Tag Archives: Media
Disney gives Brave‘s Merida a princess make-over
TweetFor fuck’s sake. Brave‘s heroine Merida is getting a make-over before she’s officially inducted into the Disney Princess collection. The character’s creator Brenda Chapman, who became the first woman to win an Oscar for an animated feature for the film, said Disney should be ashamed of the decision. “It’s horrible! Merida was created to break that mold — [...]
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Chart of the Day: White men are 31% of the population but 58% of evening cable news guests
TweetMedia Matters has a series of depressing charts showing the (lack of) gender and racial diversity on cable news shows. They analyzed 13 evening cable news shows on CNN, Fox News, and MSNBC during April, though I’d imagine this sad game could be played every month of the year. The charts that show the combined [...]
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Dear ‘Gentleman Scholar’: Shaking hands with a woman is easy
TweetYou see a business associate at a conference. You meet a new co-worker at the plant. Your boss wants to meet with you for a second. But there’s a complication! The person in question is a woman. Tricky stuff. What do you do? Hold out your hand. Shake it two to three times firmly whilst [...]
Also tagged Masculinity, Work Comments closed
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