Quite a few documentaries lately are spurring conversation and urging us to look at things differently. The third installment of the documentary series America the Beautiful is no exception, and questions the highly sexualized media we consume and how deeply it affects young girls. Looking at the problematic reality behind child beauty pageants, teen pregnancy, […]
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A prominent feminist media critic, Anita Sarkeesian, recently had to cancel a speaking engagement at the University of Utah. Scheduled to talk about the portrayal of women in video games, Sarkeesian cancelled the event under threat of a “Montreal Massacre style attack.” What did she do to cause such vitriol? America has 190 million gamers,
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A study released last week by Ernst &Young Global Limited’s EY Women Athletes Business Network and espnW, reported that female executives are more likely to have played sports than those in non-leadership roles. They’re also more likely to hire other women who have played a sport. Playing Sports Can Help A Woman Accelerate Her Leadership
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Leading Women co-author Dr. Lois Frankel says that even though women lead every day, they often think it’s presumptuous to call themselves leaders. Tara Mohr, author of Playing Big: Find Your Voice, Your Mission, Your Message agrees, and was recently quoted in Forbes as saying that women need to see their own brilliance and act
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When it comes to women, no two are the same, yet for decades advertisers have approached women with a one-size-fits-all approach. What women need and want is as varied as women themselves. Trying to take a cookie cutter approach, or painting women in an unrealistic light doesn’t work anymore. It looks like advertising executives are
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As women continue to struggle to break the glass ceiling in their professions, female clergy say some women are coming up against a stained-glass ceiling as they answer the call to work in ministry.
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On September 20, 2014, UN Women Goodwill Ambassador Emma Watson gave an impassioned, empowering speech at the United Nations about the need for men to take up the fight for gender equality. Launched as the HeForShe campaign, Watson called on men to get involved in the fight for gender equality and asked them to commit
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When something as common as getting pregnant interferes or comes into conflict with something as fundamental as having a job, we have a problem. We need protections in place for pregnant women. If we don’t, too many women are a doctor’s note away from financial ruin or disastrous health consequences.
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A young woman is using performance art to call attention to the crime of rape on college campuses. Nearly one in five women have been raped at some time in their adult lives, according to The Centers for Disease Control (CDC). Of those women 37.4% were first assaulted between the ages of 18-24. The CDC
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Talking about something you saw on Facebook has almost become a social norm. Whether it’s your high school locker partner’s first grandchild, or you daughter’s third grade BFF’s wedding, social media has transformed the way we communicate with the larger world. Facebook is a great way to keep up with one another and Twitter is
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