Tag Archives: Sexism
Quick Hit: Mad Men in 2012
At The American Prospect, Amanda Marcotte connects Mad Men’s revival with the shift in political conversations around sexism during its hiatus, and how that will affect its audience: The last episode, “Tomorrowland”, aired in October 2010. Since then, we’ve seen a midterm election sweep Republicans into power in both Congress and across state governments, and [...]
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Quick hit: PETA offers pathetic excuse for their misogyny
Have you seen this interview with PETA’s Associate Director of Campaigns? In it, Lindsay Rajt attempts to do the impossible: explain away PETA’s consistently terrible no-good very bad history of employing sexism and misogyny to draw attention to their cause. If you don’t feel like reading the whole interview, here’s the basic idea: PETA is just [...]
McDonnell signs Virginia ultrasound bill
Despite tremendous outcry, all over the internet and on the steps of the Virginia capital–woman-hater Gov. Bob McDonnell has signed the ultrasound bill in Virginia into law. If you are seeking an abortion in Virginia you are required to have an ultrasound. And they may have backed down from making a transvaginal ultrasound mandatory–but there [...]
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Whitney Houston and moving beyond tragic narratives for women
Given the frenetic pace at which we overcome public deaths–writing about Whitney Houston five full days since she passed feels like old news. This, in and of itself, is sad. But even sadder is the lessons we learned this week about fame, addiction and tragedy, which are lasting. Like many others, Whitney Houston’s death felt [...]
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WMC releases media guide for gender neutral coverage of women candidates and politicians