Google Analytics for this site. Usually while I’m doing research or working on our social media, I’ll click over to a window I have open and see who is on the site right now—what countries they’re reading from, what stories they’ve landed on, and, sometimes, what words they searched to get to our project. It’s pretty interesting overall.
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Support Women Artists Sunday: Beatrice Eli
Beatrice was born in 1987 and received much of her musical upbringing via MTV and the American soul / R & B / hip-hop videos that channel served. Alongside the influential music channel she grew u...
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Saturday Vids: Support Obvious Child
Gillian Robespierre, Writer/Director: "I first made the 'Obvious Child' short film in the Winter of 2009 with my friends Anna Bean and Karen Maine. We were frustrated by the limited representations of...
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On Eradicating Violence Against Women
My college’s office of sexual assault prevention recently hosted a talk by Leslie Morgan Steiner. Steiner, a Harvard graduate, TED talk speaker, and author of Crazy Love, spoke about her experience...
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Helle Thorning-Schmidt vs. Mary Beard or Why Women Just Can't Get It Right
You've been living under a rock if you're not in the know about the Obama #selfie pic which circulated after the Nelson Mandela memorial service. If you have in fact been residing under said rock then...
WMC Live
December 20, 2013 | Rabbi Sharon Brous, Rev. Jennifer Danielle Crumpton, Annie Laurie Gaylor |
Media,
Politics,
Robin Morgan
WMC Live #64: Rabbi Sharon Brous, Annie Laurie Gaylor, Rev. Jennifer Crumpton. (Original Airdate 12/21/2013)
Solstice show. Robin’s fantasies of media in the future, plus she names her four secular saints. Guests are “most influential rabbi in America” (Newsweek) Sharon Brous, Reverend Jennifer Crumpton, and atheist activist Annie Laurie Gaylor.
WMC News & Features
The Winter Holiday War: It’s Older Than You Think
In the midst of media-fed notions of a “war on Christmas,” let us remember that mid-winter holidays have a long and rich history, and that the season belongs to all of us.
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Saturday Vids: Feminist Consciousness in Islamabad
Jennifer Lee interviewed three women in Islamabad about how they feel the western media depicts Pakistani women. A fuller version of the interview can be found on the Broad Side, but Rubia, one of the...
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December 08, 2013 | Chloe Hallinan |
Body image and body standards,
Feminism,
Girls,
Media,
Science and tech
The Problem With Mean Girls
The vast majority of us are familiar with the movie Mean Girls (written by the amazing Tina Fey). Although the film has the quintessential embellishments of most chick flicks, it also sheds light on t...
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Saturday Vids: Mallika Sherawat on the Status of Indian Women
This video has already gone viral, but it's worth reposting: watch the actress Mallika Sherawat defend her belief that the status of women in India needs to be improved. She speaks eloquently and pass...
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An Interview with Debora Spar
Debora Spar is the president of Barnard College, a women’s undergraduate college affiliated with Columbia University. Since her arrival at the College, Spar has been a vocal proponent of women’s educa...
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Saturday Vids: Feminism Isn't Dead, It's Gone Viral
Vlogger Kat Lazo (TheeKatsMeoww on YouTube) made the argument at TEDxNavesink that feminism isn't dead -- it's online. "The internet was my feminine mystique and this was my feminist click moment -- I...
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Where Do We Go From Here? The ERA in the 21st Century
Last weekend I attended a conference at Roger Williams University titled "The ERA in the 21st Century." The conference brought together accomplished scholars, national activists, and twenty-something ...
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The SNL Scandal
I love Kerry Washington. She is probably one of my all time favorite actresses. Her character on Scandal is smart, intelligent and well written, a rarity for black actresses today. When I found out Wa...
WMC Live
November 15, 2013 | Jennifer L Pozner, Rita Henly Jensen, Jaclyn Friedman, Katherine Rowlands |
Media,
Politics,
Robin Morgan
WMC Live #60: Jenn Pozner, Rita Henley Jensen, Jaclyn Friedman, Katherine Rowlands. (Original Airdate 11/16/2013)
Robin on the typhoon in Asia, and on prostitution in—yes—Dubai. Guests are colleagues working on women and media: Jaclyn Fridman (WAM); Jenn Pozner (WIMN); Rita Henley Jensen (Women’s e-News); and Katherine Rowlands (Journalism & Women Symposium).
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Support Women Artists Sunday: Pearl and the Beard
Pearl and the Beard is three voices, one cello, one guitar, one glockenspiel, one melodica, several drums, one accordion, ninety-six teeth, and one soul.
Former strangers Jocelyn Mackenzie, Emily Ho...
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