Wed, May 23, 2012

Women and Media Around the Web

 

Liz Lemon-ism, “TGS Hates Women,” and The Everywoman Myth

Posted 1 year, 2 months ago

Tina Fey is the Hillary Rodham Clinton of American comedy.

Fey’s taken a big swipe at her industry’s glass ceiling with 30 Rock, and also with her work on SNL and Mean Girls, though not so much a flying leap upwards as the methodical building of a ladder.  Much like Clinton, Fey’s…

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Defunding Planned Parenthood Means More Clap and Shotgun Weddings: Why The Pence Amendment Sucks

Posted 1 year, 3 months ago

Unless you live in Iran, China, or a state of affairs in which a bad breakup has forced you to deprive yourself of Facebook access, you’ve heard by now of the Pence Amendment, a Republican-sponsored bill that aims to strip federal funding from any organization that offers abortions, including

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Is Advice Women’s Work?

Posted 1 year, 2 months ago

We know, as the proverb goes, that women are the keepers of the world’s oldest profession.  But for nearly as long, women have provided additional consolation to the masses with their domination of another vocation: the industry of advice.

A brief history of advice columnists would…

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