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More than two dozen women so far have alleged sexual misconduct against the iconic comedian. When journalists and bloggers call these victims “accusers” it perpetuates a culture of victim blaming.
It’s 1924 now and all women are on the brink of gaining the right to vote. Watch how the female characters work to subvert a class system and its patriarchal foundations. It’s a great soap opera, bubbling with history. And afterward, thankfully, we can turn it all off.
The case of 13 black women who accuse Daniel Ken Holtzclaw, a white and Asian police officer in Oklahoma, with sex assault is the elephant in the room. We also have black female homicide rates, missing persons and much more to bring up.
The threats against Emma Watson turned out to be hoax but the actual hostile forces lurking on the Internet, ready to pounce, cause real harm. Watson’s “He for She Campaign” has not responded to an issue stirring rising news coverage and concern.
The Internet allows us to spread messages further than our feet could take us, make ideas louder than our voices can shout and stand together while we are miles apart. Women, Action and the Media (WAM!) is asking us to tell the FCC that girls and women need to keep that precious access.
The kidnapping of schoolgirls in Nigeria and the shooting of Malala Yousafzai have spurred some U.S. teens to activism and generosity. Others find the news too terrible and hard to solve.
Eliott Rodger was a troubled young man and his murderous rampage may never be understood. But the conversation about the link between misogyny and the media’s outpouring of sexual fantasies must continue.
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It’s re-launching May 29 in Iran. After being shut down by hardliners in 2008 the revival of this 16-year-old feminist publication is an event to celebrate as a defining moment for the resurgence of women’s rights in the post-Ahmadinejad era.
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For readers who learned about these cases from conventional media, this book will be a shocking revelation of how reporters skewed criminal cases to the disadvantage of victims. Now it seems an awful lot of abused children deserve an apology.
Teen Voices, the newest initiative of Women’s eNews, will produce more authentic and accurate reporting on girls and young women by involving teens as reporters and writers. Here, Managing Editor Katina Paron introduces the site.