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 fraud? Or was it just a dating site gone wrong? Yesterday I published the results of my analysis of the Ashley Madison member database, which…
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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 Map app, which is currently available via Google’s Field Trip app, encourages users to learn more about women’s history in an interactive way… Once a…
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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 happen when they are in the lab: You fall in love with them, they fall in love with you, and when you criticize them they…
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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 the South African actress says it’s not often that way in an industry dominated by men. The much heralded reboot of the famous 1980s dystopian…
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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, would have an impact on jazz and pop music that remains unsurpassed. Holiday’s voice was limited in size and range. But the emotional breadth of…
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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 the new face of the bill is in the hands of the public. The aim of the campaign, Women on 20s, is to garner enough…
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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 not only for towering cataclysms like World War II, but social movements that change people’s relationships with each other and with themselves. In this second…
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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 as a best director in the recent Academy Award nominations, even though her acclaimed movie “Selma” received a best picture nod. There has been a…
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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 and girls globally.” Watson, of Harry Potter fame, was tapped as the UN Women goodwill ambassador last July and has been championing the HeForShe campaign…
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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 (Rosario Dawson) during the grind of a press day. Dawson makes a smart, canny foil for Rock, and as the day goes on, and the…
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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 first court case arising from a recent wave of sexual misconduct accusations against the comedian. The five-page complaint, filed in Los Angeles County Superior Court,…
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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 more than fashion. The Imitation Game actress was photographed for Interview magazine back in August, but this week revealed that the shoot by Patrick Demarcherlier…
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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 online movement where a small subset of gamers have harassed female media critics, developers and bloggers with violent and graphic death and rape threats.