WMC News & Features
Lucy Lippard on Eco Art and Climate Change
Lucy Lippard is curator of Weather Report: Art and Climate Change, her first major exhibition in 20 years. The internationally renowned cultural and art critic, feminist and political activist has w...
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WMC Commentary: “Charlie Wilson’s War” and Pakistan at a Crossroads
“Who is this?” I groaned into the phone. It was before noon on a Sunday, and I was a student. Who was up this early? It was my father, having an apoplectic fit. “What the hell are you up to over the...
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November 30, 2007 | Deborah Siegel |
Arts and culture
Happy Ever After and the Modern Broad
This year, my family’s Thanksgiving festivities included a trip to the multiplex to see the much-touted Disney film, “Enchanted.” Little girls in my family are affected by a deep touch of the prince...
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The GreenStone Story—Radio That Talked to Women
On September 12, 2006 GreenStone Media threw a star-studded soiree for the official, public launch of its female-targeted radio network at New York City’s Museum of Television and Radio. Named promi...
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November 20, 2007 | Sara K. Gould |
Politics
WMC Reprint: Words Matter—McCain and Politics ’08
The opinions expressed here are those of the author alone, and not those of the Women’s Media Center. As a 501(c)3 organization, the Women’s Media Center does not endorse or support candidates for e...
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WMC Exclusive: A Report from Freedom on Our Own Terms
The past, present and future of feminism converged over the weekend in New York City to commemorate the 30th anniversary of the first, and only, federally funded National Women's Conference. More th...
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WMC Commentary: Hillary Clinton’s Masculine Communication Style Just Might Win the Prize
Of course Hillary Clinton is “running as a woman.” As former Colorado Congresswoman Pat Schroeder aptly reminded us when asked the same question during her 1988 presidential bid: “do I have a choice...
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WMC Exclusive: Muslim Women, Taking The Lead
For Pinar Ilkkaracan, coming to New York from Istanbul to receive a prestigious human rights award last month was a welcome respite. “You are constantly struggling,” she said of her efforts on behal...
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In Boy Versus Girl, It's Hillary 1, Media 0
The opinions expressed here are those of the author alone, and not those of the Women’s Media Center. As a 501(c)3 organization, the Women’s Media Center does not endorse or support candidates for e...
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November 02, 2007 | Linda Steinberg |
Health
Hysterectomies—Frequently Performed But Often Unnecessary
Hysterectomy, the second most frequent major operation performed on women in the United States, has long been criticized as being over performed, especially for benign conditions. In the late sixtie...
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October 29, 2007 International,
Politics
Women’s Delegation Calls for an End to Failed Mideast Peace Formulas
During the past week, according to an AP report, Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice has reached out to Jimmy Carter, Bill Clinton, Madeleine Albright, and others to discuss how to resolve the Arab-Israeli conflict. Meanwhile, a delegation of Palestinian, Israeli, and international women are speaking out in California, New York, and Washington, DC, calling for a new, “consultative approach” to a negotiated agreement.
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October 28, 2007 | Peggy Simpson |
Sports
Appeals Court Spells Out Standards To Prevent Sex Abuse in Sports
Two University of Colorado-Boulder women deserve their day in court, a federal appeals court has ruled. Lisa Simpson and Anne Gilmore charged that football recruiting programs sanctioned by the univ...
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Media Consortium Report: Snoops Get a Direct Line
It seemed like shocking news last week when the telecommunications giant Verizon admitted it has readily allowed national security investigators without warrants to browse customer records on thousa...
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October 23, 2007 | Betty Williams |
International
We Must Free Aung San Suu Kyi
We watch now with absolute disbelief as, once more, the courage of the monks and people of Burma are flashed across our television screens. They reject the brutal dictatorship of the junta and call ...
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On World Poverty Day—Women Hold the Key
This year marks almost the halfway point in the 15-year time-span set in 2000 for the world to realize eight ambitious targets, the United Nations Millennium Development Goals. Still a millennium aw...
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Climate Change—Combatants at Work
This year’s Nobel Peace Prize, shared between Al Gore and the UN’s climate science panel, is a victory for environmentalism and science. It underscores the gravity of global warming and leaves no sp...
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October 09, 2007 | Faye Anderson |
Media
From Imus to Industry—What Price Dignity?
Hours into viewing the live webcast September 25 of the House Subcommittee on Commerce, Trade and Consumer Protection hearing, “From Imus to Industry: The Business of Stereotypes and Degrading Image...
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Benazir Bhutto—Will a Third Term Be the Charm?
Pinky Bhutto—Benazir’s school nickname in Karachi—is coming back. Will she become prime minister of Pakistan a third time? Will three be the lucky number allowing her to complete a full term? Will a...
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Sexual Harassment—What’s Changed Since the Hill/Thomas Hearings?
One thing that definitely hasn’t changed since Anita Hill accused Clarence Thomas of sexual harassment during the October 1991 hearings that confirmed his seat on the Supreme Court: Thomas is still ...
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Hillary, Condi, Aung San Suu Kyi and You
Consider these two images from recent news events: 20,000 monks marching past Burmese Nobel Laureate Aung San Suu Kyi’s home to protest the democracy leader’s 11-year house arrest and the country’s ...
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September 27, 2007 | Peggy Simpson |
Arts and culture
Museum Film Festival Appeals to Fresh Audience
To celebrate the 20th anniversary of its founding, the National Museum of Women in the Arts in Washington, D.C., is mounting a Festival of Women’s Film and Media Arts this week, with filmmakers from...
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Hillary Evens the Score on the Sunday Morning Circuit
I watched as much of Hillary Clinton as I could yesterday—it was almost an all day affair. In a well orchestrated media blitz, the Clinton campaign managed to squeeze in lengthy interviews on all fi...
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Ms. Memories
It is always stunning to me to realize that an event that still lives in my contemporary memory actually took place decades ago; so when I was invited to a 35th anniversary celebration for Ms. Magaz...
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The Invisible World Cup
Along with most people in this country, you probably haven't noticed that the U.S. women's national soccer team, ranked number one in the world by FIFA (soccer's governing body), is off in China com...
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Sally Field’s Peace Message Breaks Through
Last night at the Emmy Awards, Sally Field, in accepting her honor for best performance in a dramatic series, gave the best performance as a real-life thinking mother who found herself in the privil...