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Jane Fonda, Gloria Steinem Compare Rush Limbaugh To Nazi

Posted 05.12.2012

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A trio of feminist icons called on Saturday for the Federal Communications Commission to take steps to remove Rush Limbaugh from the airwaves — and ...

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What The Iowa Caucus Means for Women

Soraya Chemaly | Posted 03.03.2012

Read More: Center for American Women and Politics, American Exceptionalism, See Jane, Susan Faludi, Michele Bachman, Gender Bias, Gender Equity, Women's Media Center, The White House Project, Tucker Carlson, Women in Politics, Emerge, Backlash, Feminism, She Should Run, Media Bias, Name It. Change It., Iowa Caucuses, Hillary Clinton, Jeanne Zaino, Off the Sidelines, Equality, World Economic Forum, Women News
Soraya Chemaly

It's unpatriotic and irresponsible to ignore sexism.

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Ibtihaj Muhammad May be the First U.S. Olympian To Compete In A Hijab -- Here's Why It Matters

Laura Tillman | Posted 01.10.2012

Read More: London Olympics, Women, Sports, Religion, Islam, Women's Media Center, Olympics, Hijab, Women News
Laura Tillman

Ibtihaj Muhammadshe is pursuing the goal both as an athlete who loves her sport and as a Muslim woman showing the world that a woman in hijab belongs anywhere -- including the Olympics.

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Charlie Sheen, Lindsay Lohan and Britney Spears: Boys Will Be Boys v. Girls Gone Bad

Nancy Doyle Palmer | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Charlie Sheen, Lindsay Lohan, Britney Spears, Yana Walton, Bob Thompson, Dr. John Sharp, Two and a Half Men, Women's Media Center, Dr. Carole Leiberman, Entertainment News
Nancy Doyle Palmer

I was walking the dogs with my friend Kerry, and out of the blue she says, "How come Lindsay Lohan and Britney are drunken bimbos but with Charlie Sheen it's boys will be boys?"

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Where Are All The Women In Film?

Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Kathryn Bigelow, Video, Women's Issues, Women's Media Center, Women in Film, The Oscars, Film, Oscars 2011, Movies, Entertainment News

Kathryn Bigelow made history last year when she won the Oscar for directing 'The Hurt Locker.' She was the first woman to win the award, and only the ...

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Weekly Pulse: Crisis Pregnancy Centers, Christine O'Donnell, Condoms, and Concussions

The Media Consortium | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: WMC, Sex Ed, Hiv, Choice, Cpc, Michelle Chen, Concussion, Nfl, Osha, Football, Tapped, Health, New York City, CAL-OSHA, Porn, Abortion, Christine O'donnell, Shelby Knox, Sports, Condoms, Health Care, The Nation, Crisis Pregnancy Center, Ms., Women's Media Center, Pharmaceutical, Abstinence, Delaware, Home News
The Media Consortium

by Lindsay Beyerstein, Media Consortium blogger Crisis Pregnancy Centers (CPCs) in New York City may soon have to level with the public about their ...

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This just in: The measure of a female candidate isn't in her measurements

Sam Bennett | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Celinda Lake, Allentown, Women's Issues, U.S. Congress, Sexist, Sexism, Sam Bennett, Lake Research Partners, Women's Campaign Forum, Women's Media Center, Politics News
Sam Bennett

I never understood the toxic level of sexism in our society until I experienced it firsthand. And then I realized something else: Politics remains one...

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Weekly Diaspora: Zero Hour Approaching for Federal Immigration Reform

The Media Consortium | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: First Focus, Women's Media Center, Workers Independent News, Rep. Luis Gutierrez, Immigration, Arizona, Feministing, Care2, Alternet, Immigration Reform, May Day, Labor, DREAM Act, Sb 1070, Rally, Racewire, New America Media, Trail of Dreams, Inter Press Service, International Workers' Day, Real News Network, Sen Lindsay Graham, Chuck Schumer, Domestic Violence, Undocumented, Politics News
The Media Consortium

by Erin Rosa, Media Consortium blogger The countdown is on. Half a million supporters of comprehensive immigration reform rallied across the country o...

