TUNE IN: An alert was issued yesterday afternoon by growing women’s rights organization Ultra Violet that popular free streaming radio service Pandora is running political ads that prey on pregnant women. While the messages in question are documented as having been “on air” since May of this year, they’re just now getting the attention they deserve. “These deceptive … Continue reading
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Koch Brothers’ Anti-Obamacare Propaganda Vid Victimizes Women
The Republicans once again enjoyed the spotlight this week not for their sparkling rhetoric (maybe someday, Steve Doocy) but because of a hideous anti-Obamacare propaganda viral video, which depicts a young woman visiting a reproductive health clinic and getting sexually assaulted by Uncle Sam. [Scroll down to watch the full clip] The Maddow Blog wrote, … Continue reading
Gender Through Comics #SuperMOOC Art
This spring, I had the distinct privilege of taking part in a Massive Open Online Course (MOOC) promoted by the Generalissimo Stan Lee and led by esteemed Professor Christina Blanch via Ball State University, aptly dubbed the Super MOOC. Prof. Blanch is a doctoral candidate well-versed in women’s studies, who happens to also be a comic book … Continue reading
Naked Ambition: Is Lena Dunham’s Nudity Liberating or Distracting?
[LadyClever.com originally hosted this blog.] I’ve been on board throughout Lena Dunham really sticking it to the man on her HBO show Girls this season; intentionally instigating the naysayers by flaunting her “famous” family, disregarding racial quotas, and bearing her breasts and belly shamelessly. [Season two spoiler alert, don’t read on if you’re not caught up to episode five of season two.] … Continue reading
Idiosyncratic It-Girl Zooey Deschanel Fiercely Defends Feminism
LadyClever.com hosts the original posting of this article.] Hold on to your peculiar hats manic pixie dreamgirls! Idiosyncratic it-girl Zooey Deschanel rang in the new year by giving the ax to the ol’ ‘adorkable’ act, speaking out in the February issue of Glamour magazine regarding society’s narrow perception that a feminist can’t be, well, feminine. The often out-spoken doe-eyed darling … Continue reading