May 7th, 2008
Murder Attempt Against Puntland’s Last Woman TV Presenter
Reporters sans Frontières
PRESS RELEASE
7 May 2008
Reporters Without Borders said today it was disgusted by a murder attempt against Bisharo Mohammed Waeys, celebrated presenter on the privately-owned Eastern Television Network (ETN), on 4 May, the last woman working openly as a journalist in the semi-autonomous region of Puntland, north-eastern […]
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May 7th, 2008
Anna Greer has a very thought-provoking piece in Wo! Magazine about the use of the passive voice in describing gender-based violence. She writes:
“One of the first things journalism students learn is to avoid the passive voice. So, you have to wonder why journalists are drawn to using passive voice when the subject of their […]
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May 6th, 2008
“Disney’s Double Standard: Despite Playing the Victim in Hannah Montana Photo Episode, Company’s Ads in China Feature Even Racier Tween Models After Disney screamed in outrage over Vanity Fair’s controversial Miley Cyrus shoot, now photos of Disney underwear ads in China have popped up on the web showing even more skin on tween models. Disney spokeswoman […]
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May 5th, 2008
Heart over at Women’s Space has an excellent, comprehensive report on Tracy Barker another Halliburton/KBR employee who experienced hrorendous sexual harassment and assault while working in Iraq. The blog takes a hard look not only at the facts of the case but also why it has received relatively little attention compared to the […]
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May 3rd, 2008
In its annual exercise of misogynist myopia, Time Magazine has decreed that only 25% of the world’s most influential people happen to be women, and at that 8 of those women are in the arts and entertainment field (although 3 of them were listed in the Heroes and Pioneers category).
So, much like the list of […]
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April 15th, 2008
Received via e-mail, with thanks to Jan Strout:
Mexico, April 9th, 2008
The World Association of Community Radio Broadcasters, Article 19, and Reporters Without Borders condemn the murder of two community journalists in Mexico, and we demand:
Clarification of the events that occurred on April 8th of this year, on the highway to San Juan Copala, Oaxaca, where […]
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April 4th, 2008
Every once in awhile I find that some predatory marketing site has posted the demographics for our site. The inaccuracies are sometimes quite amusing. Here is the latest one:
“The site attracts a very slightly male biased, primarily older following.The typical visitor reads thinkprogress.org and subscribes to Vanity Fair.”
Say what? Do you think they even looked […]
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April 3rd, 2008
Think that the abortion issue gets too much attention? Well the folks at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health have found an innovative solution to the problem–block the word from being searchable on their Popline Database. No joke. Rachel at Women’s Health News has the story:
“Today through medical librarian channels, […]
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April 2nd, 2008
Rosa Brooks recent column about the toxicity of Disney princesses is totally righteous. She writes,
“Start with some light feminist analysis. It will not have escaped you, Mothers of America, that Disney princesses — Snow White, Cinderella, Sleeping Beauty and the rest — rarely slay dragons, play sports, pilot jets or do open-heart surgery. Instead, […]
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March 27th, 2008
Lillith eZine has a marvelous compendium of feminist links. We guarantee you’ll find something there that you haven’t seen before, check it out!
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