A public inquiry in the UK looking at media ethics has begun to look into sexism in the press. The focus is on sexism in tabloid journalism. There’s no doubt that sex – and sexism – sells papers. From a daily picture of a topless teenager on page three in one British tabloid paper (The ...
The freedom to define ourselves as individuals, rather than by our relationships with men, is a global feature of feminism. Indira Goswami, who died this week, was an activist and writer who took that notion seriously. Widowed as a young woman, Goswami lived amongst other young widows in an Assam ashram; she wrote her first, ...
The arts and journalism worlds were on the edge of their seats yesterday as the Pulitzer Prizes were announced. And while most people were baffled that no award was given in the Breaking News Reporting category, I was more preoccupied with finding out how well women were represented among the winners. In light of the ...
Journalism is dying. Companies have tried all kinds of interesting ways to revive it, from charging for access to their websites to publishing more and more sensational opinion pieces. Yet there is only one thing that seems to be common across the board: Naked Ladies. Media Matters just published a delightful mash-up showing just exactly ...
The New Yorker contains some of the best writing in the world. It is the last stronghold of the long article, the protector of prose and the savior of the great short story. What a shame that the walls of this literary fortress cannot be extended to include the fairer sex. Anne Hays is calling ...
A weather-beaten eye cast over the media: HatManJim looks at a story in the headlines and as a feminist with a penis (Menimist? Femi-meni-mist? I just believe i n women’s rights, I’m not having gender-reassignment. OK?), attempts to map the sexism inherent in the press, without inadvertently saying anything lecherous about breasts.
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