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Weekly Pulse: The Pill at 50 and Oklahoma's Extreme Ultrasound Law

The Media Consortium | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Food and Drug Administration, Merrick Garland, The American Prospect, Women's Media Center, RH Reality Check, Reproductive Rights, Elena Kagan, The Progressive, Pro-Life, Diane Wood, Justice John Paul Stevens, Birth Control Pill, Reproductive Freedom, Tropical Diseases, Birth Control, The Pill, Fda, Reproductive Health, Wellpoint, Anti-Choice, Talking Points Memo, Pro-Choice, Women's Liberation, Center for Reproductive Rights, Politics News
The Media Consortium

by Lindsay Beyerstein, Media Consortium blogger Fifty years ago, the Food and Drug Administration approved the first birth control pill. Needless to...

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Weekly Diaspora: White House Likely to Sue Over Arizona's Racial Profiling Law

The Media Consortium | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Democracy Now!, U.S. Social Forum, Worker's Center, Women's Media Center, Oliver Stone, Gloria Steinem, Immigration Prisons, Arizona, Rocio Valerio, Pramila Javapal, Care2, Ice, Alternet, Free Speech TV, Grittv, Reverend Phil Reller, Sb 1070, South of the Border, Department of Justice, New America Media, Jessica Pieklo, National Radio Project, Anthony Advincula, Politics News
The Media Consortium

Hope for a comprehensive immigration reform bill this year has fallen by the wayside, but the Obama administration is rallying for one last hurrah before mid-term elections in November.

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Weekly Mulch: Citizens Lead Cochabamba Climate Negotiations

The Media Consortium | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Democracy Now!, Bolivia, Women's Media Center, United Nations, Public News Service, Environmentalism, The Nation, YES! Magazine, Earth Day, Care2, Clean Air Act, Clean Water Act, Alternet, Cochabamba, Grittv, Sierra Club, UN Secretary General Ban Ki-Moon, Evo Morales, Gaylord Nelson, Inter Press Service, Copenhagen, Environmental Protection Agency, Green News
The Media Consortium

by Sarah Laskow, Media Consortium blogger Environmental advocates from around the world gathered in Cochabamba, Bolivia, this week and resolved that, ...

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Media Outlets Need to Take a Look in the Mirror

Jehmu Greene | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Women's Rights, Women, Npr, Feministing.com, Equality Now, Media, Women's Media Center, Media Bias, Media News
Jehmu Greene

The absence of female experts and commentators in the media sends a silent but powerful message: Women are less qualified than their male peers to provide information on the news.

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'Black Hearts' (Anatomy of a War Crime)

Gail McGowan Mellor | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Black Hearts, Ak-47, Tokyo, War on Terror, Black Heart, Triangle of Death, Al Qaeda, Ieds, David Petaeus, Shia, Tony Yribe, Warrior Monks, Women's Media Center, Abu Ghraib, Thomas Ricks, Iraq War, Sunni, Yusafiyah, Bagdhad, Books News
Gail McGowan Mellor

Black Hearts should be taught at West Point, Annapolis, and wherever else the styles and consequences of combat leadership are studied.

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Washington Post TV Critic Showcases His Own Bias

Jehmu Greene | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Tom Shales, This Week With George Stephanopoulos, George Stephanopoulos, Women's Media Center, Media Bias, Christiane Amanpour, This Week, Media News
Jehmu Greene

In a perplexing and misguided column in today's Washington Post, the prominent television critic Tom Shales inveighs against the choice of Christiane Amanpour to host This Week.

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The Pill 50 Years Later -- and the Fight for Coverage Continues

Catherine Epstein | Posted 11.17.2011

Read More: Abortion, Birth Control, The Pill, Women, Women's Health, Reproductive Rights, Reproductive Health, Women's Media Center, Video, Healthy Living News
Catherine Epstein

Despite its safety and effectiveness, only in last month's sweeping health care reform bill has the pill been recognized as worth greater coverage for the millions of American women who use it.

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The Hurt Locker Blows Up More Than Bombs

Shira Tarrant | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Jane Fonda, Kathryn Bigelow, The Hurt Locker, Masculinity, Women's Media Center, Feminism, James Cameron, Gender, Media News
Shira Tarrant

We need to improve the numbers of women and people of color in Hollywood. But it helps that directors like Bigelow are shifting images of gender and masculinity in our everyday movie faves.

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Show Me the Women -- In Hollywood

Jane Fonda | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Women's Rights, Film, Women's Media Center, Women, Entertainment News
Jane Fonda

Women accounted for just 7% of directors on the 250 top-grossing movies of 2009. That's the same number as in 1987.

