WMC News & Features
Voters Reject GOP State Initiatives—What's the Message for 2012?
In a week when voters shot down anti-union and anti-reproductive choice measures, President Obama took pride in initiatives to advance women's equality.
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In Fencer’s Hijab—Struggle and Inspiration
A top competitor in sabre is determined to adhere to religious tradition and also represent her country at the 2012 Olympic games.
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November 03, 2011 | Courtney Martin |
Economy
Is Crisis Our Opportunity To Acknowledge Interdependence?
Marked by protest and environmental disaster, world-wide crisis may finally force us to turn to each other for solutions, ushering in The Great Liberation, suggests author and blogger Courtney E. Martin.
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Finding Home: Anita Hill 20 Years Later
The author, who wasn't around to experience the outrage that women felt at senators' reception of Anita Hill testifying at the Clarence Thomas hearings two decades ago, writes of some epiphanies of her own.
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Domestic Abuse Fears Grow in Immigrant Communities
Alabama has passed the most extreme of the new state immigration laws copying Arizona's statute. Laura Tillman explores how they threaten victims of domestic violence.
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October 26, 2011 | Ariel Dougherty |
Media
Changing the Landscape With Women's Media
To have truly positive media images of women readily available, says media justice activist Ariel Dougherty, we must marshal our power as consumers to support the rich feminist mix out there now on the airwaves, newsstands and internet—start with 13 of your choice!
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Runoff Election Faces Liberian Winner of Peace Prize
Ellen Johnson Sirleaf has had an impossibly difficult job as president leading Liberia out of civil war. Now she's fighting for enough time to finish her mission.
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"Miss Representation"—Poised to Advance a Media Movement
The documentary shown on Oprah's OWN network takes on the disparagement of women and girls in the media in a comprehensive way. Marianne Schnall talks to "Miss Representation" filmmaker Jennifer Siebel Newsom.
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Our Bodies Ourselves at Forty
OBOS celebrates its 40th birthday this year, and members of what is now a worldwide community gathered in Boston to discuss the book's huge impact for women globally.
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Margaret Cho (no surprise) Speaks Her Mind
Fans can watch Margaret Cho's new concert film, "Cho Dependent," on Showtime beginning this weekend. Here, Emily Wilson talks to the star and the film's director and discovers the political roots of Cho's outspoken comedy.
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October 11, 2011 | Marianne Schnall |
Politics
Senator Gillibrand's Call to Action
Like the national appeal to Rosie the Riveter during World War II, Senator Kirsten Gillibrand of New York is asking women to move "Off the Sidelines" to the center of decision making and power in the United States.
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October 10, 2011 | Abigail E. Disney |
International
Woman of Peace—Leymah Gbowee
The producer of "Pray the Devil Back to Hell" and of a PBS series premiering Tuesday this week, "Women, War and Peace," writes of her friend Leymah Gbowee, who along with sister Liberian, President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf, and pro-democracy campaigner Tawakkul Karman of Yemen, has won the Nobel Peace Prize.
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October 07, 2011 | Heidi Hartmann |
Economy
After the Great Recession
The economic recovery has yet to begin for American women, according to two reports issued this week by the Institute for Women's Policy Research (IWPR). Here, acclaimed economist Heidi Hartmann, who co-authored the analyses, explains the disturbing findings.
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"Femicide"—The Power of a Name
Sociologist Diana Russell has organized for decades to end violence against women. Here she argues that labeling the most extreme form of such violence is essential to combating it.
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Ericka Huggins and "Black Power Mixtape"
In her interview by author Emily Wilson, Ericka Huggins tells why a recent documentary on the Black Panther Party can help open up a needed conversation on race, gender and class.
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Seattle Law Advances Paid Sick Leave Campaign
Following a thoughtful strategy, citizen advocates joined with city council members and business owners to design a paid sick leave ordinance enacted by a close-to-unanimous vote in Seattle.
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September 26, 2011 | Emily Wilson |
Arts and culture
Connected—Tiffany Shlain's New "Autoblogography"
Filmmaker Tiffany Shlain invented a word for her film that crosses genres between documentary and memoir and explores how technology alters our sense of relationship.
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September 21, 2011 | Louise W. Knight |
Economy
The Biology of Nurturing Fathers
The act of daily childcare changes fathers hormonally, and that's all to the good of their families. The author discusses what feminists have long suspected.
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The Deep Black Hole of Women's History
"History Detectives" on PBS will feature a "Votes for Women" segment in which author Louise Bernikow helps the crew unearth the origins of an early 20th century purple and gold banner. Her experience provoked the following thoughts about women's history, the media and where we are now.
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Listening to Women—Obama’s Jobs Proposal
The jobs plan President Obama presented to Congress this week recognizes that out-of-work women need targeted help.
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September 12, 2011 | Susanna Margolis |
Arts and culture
Painting Matters
A new exhibit in New York City this month highlights the work of women behind the scenes in theater—artists whose work you may not even know existed.
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Women at the Front—Two Reporters Join a Sisterhood
At danger spots in the Middle East and elsewhere, CNN reporters Sara Sidner and Arwa Damon lend their particular perspectives, in a tradition of war correspondents who happen to be women.
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September 01, 2011 | Catherine Epstein |
Health
Taking On Big Ag—Is Monsanto Useful?
Ira Wallace and other small organic farmers have banded together to challenge an mighty agricultural giant, arguing that Monsanto's patented transgenic seeds do not benefit society.
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August 29, 2011 | Emily Wilson |
Arts and culture
"Higher Ground"—Vera Farmiga Takes Control
Using what she has learned from colleagues, Vera Farmiga, Oscar nominee for "Up in the Air," directs and stars in a film that explores spirituality. Arts reporter Emily Wilson talks to her about the project.
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Make History With Your Media Activism on Women's Equality Day
This is Women's Equality Day. What better way to celebrate, suggests author and WMC board member Gloria Feldt, than to launch your own campaign against sexism in the media.