"action" Articles & Blogs:
Modern Lady Reports on Women-Workers V. Wal-Mart Class Action Suit
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A class-action suit has been filed against the Wal-Mart corporation on behalf of 1.5 million former and current Wal-Mart women workers. The plaintiffs claim that Wal-Mart promotes a work culture of patriarchy where women are constantly devalued in the wor...[Read on] |
Do Kick-Ass Action Heroines Move Gender Sterotypes Forward or Just Perpetuate The Current Ones?
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Last week I read a report in an Australian paper and from Yahoo in India about some important research done here in the US on female action characters in films. I was kind of surprised not to see the research picked up wider so I went directly to the re...[Read on] |
Women Directing Action Flicks
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I saw this post by Karina Longworth from Spout about a screening and q&a of Kathryn Bigelow’s The Hurt Locker which has been making its way around before a full release this summer. The film is about the Iraq War and has been getting some good buzz. ...[Read on] |
Winter X Games 14 – Women’s Results
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Over and out. Winter X Games 14 has wrapped. Four days in Aspen delivered five-peats, double three-peats, and back-to-back golds. Read on to find out how the women fared.
Friday, Jan. 29th – Women’s Skiing Superpipe
A deserving Jen Hudak won Women...[Read on] |
ASR Runway: Summer 2009 Fashion is Electric
| We didn’t attend the last ASR (Action Sports Retailer) show but it’s always fun to check out what’s new, hot, and on display. Best known for action sports products, the ASR show floor generally represents the entire industry and apparel and swim lin...[Read on] |
Saturday Reading: What if "The Expendables" Were Women
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From FlavorWire
The Expendables opens today, and if you didn’t know already, it’s an action movie that features a leather bag brimming with bundled cash, a helpless woman with an accent, and lots of bad-ass dudes dressed in black running around kill...[Read on] |
Thinking Beyond Gender: Angelina Jolie in Salt
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Angelina Jolie’s Salt is about to open and I think its going to be a massive hit. One big reason is that she appeals to both men and women for different reasons. Guys like her because she is hot and kicks ass. Women like her because she lives wi...[Read on] |
Sarah Palin lands gig with Fox News, gets new action figure
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Looks like the Sarah Palin schoolgirl action figure has been trumped, big time. After all, who needs some silly doll when you can have your very own Sarah Palin embryo ornament?
This is one of many of this Etsy vendor's "baby's first" fetus ornaments ...[Read on] |
Book Review: No One Lives Twice
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Author: Julie Moffett
Pages: N/A (e-book)
Series: Lexi Carmichael Mystery #1
Date Started: 9/20/10
Date Finished: 10/8/10
Simple Summary: Lexi is a NSA computer geek plunged into the world of spies and corruption after she receives documents from her frie...[Read on] |
What would a feminist superhero tweet?
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Vanessa linked to the Feminist Hulk's twitterfeed a few weeks ago. Feminist hulk has gotten a lot of attention recently for their comical feminist take on the hulk superhero.
Esther at the Comics Alliance imagines what a few other superheroes turned fem...[Read on] |
Show Senator Kyl Maternity Care is Good for All Boy and Girls
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by Judy Waxman, Vice President for Health and Reproductive Rights, National Women's Law Center “First of all, I don’t need maternity care. And so requiring that to be in my insurance policy is something that I don’t need and will make the policy...[Read on] |
Ashley Fiolek wins gold at X Games
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For the last two years, Jessica Patterson has been so close to getting an X Games gold medal that she could almost taste it. Last year after leading almost every lap in the Moto X Super X, JP narrowly lost to teen phenom Ashley Fiolek.
This year, Jessica...[Read on] |
Women Are People Too ... Right?
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by Judy Waxman, Vice President for Health and Reproductive Rights, National Women's Law Center
Since the beginning of the health care reform debate, it seems every Member of Congress has adopted the mantra, “People shouldn’t lose coverage under heal...[Read on] |
Free Training on Tax Credits for Working Families
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by Joan Entmacher, Vice President for Family Economic Security, National Women's Law Center
Did you know that federal tax credits for families have been expanded and are now more valuable than ever? We're not talking about a few dollars more f...[Read on] |
Women & Hollywood appears in NYC this week
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I’ll be speaking in NYC with Olivia Cohen-Cutler about Jewish women in Hollywood this Wednesday night. Would love to see some friends in the audience. Details are below.
WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 28 AT 7:00 PM
LIGHTS, CAMERA, SOCIAL ACTION!
JEWESSES IN ...[Read on] |
Iron Man 2 does well with women
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I am not surprised that Iron Man 2 has been luring in the ladies. And I really don’t understand why Hollywood is surprised either. Robert Downey Jr. is one of the actors who women like. Here’s a guy who had been down a bunch of times but has man...[Read on] |
National Women’s Law Center’s Blog to Rally for Girls’ Sports Day
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Are you a female athlete? Do you have a blog, Facebook or Twitter account? Do you have a great story about how sports positively impacts your life?
For the first time, the National Women’s Law Center (NWLC) is hosting Blog to Rally for Girls’ Sport...[Read on] |
Women on the Front-Lines of the Egyptian Revolution
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Women have been playing a major role in Egypt’s quest for self-governance for a long time. Sixty years ago, Doria Shafik led 1,500 women into parliament, demanding the right to vote. This action let to Shafik’s arrest and garnered internationa...[Read on] |
Gina Carano action figure set for stores this summer
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If you ever wondered what Barbie would look like if she could beat Ken (or GI Joe) up, she’d probably look a lot like a Gina Carano action figure.
Former American Gladiator Crush and top women’s fighter, Gina “Conviction” Carano is not just anoth...[Read on] |
Why Won't the US Build the National Women's History Museum?
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The answer: because two senators are holding up the vote that would allow it. Yep, you read that right: Senators Tim Coburn (R – OK) and Jim DeMint (R – SC) have placed a hold on the bill (which the House already passed), which would sell a pi...[Read on] |
STOP STUPAK: Make sure health reform isn’t used to restrict access to insurance coverage for abortion
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by Micole Allekotte, Health Fellow, National Women's Law Center
Today the National Women’s Law Center is joining with other women’s rights and health care advocates and activists in a national day of action to tell Congress and the President that ...[Read on] |
Don’t Forget- Tomorrow is SWAN (Support Women Artists Now) Day
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Tomorrow, March 27, is third SWAN (Support Women Artists Now) day across the country and the world. It’s really easy to participate in your community.
Here’s why the day was created:
SWAN Day/Support Women Artists Now Day is a new international h...[Read on] |
Supreme Court Denies Class Action Case Against Walmart
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On Monday the Supreme Court threw out a case against Walmart that sought backpay to compensate an upwards of a million female employees who claim they were discriminated against in pay and promotion decisions. Had the case gone through, it would hav...[Read on] |
100 People Who Have Changed the Lives of Women and Girls Globally
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Women Deliver honors 100 of the most inspiring people who have delivered results for girls and women globally. The organization, launched in 2007, is committed to bringing action against maternal death, focusing on maternal health as both a human ri...[Read on] |
Kathryn Bigelow as Best Director? Bring Her On!
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(WOMENSENEWS)--March 7 brings us the Academy Awards and a chance to see Kathryn Bigelow become the first woman to win a best director Oscar.
"The Hurt Locker," Bigelow's taut drama about U.S. soldiers deployed to defuse bombs in Iraq, transcend...[Read on] |
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