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Sick of Violence
It has been just one week since the Sandy Hook Elementary massacre took place and many of us are still numb to the horror of what happened. My question is, are we brave enough to step out of our comfort zones, suspend all judgments, look long and hard at the big...
Victoria’s Secret Underwear
Feminist group leaves consent-themed panties in Victoria’s Secret stores to protest ‘culture of rape’ and company themes it finds problematic FORCE: Upsetting Rape Culture, which has a website spoofing Victoria’s Secret that pretends to offer consent-themed panties,...
Stand up To Violence
We have collected some of our favorite coverage of this horrific event. We are working on a larger piece that poses the question, "When will men, as the powerful demographic that they are, tire of the violence perpetrated in their name?" Stay tuned. Gender Split Over...
Fame & Lust in Internet Age
A Rowdy Tale, Told by Cellphone Cameras By STEPHEN HOLDEN From its opening scene, in which a potty-mouthed young stripper masturbates for a paying audience through her bedroom webcam, “King Kelly,” Andrew Neel’s furious satire of fame lust in the Internet age, made me...
Sports & Our Woman Hating Culture
The tragic murder of Kasandra Perkins at the hands of her boyfriend and professional football player Jovan Belcher was more than preventable, it was the product of a culture that refuses to treat domestic violence as the public health emergency that it is, choosing...
Cosmetic Surgery: Going Too Far?
When plastic surgery is used to repair bodily harm or birth defects it clearly makes sense to everyone. Media Watch is wondering at what point should the American Medical Association step in to stop doctors who exploit people's self-hate and insecurity about how they...
Rolling Jubilee
Rolling Jubilee: Buying Up Distressed Debt, Occupy Offshoot Bails Out the People, Not the Banks WATCH THIS An offshoot of Occupy Wall Street has launched a new movement called "Rolling Jubilee" to buy distressed debt from financial firms, often for pennies on the...
Vintage Anti-Suffrage Cards
Check out this great post from Sociological Images. To use links go to original page. by Gwen Sharp, PhD A while back, David Dismore posted about his archive of suffragist postcards, which appeared in the early 1900s as part of the campaign for women’s right to vote....
Record Number of Women Elected to U.S. Congress
Alina Selyukh Reuters WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A record number of women will serve in the U.S. Senate and House of Representatives after sweeping victories in Tuesday's election that challenged the traditional male makeup of the U.S. legislative branch. Twenty women...