Posted in Blogosphere, Women in Media on Jun 27th, 2009
Sokari at Global Voices:
The Nigerian government has just launched a “$5 million war” against bloggers and online news media such as Sahara Reporters.
Three security sources, who are privy to the plan, revealed that Yar’adua last week approved the covert operation to stop websites and bloggers from influencing public opinion in Nigeria. The president’s Chief Economic [...]
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From an article by Jennie Ruby of the oob collective in off our backs, Vol. 37, No. 1:
Only 37% of “behind the news” workers in radio, television and print news combined are women.
Only 17% of radio news stories subjects are women
Only 22% of television news stories subjects are women.
14% of Sunday morning television talk show [...]
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From an article in off our backs, Volume 37, No. 1, entitled A Radical Vision for Women’s Media, by Martha Allen:
“Representation of the world, like the world itself, is the work of men; they describe it from their own point of view, which they confuse with the absolute truth. — Simone [...]
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Deadline: April 18, 2009
About off our backs
off our backs is a news journal by, for, and about women. It has been published since 1970, making it the longest surviving feminist newsjournal in the United States. It is run by a collective where decisions are made by consensus. The mission of off our backs [...]
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Posted in 2008 Presidential Election, Deciding to Live, Erasure of Feminist History, Erasure of Feminist Leaders, Erasure of Women's Lives, Feminism, Feminist Politics, Giants, Her, Heroes, Love Between Women, Party Politics, Racism, Racism and Feminism, Revolution, Sisterhood, Womanism, Women as Writers, Women in Media, Women's Art on Jan 22nd, 2009
Suppose Hillary Clinton had won the Democratic nomination and went on to win the election last November. Suppose she’d been the one to be inaugurated this week and suppose she was President right now.
If she were, I think there would certainly be an equivalent of The New Agenda, but created by frustrated Obama supporters this [...]
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Posted in Deciding to Live, Feminism, Sisterhood, Women and Creativity, Women and Music, Women as Writers, Women in Media, Women's Art, Women's Bodies, Women's Culture, Women's Poetry on Jan 14th, 2009
Wars are fought over words, art, and the ways in which we represent the world. And peace, equality and social justice, will, in the end, also be made through representing the world authentically anew.
I invite you to join in this remaking. As Arundhati Roy so eloquently puts it, “Another world is not only possible, she [...]
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I thought my regular readers might be encouraged to know that my posts (and your comments) here are increasingly being widely circulated and are making it into the mainstream. For example, take a look here. In recent days, 48,306 Chicago Sun/Times (not sure why the Sun/Times likes me, but it’s picked up [...]
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Anne Pressly was only 26 years old when she was brutally murdered. She had been an anchorwoman for a television station in Arkansas. If you watch the videos about her life that can be found on Youtube, she comes across as a good and kind person, a lot of fun and funny, willing [...]
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Posted in Heroes, Pornography, Practical Radical Feminism, Prostitution, Rape and Sexual Assault, Revolution, Rights of the Disabled, Sexism in the Military, Sisterhood, Women and Disability, Women as Writers, Women in Media on Oct 20th, 2008
Following are a few recent examples of the overall brilliance of lesbian/radical feminist Julie Bindel (above). Go, Julie! You do us so proud!
School for deaf children faces further hurdles
Oct 14 2008: Why do parents and teachers of a nearby primary oppose a merger with threatened school? Julie Bindel reports
Cooking Mama’s way
Oct 8 2008: Julie Bindel: [...]
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Date: Sunday, September 7, 2008
Time: 7:00pm - 9:00pm
Location: DCAC
Street: 18th Street NW
City/Town: Washington, DC
off our backs, the longest-running feminist newsjournal in America, is hosting a fund raiser featuring a variety of feminist, gender-conscious and/or lesbian performers to raise money for our publication!
Featuring:
-Palestinian singer and R&B artist Sabreena da Witch
-acoustic act Michelle AntiSocial
-lesbian comedian Kat [...]
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