Madeleine Gyory
Madeleine is the Social Media Associate at the Women's Media Center. She graduated from Barnard College with a degree in literature and moved to Quito, Ecuador to teach English for seven months. Now based in Brooklyn, she blogs about literature, pop culture, and feminist politics. You can follow her on facebook, twitter, and on her blog madeleinegyory.com.
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The Glamorous Lure of Hollywood Violence
Perhaps we shouldn't be surprised, the author suggests, when citizens see themselves as heroic while committing mass murder. More »
Why Bad Sex Is Good—On HBO’s “Girls”
WMC's Madeleine Gyory argues that the new HBO show makes room for realistic complications of forging sexual relationships. More »
State-Sanctioned Shaming and the Battle for Reproductive Rights
Contraception and choice are simply an everyday imperative for the author and her peers, despite the hostility that remains a part of the national culture. More »
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Watch WMC Co-Founder Gloria Steinem Discuss Her Support for the Chicago Teachers’ Strike
Gloria Steinem, feminist author, activist and co-founder of the Women’s Media Center, said Monday during an interview with progressive talk show host Thom Hartmann that she’s rooting for Chicago’s teachers, who this week embarked on their first major strike in 25 years. More »
Congratulations To The Women’s Media Center’s Progressive Women’s Voices Class of 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
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 »
First Woman to Moderate Presidential Debate in 20 years
The moderators of the 2012 presidential and vice presidential debates were announced by the Commission on Presidential Debates today, and Candy Crowley, host of CNN's "State of the Union," will host the second debate on October 16 at Hofstra University in Hempstead, Long Island. More »
Congratulations To the WMC Progressive Girls’ Voices Class of 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 »
WMC Live-Tweets the Academy Awards
On Sunday, the Women’s Media Center held a live-tweet conversation during the 84th Annual Academy Awards. Monitoring women’s presence (and lack thereof), we used the hashtag #WhereRWomen. For our Sexy or Sexism? campaign—a collaborative effort with Miss Representation—we monitored how women were represented using the hashtag #FemTV. More »
