Sandra Kobrin, Author at Women's eNews

Holiday Shopping? Skip the Tummy Tuck Gift Card

By Sandra Kobrin ● Arts & Culture ● November 28, 2007

After Donda West’s death from elective plastic surgery, Sandra Kobrin surveys a dangerous fashion-victim frontier and finds that this season you can even buy a plastic-surgery holiday gift card. She’s not buying it.

Hollywood Strike News Misses Pink-Collar Story

By Sandra Kobrin ● Commentary ● November 14, 2007

Low-paid assistants and support personnel–mostly female–are left out of news about the writers’ strike in Hollywood. Without strike funds or residuals to fall back on, Sandra Kobrin says, these workers are hit the hardest. But no one seems to care.

Custody Injustice Goes Way Beyond Britney

By Sandra Kobrin ● Arts & Culture ● October 24, 2007

Britney Spears has lost custody of her two children amid ghoulish media pleasure in her predicament. It’s tempting to think she’s a special case, but Sandra Kobrin says the tide is against mothers fighting custody battles in family court.

‘Brave One’ Puts Wrong Weapon in Women’s Hands

By Sandra Kobrin ● Commentary ● September 19, 2007

“The Brave One” offers moviegoers the spectacle of a woman on a blood-spattering vigilante rampage. Sandy Kobrin says the plot is a perverted fantasy of women’s actual relationship to guns and violence.

Beat a Woman? Play On; Beat a Dog? You’re Gone

By Sandra Kobrin ● Commentary ● August 22, 2007

Football’s Michael Vick is in big trouble for his dog fighting ring. Sandra Kobrin wonders at the outrage deficit when it comes to men who beat their wives and girlfriends and stay in the game. Fifth in our “Dangerous Trends, Innovative Responses” series.

California’s Parole System Abuses Battered Women

By Sandra Kobrin ● Commentary ● August 1, 2007

Gov. Schwarzenegger is about to make another decision in the case of Flozelle Woodmore, a model prisoner whose release has been recommended by parole boards six times. Sandra Kobrin says the governor must stop playing politics with her life.

‘Knocked Up’ Bans Abortion from Script

By Sandra Kobrin ● Commentary ● June 20, 2007

“Knocked Up” is about a woman with an unintended pregnancy that could wreck her career. So why is the possibility of an abortion expurgated from the script? Sandra Kobrin sees anti-choice propaganda at a cinema near you.

Prime-Time TV Sweeps Women to All-Time Lows

By Sandra Kobrin ● Commentary ● April 25, 2007

As TV networks head into their big sweeps and hotly compete for ratings and advertisers, Sandra Kobrin gapes at the demeaning and downright scary portrayal of women in our most powerful communication medium.

Older Women Deserve More Kinds of Life Support

By Sandra Kobrin ● Commentary ● February 7, 2007

A trip to Florida in February might sound appealing, but not when your elderly mother wrecks the car. As Sandra Kobrin heads into this family emergency she finds a society failing to care for its frail seniors, the majority of whom are women.

Teens Call Hyper-Sexualized Media Images ‘Normal’

By Sandra Kobrin ● Arts & Culture ● October 29, 2006

Many female teens in a study last month said hyper-sexualized media depictions of women are “normal.” Author Ariel Levy and media scholar Constance Penley offer different responses to what that means for the young women.

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