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January 23, 2020 | Sophie Hayssen | Arts and culture
The Revolutionary Way ‘Little Women’ Portrays Self-Love

These characters’ journeys expose our culture’s ridiculous link between relationship status and total happiness

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January 22, 2020 | Lauren Wolfe | Feminism
Study: Women CEOs are twice as likely as men to divorce

A study out this month in the American Economic Journal says married women who reach the corporate pinnacle are twice as likely to be divorced three years after their promotion to CEO as compared to their male counterparts.

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January 22, 2020 | Grace Bloom | Media
Last year saw more depictions of abortion on TV than ever before

A recent study found that there was also an unprecedented number of discussions about abortion depicted on television — more than ever observed in a single year.

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January 19, 2020 | Lauren Wolfe | Feminism, Free Speech, Politics
Photos: Women’s Marchers put their anger at Trump on full display

Thousands of women repped the resistance front and center at the fourth annual Women’s March taking place in cities across the U.S. on Saturday.

WMC Live
January 19, 2020 | Gail Collins | Politics, Robin Morgan
WMC Live #305: Gail Collins. (Original Airdate 01/19/2020)

Robin on impeachment, Harvey Weinstein, endangered women mayors, wrestling, how things are getting better, and days-long orgies of same-sex box crabs. Guest: NY Times columnist Gail Collins on her new book about older women, No Stopping Us Now.

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January 17, 2020 | Farha Khalidi | Science and tech
The importance of women in sex tech

This year, CES allowed a female-led and oriented sex tech companies to appear at the show.

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January 16, 2020 | Susan Buttenwieser | LGBTQIA, Politics
Trump’s attacks on LGBTQ rights underscore need for federal law

The House passed a comprehensive rights bill last year, but it died in the Senate. A new proposed compromise would ban discrimination — but with a major loophole.

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January 16, 2020 | Kadin Burnett | Arts and culture, Media
Women in film made history in 2019. So why weren’t they recognized?

2019 was a banner year for women in the entertainment industry. But female filmmakers are still unable to break the “celluloid ceiling.”

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January 15, 2020 | Lauren Wolfe | Arts and culture
This week’s winners in the arts: men

It’s awards season. Which means it is again the time of year in which women realize they’ve been snubbed, blocked, ignored, skipped over…however you want to put it, it’s the season in which women are consistently losers to the patriarchy, and this year is no different.

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January 13, 2020 | Farha Khalidi | Environment, Feminism
Why are more women vegan than men?

Feminists have long linked oppressive gender dynamics to industrialized animal agriculture, noting that female animals and their reproductive organs are exploited for profit, under intensely inhumane conditions.

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January 10, 2020 | Lauren Wolfe | Feminism, Politics
ERA hope diminishes as Trump administration blocks ratification

An opinion issued Wednesday from the Justice Department's Office of Legal Counsel may scuttle an effort to ratify the Equal Rights Amendment.

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January 10, 2020 | Sophie Hayssen | Arts and culture, Media
Women directors are working more than ever, but aren't being recognized

No women were nominated in the category of Best Director at the Golden Globes even though there were more women-directed top-grossing movies in 2019 than in any year before.

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January 09, 2020 | Lauren Wolfe | Gender-based violence, International, Violence against women
Indian court sets hanging date for men convicted in Dehli gang rape

A court in India issued a death warrant Tuesday for four men convicted of gang-raping a 23-year-old physiotherapy student in 2012. They are set to be hanged on January 22.

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January 09, 2020 | Maddie Solomon | Disability, Violence against women, WMC Loreen Arbus Journalism Program
Eight myths about sexual violence perpetuated by rape culture

As much awareness as the #MeToo movement has generally brought to the sexual violence epidemic in this country, rape culture still persists — and, unfortunately, all too many people subscribe to myths promoted by rape culture.

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January 08, 2020 | Carmen Rios | Arts and culture, Education
In new program, Patrisse Cullors will help artists find “the language of protest”

The Black Lives Matter co-founder is directing a new program for artists that connects creativity and activism.

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January 07, 2020 | Tharwa Boulifi | Violence against women
Tunisian feminists launched their own #MeToo movement

Tunisian women from different ages and backgrounds have begun to share their sexual harassment stories on social media under the hashtag #EnaZeda — which means #MeToo in the Tunisian dialect.

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January 03, 2020 | Lauren Wolfe | Body image and body standards
Victoria’s Secret models are skinnier than ever—as average U.S. dress size has gone up

Victoria’s Secret is still busy making life for women and girls about being their thinnest possible selves.

WMC News & Features
January 02, 2020 | Dr. Martha Lauzen | Arts and culture, Media
A race to irrelevance for the Golden Globes and Academy Awards

The continued exclusion of female talent shows that major awards are based not on merit but on the biases of individuals.

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December 27, 2019 | Lauren Wolfe | Gender-based violence, International, Violence against women
South Korean ‘comfort women’ denied appeal on deal with Japan

Korean women are still—nearly 75 years later—fighting to gain restitution from the country that forced them into sexual slavery, despite a “final and irreversible” deal reached between Korea and Japan in 2015.

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December 27, 2019 | Rachel Sondkar | Politics
Why young women must vote in 2020

2020 will mark the centennial of women getting the right to vote — and we have a lot to celebrate. But there is still room for improvement.

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December 24, 2019 | Jenny Warburg | Environment
Marching with Jane for climate justice

Here's what happened on Jane Fonda's 82nd birthday. She wanted 82 people to get arrested to bring attention to the climate emergency. One hundred and forty three people were arrested. Photo essay by Jenny Warburg

WMC News & Features
December 23, 2019 | Lauren Wolfe | Gender-based violence, International, Violence against women
Journalist wins landmark 'Weinstein' case in Japan

While Harvey Weinstein’s accusers are figuring out whether to take a proposed multimillion-dollar settlement, Japan’s version of Harvey Weinstein has been ordered to pay just 3.3 million yen ($30,000) in damages in a very public rape case.

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December 23, 2019 | Neha Madhira | Disability, Media, WMC Loreen Arbus Journalism Program
Increasing the visibility of people with disabilities in the media

Over one billion people live with disability, yet this group is barely represented in the media.

WMC News & Features
December 20, 2019 | Lauren Wolfe | Gender-based violence, Online harassment, Violence against women
More than half of women vets say they were stalked while serving

As if being pursued by an enemy isn’t traumatic enough, women in the military are also being stalked by their own..

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December 20, 2019 | Maddie Solomon | Feminism
Why “OK Boomer” does more harm than good

While it’s true that some political ideas shared by many Boomers are outdated, saying “OK Boomer” perpetuates the harms it seeks to redress.

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