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WMC Sends Girl Journalists to Sundance, Partners with Miss Representation

WMC Sends Girl Journalists to Sundance, Partners with Miss Representation

January 20, 2011

Tags: Women's Media Center, Media, Entertainment, Women in Film, Events, Girls, Blogging, Progressive Girls' Voices, Sundance Film Fesitival, Miss Representation

Combating The Sexualization of Girls…The Right Way

by Sarah Seltzer | December 30, 2010

Tags: SPARK Summit, Advocacy, Media, Feminism, Young Women & Feminism, Entertainment, Women in Film, Girls, SPARK, Jamia Wilson

MTV Abortion Special “No Easy Decision” Addresses Abortion with Compassionate Integrity

December 29, 2010

Tags: abortion, Feminism, Young Women & Feminism, Race, Blogging, WMCWatchIn, 16andPregnant, 16andloved, MTV, Art and Entertainment

Watch-in for MTV's 16 & Loved - Support Teens Sharing Abortion Stories

December 22, 2010

Tags: abortion, Women's Media Center, Advocacy, Media, Reproductive Rights, Feminism, Health, Young Women & Feminism, Entertainment, Events

NEWSBRIEF: Feminist Response to Assange Rape Case, OWN Network Transition, NOW Suit Against Hooters

December 20, 2010

Tags: Women's Media Center, News Brief, Hooters, Assange Rape, NewsBrief, Art and Entertainment, Politics, Health, International, LGBT
"Abortion Democracy:" Feminist Film-Maker Inspires Us to Speak Out for Women

"Abortion Democracy:" Feminist Film-Maker Inspires Us to Speak Out for Women

December 20, 2010

Tags: abortion, Advocacy, International, Reproductive Rights, Women in Film, Sarah Diehl, Marcy Bloom, abortion democracy film, Art and Entertainment, Feminism

The First Annual Athena Film Festival Announces the Festival’s 2011 Narrative and Documentary Lineup

December 16, 2010

Tags: Women in Film, Barnard, Women And Hollywood, Miss Representation, Film Festival, Desert Flower, Art and Entertainment

For Colored Girls: A Mixed Bag for Race & Gender in Hollywood

November 12, 2010

Tags: Entertainment, Women in Film, Tyler Perry, movies, For Colored Girls, feminist film, Art and Entertainment

Out of the Ash Cloud: An Al Jazeera Festival Premiere

by Brigid Maher | September 9, 2010

An American filmmaker reflects on screening her documentary on Muslim women religious leaders at the Al Jazeera International Documentary Film Festival in Qatar. More »

Tags: Qatar, film, documentaries, Al Jazeera, Islam, Art and Entertainment, International, Media, Religion
For Love and/or Money: When Business and Activism Join Hands

For Love and/or Money: When Business and Activism Join Hands

by Laura Tillman | August 18, 2010

Social-entrepreneurial partnerships can be win-win situations, reports writer-photographer Laura Tillman, but nonprofits and celebrities have to choose their collaborators carefully. More »

Tags: Edith Prague, Human Trafficking, Advocacy, Entertainment, Advertising, Violence Against Women/Girls, Art and Entertainment, Feminism, Great Women

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