Dakota Smith, Author at Women's eNews

Black Women Ignore Many of Media’s Beauty Ideals

By Dakota Smith ● Arts & Culture ● June 10, 2004

Black women are less vulnerable than white women to reacting negatively if they don’t match the beauty ideals pervading prime-time television shows and magazines, according to two studies.

Women’s Wrestling Reaches Olympics

By Dakota Smith ● Arts & Culture ● May 21, 2004

With the introduction of women’s wrestling in the Olympics–the only new sport to be added to this summer’s games–there is hope among women and wrestling coaches that the sport will receive more attention at both the high school and college level.

Anti-Choice Groups Cybersquat to Promote Cause

By Dakota Smith ● Uncategorized ● August 5, 2003

Anti-choice activists are flocking to the Internet in a pervasive and sometimes illegal attempt to bring attention to their cause.

Sex-Spam Becomes More Prevalent, Pornographic

By Dakota Smith ● Uncategorized ● April 25, 2003

More e-mail inboxes are flooded with sexually explicit spam, yet most agree little can be done to limit the annoyance. To date, lawmakers, lobby groups and Internet service providers have not be able to reach agreement on preventative tactics.

‘The Deadly Dozen’ Echo in Anti-Choice Campaign

By Dakota Smith ● Uncategorized ● April 21, 2003

An advertising and poster campaign attacking pro-choice Catholic senators alarms those who see it as a dangerous echo of the notorious “The Deadly Dozen” campaign of 1995.

Spouse Loses All Marital Assets for Attack on Wife

By Dakota Smith ● Uncategorized ● January 30, 2003

In a groundbreaking ruling, a New York appellate court awarded a divorced couple’s entire assets–$17 million–to the wife because she suffered egregious violence at the hands of her then-husband.

Suspects’ DNA Ignored in Central Park Jogger Case

By Dakota Smith ● Commentary ● December 5, 2002

The reopening of the notorious Central Park jogger rape case is bringing renewed attention to the backlog of rape evidence kits that haven’t been evaluated–and the implications of such delays for victims.

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