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Super Bowl Sexism, by the Numbers

Jehmu Greene | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Super Bowl Ads, Womens-Media-Center, Super Bowl, Sexism, Media News
Jehmu Greene

Though the New Orleans Saints' decisive victory left little room for Monday morning quarterbacking, the same cannot be said about the Super Bowl ads, where CBS showed just how low it can go.

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The Truth About CBS: C-hoice, B-ias, and the S-uper Bowl

Jehmu Greene | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Tim Tebow, Nfl, Super Bowl Ads, Women's Media Center, Cbs, Reproductive Rights, Media News
Jehmu Greene

Super Bowl advertising has always been a showcase of overt sexism. This year the biased barrage also includes CBS's and the NFL's decision to air a seemingly subtle ad sponsored by Focus on the Family.

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Women in the Media: A Night of Recognition

Marcia G. Yerman | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Salon.com, LGBT Issues, Women's Issues, Media New Media, Lynn Nottage, Pray the Devil Back to Hell, Rebecca Traister, Gloria Steinem, Women in Journalism, Liberia, Women in Media and News, Women's Media Center, 2008 Election, Pam Spaulding, Ruined, Dr. George Tiller, Feminsim, Gina Reticker, Rachel Maddow, Abigail Disney, Judy Grahm, Christiane Amanpour, Candy Crowley, Bonnie Erbe, Hillary Clinton, Tina Fey, Bill O'Reilly, Helene Cooper, Wolf Blitzer, Joan Walsh, Media News
Marcia G. Yerman

The Women's Media Center was packed with women active in old and new media, advocacy, and culture.

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The Death of Abeer in Iraq: What We Know Now

Gail McGowan Mellor | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Jesse Spielman, Abeer Al-Janabi, Karen Marrs, Kentucky, Steve Green, James Barker, Hadeel, Women's Media Center, Federal Jury, Atrocity, Abeer, Paul Cortez, Fort Campbell, Murder, Bryan Howard, Fakhriya, Iraq War, Mamoudiyah Massacre, Muhammed Al-Janabi, Yusufiyah, Mamoudiyah, Barrouquere, Paducah, Qassim, World News
Gail McGowan Mellor

In 2006, Abeer Qassim Hamza al-Jabani, only 14, faced three U.S. soldiers alone, soldiers who were intent on raping her, with a fourth nearby.

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Jane Fonda on Joining the Blogosphere

Marianne Schnall | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Twitter, Jane Fonda, 33 Variations, Blogging, Aging, Women's Media Center, Georgia Campaign for Adolescent Pregnancy, Robert Redford, Vday, The Jane Fonda Center at Emory University, Robin Morgan, Matisse, Gloria Steinem, My Life So Far, Sisterhood Is Global Institute, Lily Tomlin, Beethoven, Moises Kaufman, Media News
Marianne Schnall

Not content merely to speak to her Broadway audience eight times a week through a critically acclaimed performance, Jane Fonda is blogging daily and twittering nightly. She finds herself hooked on the instant feedback.

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O'Reilly Defends Calling Helen Thomas "Wicked Witch Of The East" (VIDEO)

Huffington Post | Nicholas Graham | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Bill O'reilly Courtney Martin Video, Video, Bill O'reily Video, Bill O'reilly and Helen Thomas, Courtney Martin, Women's Media Center, Bill O'Reilly, Helen Thomas, O'reilly Defends Remarks About Helen Thomas, Bill O'reilly Women's Media Center Video, Media News

Bill O'Reilly's top story tonight on his Fox News show was devoted to defending remarks he made calling legendary White House reporter Helen Thomas th...

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WMC Demands Apology From O'Reilly For Helen Thomas Insult

Carol Jenkins | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Video, Women's Media Center, Bill O'Reilly, Helen Thomas, Bill O'Reilly Helen Thomas, Helen Thomas Obama Press Conference, Media News
Carol Jenkins

We urge you to join the Women's Media Center in sending an official complaint to Fox News about Bill O'Reilly. His sexist and ageist comments about legendary reporter Helen Thomas require an apology.

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Not Enough Cracks In The Media's Glass Ceiling

Carol Jenkins | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Women's Media Center, Media News
Carol Jenkins

Sunday, where issues of the week are determined, and policy influenced, remains the most segregated hours of television.

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