Category: #MediaMatriarchy
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“To Die For”: A Study on the Disturbing Culture of Death in the Fashion World
An article submitted to the peer reviewed Scan Journal of Macquarie University takes a deeper look at the culture of death prevalent in the fashion world and studies “corpse chick” (sic) – the disturbing trend of posing models as glamorous corpses.
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Women Who Play Games Shun ‘Gamer’ Label
About half of both sexes play the games, but men more readily adopt the identity, a Pew survey found.
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The Fembots of #AshleyMadison
The Fembots of Ashley Madison: “Now we know that almost none of the woman in the Ashley Madison database ever used the site. The question is, was this a deliberate […]
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This App is Putting Women on the Map, Literally
This App Highlights Women Throughout History In the Coolest Way | MAKERS: “Women’s history is something that should be celebrated for more than just one month. The Women on the […]
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Nobel Scientist Says Women In Labs #DistractinglySexy
Nobel Scientist’s Claim Examined: Do Women Actually Cry More?: “The world recoiled as soon as it heard Nobel Laureate Tim Hunt’s now infamous quote about women in science: “Three things […]
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Women’s Role in Film on the Red Carpet at #Cannes
from reuters.com: Charlize Theron’s character Imperator Furiosa in “Mad Max: Fury Road” is pretty much on an equal footing with Tom Hardy playing the road warrior of the title, but […]
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#BillieHoliday: 100Yrs Later, Lady Day Gets Another Day In Sun
from usatoday.com: One-hundred years ago next Tuesday, Eleanora Fagan was born into poverty in Philadelphia. She would only live to be 44, but Billie Holiday, as she later became known, […]
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Campaign Pushes For a Woman’s Face on $20 Bill
from boston.com: “A Woman’s Place is on the Money.” That’s the slogan of a campaign that is underway to get a woman on the $20 bill. And the choice for […]
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.@SBWSA New #Documentary, ‘She’s Beautiful When She’s Angry’
from sfgate.com: The most significant events in history seem inevitable in retrospect, if only because they are so transformative that it’s hard to imagine the world without them. This goes […]
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On Many Fronts, Women Fighting for Better Opportunity in #Hollywood
from nytimes.com: The American movie mainstream needs a revolution — and if some women have their way, it just might get one. It’s time. Not because Ava DuVernay wasn’t tapped […]
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.@EmWatson Touts #HeForShe Gender Equality Initiative at #Davos
from usatoday.com: Actress Emma Watson unveiled a new gender equality initiative in Davos Friday, saying the effort is aimed at bringing “an end to the persisting inequalities faced by women […]
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Why Are All of #Hollywood’s Female Journalists Unethical Sluts?
from flavorwire.com: In Chris Rock’s genial, three-fourths of a pretty good film Top Five, Rock is playing a washed-up comedic actor who’s being trailed by a New York Times journalist […]
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#CosbyGate Explodes: Lawsuits Allege Decades-Long Sex Crimes
from chicagotribune.com: A woman sued Bill Cosby Tuesday, alleging that he molested her in 1974 at the Playboy Mansion when she was 15, in what is believed to be the […]
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#KeiraKnightley’s Topless Photoshoot Was #Photoshop Protest
from telegraph.co.uk: Thanks to the likes of the activist group Femen, posing topless has become a political statement. Now Keira Knightley has said that her recent photographs were motivated by […]
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Actress Opens Up About #GamerGate Fears, Private Details Exposed
from thinkprogress.org: Instead of greeting two male gamers wearing Halo and Call of Duty shirts, prominent gamer and actress Felicia Day crossed the street… That change is GamerGate — an […]