Nuns and Virgins
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With the republication of her novel set in the 1950s, Caryl Rivers considers the nuns who taught her and those who are still today the heart of the Catholic Church. More »
Stopping Traffic
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The worldwide child sex industry has set up shop in the United States. Mary Ann Swissler asked advocates what it would take to stop it. More »
Women’s Magazines and the Cult of Hypocrisy
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This week, Seventeen magazine promised to publish un-photoshopped images of real girls, finally responding to 14-year-old SPARK activist Julia Bluhm's campaign. Such pressure must continue argues author Laura Bates. More »
Katniss and Merida—Year of the Heroic Archer?
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Having consulted Geena Davis, who has played her share of strong female characters, the author asks, are two successful female-driven action movies released in one year a sign of good times to come for heroic women on screen? More »
Nora Ephron—An Appreciation
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Author M. G. Lord knew Nora Ephron socially, but appreciated her most through Ephron's essays. She writes about why they've had only the best influence on her own writing. More »
Almost No Discussion of Women/POC Media Ownership at FCC Hearing on Media Market Entry Barriers
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The FCC held a hearing about community information needs and media market entry barriers, but barely acknowledged that there are very few women or people of color in media ownership roles. More »
“Having it All?”—The Wrong Question for Most Women
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As it has done at least once a decade for the past 40 years, the media seems intent on pitting women against each other in a "Having it All" debate about work inside and outside the home. Author and organizer Ellen Bravo explains why the discussion defies reality. More »
Ms. Is Celebrated in the City of its Birth
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Four decades after its birth as the nation's first feminist mass-market magazine, Ms. was honored this week by the New York City Council. Shelby Knox writes of its continuing advocacy. More »
Sexualization Is Silencing: WMC Statement and Petition on Hustler Attack on Conservative Pundit Cupp
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The sexualization of women in the media is not a partisan issue -- it’s an ongoing problem that makes it harder for women on both sides of the aisle to run for office and be taken seriously as political commentators and media makers. More »
