WMC News & Features
August 21, 2014 | Juanita Johnson-Bailey |
Women’s Studies: Don’t You Mean Gender Studies?
The author, the director of a women’s studies program, takes a stand in favor of “the all-inclusive concept of ‘Women’s Studies.’”
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August 14, 2014 | Rikki Rogers |
What to Make of “Female Empowerment” Marketing
The author, a marketer and media critic, takes a close look at the trend of ads that seem to be selling women’s and girls’ strength as much as any product.
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August 07, 2014 | Laura Durnell |
Education About Breastfeeding Needs to Start Earlier—Much Earlier
The author points out that the shaming of breastfeeding women will change only when we start teaching young people about its benefits.
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July 31, 2014 | Agunda Okeyo |
"Humanizing What Choice Looks Like"
When it comes to portraying women’s experiences of abortion, Obvious Child, this summer’s surprising feminist romantic comedy, is a game-changer.
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July 23, 2014 | Doreen Akiyo Yomoah |
A Harsh Climate for Women
By any measure, women are hardest hit by the effects of climate change. So we need women’s leadership in finding solutions.
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July 16, 2014 | Elayne Clift |
Closing the Information Gap on International Surrogacy
Two advocacy groups are teaming up to shed light on the human rights aspects of cross-border surrogacy.
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July 09, 2014 | Kristal Brent Zook |
Women Writers Find a New Platform
An innovative digital publisher offers new opportunities to women writers—and their audiences.
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July 02, 2014 | Jacqueline Murekatete |
Rwanda 20 Years Later
The author, a survivor of the 1994 genocide, sends out a call for both remembrance and action.
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A New Look at Grace Lee Boggs, American Revolutionary
A new documentary reveals the unique perspectives and extraordinary life of the author and activist, who has been agitating for change for some seven decades.
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June 20, 2014 | Anastasia Higginbotham |
Kings Will Be Kings
The author explores the real evil in the box-office knockout Maleficent
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June 12, 2014 | Mary C. Curtis |
Race/Ethnicity
Remembering Freedom Summer
Freedom Summer began 50 years ago this week. In marking the anniversary, multimedia journalist Mary C. Curtis sees echoes of the struggles and resistance of that time in today’s voting rights battles.
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June 05, 2014 | Kendall Hunter |
Sisters in Spirit
Activists are increasing pressure on the Canadian government to take action on the crisis of missing and murdered aboriginal women.
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May 30, 2014 | Amy Baker |
Women in Foreclosure: Not Out of the Woods
In the second of a two-part series, the author reports that the federal response to the foreclosure crisis rescued the banking industry but provided only temporary relief for homeowners, and warns that as time is running out on homeowners’ protections, a failed safety net and poor job benefits leave women at risk. This feature is based on her March article in the University of Chicago’s journal Social Service Review.
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May 27, 2014 | Robin Morgan |
What to Make of the Jill Abramson Firing
A special edition of Women’s Media Center Live With Robin Morgan devoted the entire hour to a roundtable of four distinguished journalists, all members of the WMC board of directors—Soraya Chemaly, Carol Jenkins, Geneva Overholser, and Gloria Steinem— delving into the implications of this firing. Following is an edited excerpt from that conversation. The full program is available at WMCLive.com and iTunes.
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Women in Foreclosure: How We Got Here
In the first of a two-part series, the author describes the origins of the mortgage crisis and its impact on women. This feature is based on her March article in the University of Chicago’s journal Social Service Review.
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May 14, 2014 | Latanya Mapp Frett |
Why Is It So Easy to Look Away When the Story Is about Women and Girls?
When in comes to telling the urgent story of the kidnapped Nigerian students, mainstream media have been slow to mobilize. The author, an international spokesperson for Planned Parenthood Federation of America, reveals why, and demands that we do better.
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May 07, 2014 | Shazia Z. Rafi |
Laying Claim to Our Bodies
As parliament considers a law to roll back abortion rights, women in Spain are trying a novel approach to assert ownership of their bodies.
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May 02, 2014 | Robin Morgan |
Still Speaking Truth: Anita Hill in a Conversation With Robin Morgan
More than 23 years after Anita Hill testified before a Senate committee of 14 white men about the sexual harassment she had experienced at the hands of then-Supreme Court nominee Clarence Thomas, th...
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April 23, 2014 | Trish Bendix |
Women Find Themselves on the Web
Amid ample evidence that both the small and big screens are still a man’s world, women are finding audiences by creating their own series and making them available on the web.
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April 18, 2014 | Kate Rounds |
One-Stop Shopping
A Buffalo abortion clinic adds a birthing center, creating a new model of a full-service facility for women’s reproductive health.
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April 09, 2014 | Dr. Martha Lauzen |
Moving Beyond the Bechdel Test
The author, a leading expert on women in the film industry, introduces new research that goes beyond the numbers, revealing the quality of films’ portrayals of women.
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April 03, 2014 | Rikki Rogers |
Meet Your Brand’s New Spokesperson: Funny, Female, and Fully Clothed
The author, a marketing professional, takes note of some new and different female characters in TV ads—and hopes that they will set a trend.
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March 27, 2014 | Holly Kearl |
Building a Monument for Survivors of Sexual Abuse
Activists have launched a large-scale, community-created artwork to show public support for victims and survivors of sexual assault.
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March 19, 2014 | Anthea Butler |
Reality Check on Pope Francis
When it comes to progress for women in the Catholic church, the author, a professor of religious studies, suggests that we take a hard look at Pope Francis’s actions, not just his rhetoric.
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March 12, 2014 | Courtney Young |
#SheDocs: A Film Festival for the Future
A a free, online documentary film festival, running throughout Women’s History Month, focuses on the stories of extraordinary women.