Chronic Media Biases

by | Apr 13, 2012 | Blog

by RALPH NADER from Counterpunch March Madness comes once a year. Media Madness is year-round. What the mass media choose to cover and feature try to turn the priorities of any sane society upside down. People of vice, war, money, spectator sports and business receive...

Use the Sticker

by | Jul 12, 2011 | Blog, Sexism

RESISTANCE TO OBJECTIFYING ADVERTISING Who needs an excuse to feature public resistance to marketing that is sexually objectifying to women? We include some of our favorites and link to Sociological Images to view more. Enjoy this small sampling of how some fight the...

Ann J. Simonton & Activism Archive

by | Apr 11, 2011 | Blog, Media

Sports Illustrated Retrospective of Swimsuit Covers Woman Warrior 25th Anniversary Issue Women of the Year Simonton shaves Hair Ms. Magazine Using Consumer Boycott for Social Change Throwing in the Towel by Bruce Horovitz Los Angeles Times, Business San Francisco...

Act For Internet Freedom

by | Feb 18, 2011 | Blog

Yesterday, the House voted to block the FCC from protecting our right to access an open Internet. If successful, the move would give phone and cable companies absolute, unrestricted power over the Internet. In the Senate, Republicans have introduced a...

Free Speech on Ice

by | Dec 5, 2010 | Blog

ICELAND BECOMES INTERNATIONAL MEDIA TRANSPARENCY HAVEN The Icelandic Parliament unanimously passed a proposal recently asking the government to introduce a new legislative regime to protect and strengthen modern freedom of expression, and the free flow of information...