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August 25, 2012 | Julie Zeilinger | Arts and culture, Media
Support Women Artists Sunday: Emeli Sandé
Gracefully flaunting her rich voice and penchant for sophisticated melody on her debut album, Our Version of Events, Emeli Sandé is instantly revealed as an uncompromising creative force. A fervent si...
WMC News & Features
August 22, 2012 | Megan Carpentier | Feminism, Media
Feminists Pioneer 'Conversation' Radio
With a new radio show, "Women's Media Center Live," about to launch, the author, executive editor of Raw Story, talks to radio hosts who are changing the sound and scope of talk radio.
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August 19, 2012 | Madeleine Gyory | Arts and culture, Media, Violence against women
The Glamorous Lure of Hollywood Violence
Perhaps we shouldn't be surprised, the author suggests, when citizens see themselves as heroic while committing mass murder.
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August 14, 2012 International, Media, Violence against women
Video: WMC's Women Under Siege director tells CNN of the horrors we've documented in Syria
As the media continues to learn about reports of sexualized violence in Syria, CNN's Brooke Baldwin talks to WMC's Women Under Siege Director Lauren Wolfe about what we've documented so far.
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August 14, 2012 | Lori Perkins | Media
Plunging Necklines, Helen Gurley Brown, and Me
Legendary Cosmo Editor Helen Gurley Brown died at age 90 August 13, 2012, in New York City. Book publisher Lori Perkins here remembers an icon.
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August 13, 2012 | Kali Villarosa | Girls, International, Media, Race/Ethnicity, Sports
In Awe of Teen Olympians
The author, herself a young athlete, wonders how the young Olympians can accomplish so much with everybody in the world looking on—and commenting on their every move.
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August 11, 2012 | Julie Zeilinger | Arts and culture, Media
Support Women Artists Sunday: Amanda Ply
One afternoon at the age of six years old Amanda Ply walked into a gift shop with her mother. There was a snow globe that caught her attention, playing Beethoven’s “Fur Elise”. After returning home, A...
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August 10, 2012 | Hudson Taylor | Feminism, Media, Sports
Saturday Vids: Time To Evolve
Learn more about Hudson Taylor's organization, Athlete Ally, which is "a resource to encourage athletes, coaches, parents, fans and other members of the sports community to respect all individuals i...
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August 10, 2012 | Amy DePaul | Arts and culture, Girls, Media
Feel Like Letting Your Geek Flag Fly?
Previously male-dominated pursuits relating to science and technology are increasingly the domain of proudly geeky women, who are gathering in Seattle for a one-of-a-kind convention.
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August 04, 2012 | Julie Zeilinger | Arts and culture, Media
Support Women Artists Sunday: Jaqee
For the fourth time now Jaqee introduces herself to the World with her impressive voice and her unique attitude. Born in Kampala, the Capital of Uganda, she began her vagabond like life the moment she...
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August 03, 2012 | Julie Zeilinger | Feminism, Health, Media
Saturday Vids: No Joke. Choice Matters. Everywhere.
The folks over at Pathfinder, a great reproductive health organization, recently launched No Joke. #ChoiceMatters. Everywhere., a campaign to raise awareness about international reproductive health ca...
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August 03, 2012 | Emily Wilson | Arts and culture, Economy, Media
Rashida Jones Creates a Thinking Woman's Romantic Comedy
With partner Will McCormack, Rashida Jones writes a role for herself that defies the clichés of the genre, in Celeste and Jesse Forever, a film which opens today in New York and Los Angeles.
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August 02, 2012 | Leora M | Body image and body standards, Economy, Feminism, Media
Dear Anthropologie: A Letter of Complaint
Dear Anthropologie (and all other stores pertaining to this issue), I love your store. I love the scent when you walk in, the feel of the material, and the creative way everything is displayed. I lov...
WMC News & Features
July 31, 2012 | Mary C. Curtis | Health, Media
Missing the ‘Big Story’–on Purpose
This journalist finds that the essential story is the one occurring after the national media leaves a neighborhood in the news.
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July 29, 2012 | Danielle P | Education, Feminism, Girls, Media
I Should Be Allowed To Enjoy Sex
I lost my virginity at sixteen to a boy who was just a friend. I was blessed to have friends who where very open minded and accepted that fact. I know from experience that some people would not take t...
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July 27, 2012 | Holly Kearl | Arts and culture, International, Media, Violence against women
Egyptians Mobilize Against Sexual Harassment
In Cairo, performers and artists take to the streets to make them safe for women.
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July 24, 2012 | Chloe Hallinan | Body image and body standards, Feminism, Media
Celebrating Our Bodies
Don’t you hate it when you see another girl and she looks perfect? You know, the way you want to look but can never seem to pull off. She has the perfect outfit, or the perfect face, perfect hair, per...
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July 23, 2012 | Courtney Martin | Arts and culture, Media
Life in Lady Writer Heaven
Solitude in a "cottage-of-one's-own" came to this writer with some unexpected challenges.
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July 21, 2012 | Julie Zeilinger | Arts and culture, Media
Support Women Artists Sunday: Shilpa Narayan
Shilpa Narayan, the woman behind the Youtube username Shilax0929's musical rendition videos had an unlikely beginning that sets her apart from the vast majority of musical acts these days. As a young ...
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July 18, 2012 | Lauren Wolfe | International, Media, Violence against women
Our testimony to the UN today on sexualized violence in Syria
The UN asked me to present the first findings of a data analysis from our crowdmap of sexualized violence in Syria as the Security Council gears up to vote on international sanctions--potentially on Friday. Below is my testimony to a room that contained members of the council from France, Portugal, the European Union delegation, Egypt, Italy, and perhaps a few members from Syria (the jury's out on that).
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July 17, 2012 | Gina S | Body image and body standards, Feminism, Media, Misogyny
The Headline Project
As a little project, I recently decided to compile the gender presentation as depicted in the headlines on various popular ‘news’ websites over 3 days. Having rolled my eyes so strenuously as to pop s...
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July 16, 2012 | Dr. Martha Lauzen | Arts and culture, Media
If Women Ran Hollywood . . . 2012
The author of annual studies of women working in film and prime-time TV updates a classic consciousness-raising article as a 2012 reality check.
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July 15, 2012 | Carina | Feminism, Gender-based violence, Girls, Media, Misogyny, Violence against women
How the Media Sells Pimp Culture
Every morning when I take the train, I put my iPod on shuffle and let various thoughts run through my head. But as I think about how tired I am or about the math test I have during first period, I don...
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July 14, 2012 | Julie Zeilinger | Arts and culture, Media
Support Women Artists Sunday: Kelly Hogan
In the 1990s, Hogan sang with The Jody Grind, singing on their full-lengths One Man’s Trash Is Another Man’s Treasure (1990) and Lefty’s Deceiver (1992). The group disbanded after two of its members w...
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July 13, 2012 | Melissa King | Body image and body standards, Feminism, Media
Saturday Vids: My Body...Finally
I love to see women who are comfortable and confident in their skin despite being a different size or shape than what our society markets as the ideal. I love seeing a woman who doesn’t lose her confi...
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