Interview with Jennifer Pozner: Media Critic, Author, Anti-Racist Feminist
“Whoever controls the media controls the culture — and, by proxy, our legislation, our economy, our lives.
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The BlogHer’12 Conference Returns to New York City
The International Activist BlogHer Scholarship Recipients related their stories about how they are using the blogosphere to push social action agendas forward. It was both informative and inspiring.
A Different Kind of March Madness
Yet, regardless of generation, women have a tough row to hoe when it comes to getting traction on the kind of stories they want to write and get published.
Race, Gender and the Media in the 2008 Elections
Carolyn M. Byerly, Associate Professor at Howard University, questioned if the press was “meeting its social responsibility” to provide coverage of issues and events that affect women’s status. She emphasized, “You can’t underestimate the invisibility of women.”
Gender, Race, Class, Age…and the Media
When it was opened up to a group discussion, there was agreement that a lack of consciousness about gender stereotypes was pervasive, which led to the question, “If you don’t recognize it, how do you address it?” Lake believed that it must be “named and pointed out systemically,” adding that reporters “pay no price for being sexist.”
