"action" Articles & Blogs:
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] |
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] |
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] |
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] |
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] |
Tweens, teens, plastic and action sports
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Looking for a way to keep track of your finances and connect to favorite artists and athletes? MYplash (from Plastic Cash Int’l) is a teen branded prepaid caid that targets sports and music enthusiasts looking for something other than a Walmart-br...[Read on] |
Cover Girl: Carissa Moore first girl on cover of Surfer Magazine in over 10 years
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High school student and rock star surfer Carissa Moore is the first female to grace the cover of Surfer Magazine in over a decade.
Last November Moore became the youngest surfer to ever win a Triple Crown event just after splitting with longtime sponsor ...[Read on] |
X Games 16 Women’s Vert Finals
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The X Games 16 Women’s Vert Finals took place at L.A. Live in downtown Los Angeles Friday afternoon. The podium looked similar to last year – only the order of the top three winners varied.
Recent high school grad Gaby Ponce took home the gold, defe...[Read on] |
The newest Beauty & the Beast is “Beastly”
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Pretty Smart: One of our fave characters is Belle.
Now comes word their will be a live-action, modern retelling of the children’s classic “Beauty and the Beast” told from the Beast’s point of view.
CBS Films has signed actress/singer Vanessa Hud...[Read on] |
Gina Carano and Tara LaRosa get it on!
| Have you ever wanted to be a fly on the wall when a couple of girls get to chatting it up on the latest gossip? Well what if those two girls also happened to be two of the top female fighters in mixed martial arts, and one of them was listed as number 16 ...[Read on] |
Diana Taurasi’s statement on suspension
| The Phoenix Mercury suspended guard Diana Taurasi for two games without pay for conduct detrimental to the team. The team announced that Taurasi will begin serving her suspension in the Mercury’s next game on Saturday, July 18 versus the Detroit Shock a...[Read on] |
Planning for the Future: What Women Need to Know About Social Security
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Years ago, I attended a retreat held by the Woodhull Institute for Ethical Leadership for twentysomething women. One of the discussions was on financial literacy, and I remember of the twenty women there, I was one of very few with a mutual fund, an IRA, ...[Read on] |
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