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Why Teens’ Attitudes Matter

Why Teens’ Attitudes Matter

| October 11, 2012

WMC contest winner Adora Svitak today delivers the Girls’ State of the Union Message at the National Press Club in Washington, D.C. Here she investigates what teens really think about sex. More »

Filmmaker Explores India’s Complex Identity

Filmmaker Explores India’s Complex Identity

| September 20, 2012

In "The World Before Her," Nisha Pahuja looks at the extremes of India's evolving notions of gender. More »

Film’s Independent Women

Film’s Independent Women

| September 18, 2012

The author, the leading expert on the status of women working in film and television, has good news about women's progress in directing documentary films. Her question: are indie women in the pipeline to top Hollywood jobs? More »

When Ads Preach Hatred

When Ads Preach Hatred

| September 13, 2012

The author, shocked by an anti-Islam advertisement posted at her local train station, is more disturbed at how such sentiments take root in American soil – especially at a time when such hate statements have triggered extreme anti-American acts abroad. More »

Congratulations To The Women’s Media Center’s Progressive Women’s Voices Class of 2012

| September 10, 2012

Progressive Women’s Voices is the premier media and leadership training program for women in the country. Participants represent a range of expertise and diversity across race, class, geography, sexual preference, ability, and generation. More »

Congratulations To The Women’s Media Center’s Progressive Women’s Voices Class of 2012

| August 24, 2012

Congratulations to our Progressive Girls' Voices class of 2012! Progressive Women’s Voices is the premier media and leadership training program for women in the country. More »

Feminists Pioneer ‘Conversation’ Radio

Feminists Pioneer ‘Conversation’ Radio

| August 22, 2012

With a new radio show, "Women's Media Center Live," about to launch, the author, executive editor of Raw Story, talks to radio hosts who are changing the sound and scope of talk radio. More »

When Todd Akin Made A Mistake Did Reporters Correct Him?

| August 21, 2012

The initial coverage of Todd Akin's remarks often failed state the obvious, he was flat out wrong. More »

The Glamorous Lure of Hollywood Violence

The Glamorous Lure of Hollywood Violence

| August 19, 2012

Perhaps we shouldn't be surprised, the author suggests, when citizens see themselves as heroic while committing mass murder. More »

Plunging Necklines, Helen Gurley Brown, and Me

Plunging Necklines, Helen Gurley Brown, and Me

| August 14, 2012

Legendary Cosmo Editor Helen Gurley Brown died at age 90 August 13, 2012, in New York City. Book publisher Lori Perkins here remembers an icon. More »