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In Awe of Teen Olympians

In Awe of Teen Olympians

| August 13, 2012

The author, herself a young athlete, wonders how the young Olympians can accomplish so much with everybody in the world looking on—and commenting on their every move. More »

Feel Like Letting Your Geek Flag Fly?

Feel Like Letting Your Geek Flag Fly?

| August 10, 2012

Previously male-dominated pursuits relating to science and technology are increasingly the domain of proudly geeky women, who are gathering in Seattle for a one-of-a-kind convention. More »

Rashida Jones Creates a Thinking Woman’s Romantic Comedy

Rashida Jones Creates a Thinking Woman’s Romantic Comedy

| August 3, 2012

With partner Will McCormack, Rashida Jones writes a role for herself that defies the clichés of the genre, in Celeste and Jesse Forever, a film which opens today in New York and Los Angeles. More »

Missing the ‘Big Story’–on Purpose

Missing the ‘Big Story’–on Purpose

| July 31, 2012

This journalist finds that the essential story is the one occurring after the national media leaves a neighborhood in the news. More »

Egyptians Mobilize Against Sexual Harassment

Egyptians Mobilize Against Sexual Harassment

| July 27, 2012

In Cairo, performers and artists take to the streets to make them safe for women. More »

Women Missing from Emmy Nominations

| July 26, 2012

The nominees for the 64th Annual Emmy Awards demonstrate once again how women's voices are missing or underrepresented in Hollywood. More »

Life in Lady Writer Heaven

Life in Lady Writer Heaven

| July 23, 2012

Solitude in a "cottage-of-one's-own" came to this writer with some unexpected challenges. More »

Congratulations To the WMC Progressive Girls’ Voices Class of 2012!

| July 18, 2012

Progressive Girl’s Voices (PGV) is the premier media and leadership-training program for girls in the country. Representing a range of expertise and diversity across race, class, geography, and generation, participants receive advanced, comprehensive training and tools to position themselves as media spokespeople in their fields, thereby changing the conversation on issues that fill the headlines. More »

If Women Ran Hollywood . . . 2012

If Women Ran Hollywood . . . 2012

| July 16, 2012

The author of annual studies of women working in film and prime-time TV updates a classic consciousness-raising article as a 2012 reality check. More »

Women’s Media Center Partner SPARK Summit Urges Teen Vogue to #KeepItReal

Women’s Media Center Partner SPARK Summit Urges Teen Vogue to #KeepItReal

| July 12, 2012