"empowerment" Articles & Blogs:
Hollywood Feminist of the Day: Reese Witherspoon
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For continuing to raise awareness about domestic violence worlwdie through her partnership with Avon. Her work has already raised $4 million through the Women’s Empowerment Bracelet.
This week she announced the addition of a Women’s Empowe...[Read on] |
The commodification of female empowerment
| Have daughters supplanted sons as the repository of hope in tough economic times?
New York Times contributor Peggy Orenstein has noticed a trend across a whole range of sectors over the last several months from big-box stores to high-end fashion to wirel...[Read on] |
Nawal El Moutawakel on education of women and girls
| LAURA WALDEN / Sports Features Communications
TAMPA/NEW YORK, Sept 22: IOC Executive Board member Nawal El Moutawakel was speaking out at the UN Millennium Development Goals Summit being held in New York to support of education for women.
The Olympian i...[Read on] |
75th Anniversary of Women's Jeans
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Hailing itself as the inventor of women's jeans, Levi's celebrates the 75th anniversary of women in denim.
First introduced to male laborers in California in the 1850's, jeans became a symbol of empowerment for women as an alternative to more feminine c...[Read on] |
Geena Davis goes to the UN
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Geena Davis seems to be one of the only women in Hollywood consistently speaking out on the issues of women and girls.
Yesterday, she was at the UN talking about the media and its effects on girls.
The money quote:
If we have such devaluing and disem...[Read on] |
“To Japan With Love” Concert to Feature Yoko Ono and Patti Smith
| Patti Smith and Yoko Ono will perform Tuesday night in Manhattan to raise funds for Japanese relief. Photographs from PatrickMcMullan.com.
Tuesday night, Manhattan’s Le Poisson Rouge will host “To Japan With Love,” a benefit concert featuring avant-...[Read on] |
Whip It: A great female empowerment story
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Whip It is not deep. It's not complex. It's not going to revolutionize filmmaking. Whip It is just a great female empowerment story with a simple but strong message that's also a lot of fun. And at a time when a lot of mainstream movies targeted at young ...[Read on] |
All-Women Public Transportation in India
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Tired of sexual harassment in the form of pinches, stares, taunting, groping, and catcalling, Indian women now have access to all-women commuter trains, dubbed the Ladies Special, in New Delhi, Mumbai, Chennai and Calcutta.
India would seem to be a count...[Read on] |
A first hand report from Comic-Con
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Abigail Tarttelin attended Comic-Con with Schrodinger’s Girl a film she is in. Women & Hollywood asked her to write up her impressions of the offerings that we will be seeing on our TV screens this season.
Hello Women and Hollywood Readers,
This is ...[Read on] |
WB sells Supergirl the brand but not the movie
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Usually when you read a story in Variety about merchandising, it’s about how a studio is going to create merchandising tie-ins for an upcoming film.
Now it looks like Warner Brothers’ consumer products division is going to by-pass the theatres and se...[Read on] |
Why must softball game prep include bronzer and eyeliner?
| By Megan Wood
My final college softball season starts in three weeks. Time to worry about my makeup and hair?
Softball may be a serious, competitive, slide-in-the-dirt sport, but as it grows in popularity (and TV interest), there is heightened a...[Read on] |
United Nations creates new body on women and gender equality
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Ann mentioned this in our Weekly Feminist Reader, but I thought it deserved a bit more attention.
The New York Times announced the launch of a new agency developed out of the United Nations dedicated to promoting women's rights and gender equality, al...[Read on] |
Preserving Women’s Films
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Jessie Maple
One of the great programs at New York Women in Film and TV is the women’s film preservation fund. This “is the only project of its kind in the world working to preserve the cultural legacy of women in cinema by restoring and c...[Read on] |
Clinton Global Initiative: Hillary Clinton on Food Security
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I have had the opportunity to see a lot of really powerful speakers at the Clinton Global Initiative (CGI) Annual Meeting. Talk about internalized patriarchy: I was most excited to see Presidents Obama and Clinton speak, and though I was excited to see Se...[Read on] |
Nora and Delia Ephron — Love, Loss and What I Wore
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Nora and Delia Ephron
This week I spent some time in the world of the sisters Ephron — Nora and Delia. First, I saw their show – Love, Loss and What I Wore (which is breaking box office records at the West Side Theatre and it has been extended into...[Read on] |
Rockin’ With the Boys: The Women of Punk
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Whoever said women can’t rock and roll never heard of these musical punk rock sirens. Armed with guitars and a “we’re not gonna take it” attitude, these women took on the musical world and earned their places as punk rock goddesses.
PJ Harvey
PJ...[Read on] |
Poetry to Inspire, Empower and Encourage
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“Golden butterflies embedded in gregarious hearts,” writes Zenith Eliot in his poem “Golden Butterflies”. Such a succinct and eloquent line perfectly exemplifies the flawless inspiration that only poetry can convey. A good poem can make you feel a...[Read on] |
Mending bumps & bruises: The objectification of female athletes
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“Girls playing sports is not about winning gold medals. It’s about self-esteem, learning to compete and learning how hard you have to work in order to achieve your goals.” — Jackie Joyner-Kersee
Okay, so the first image that comes to your mind...[Read on] |
Vote today! 13 ways you can change the world through sports
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… as if you needed ideas.
Today is the last day you can vote for your favorites in the Sport for Change contest finalists run by Nike and Ashoka. This post contains links to the finalists, as well as some social media they’ve shared with the world.
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Help Pass IVAWA and Help to End Violence Against Women
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From the time we are old enough to face bullies, have cooties and be pushed down for being a girl -we are told to stand up for ourselves.
I’m sure little boys are instructed to “be tough” as well, but as little girls, it’s always stressed to not ...[Read on] |
From the Editor’s Desk: Help pass IVAWA and end violence against women
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From the time we are old enough to face bullies, have cooties and be pushed down for being a girl -we are told to stand up for ourselves.
I’m sure little boys are instructed to “be tough” as well, but as little girls, it’s always stressed to not ...[Read on] |
Give Back: A Chick’s Guide to Community Service
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College is the time in your life when you’re allowed to be selfish in a sense. It’s your time to figure out who you are, what you want, and to start paving the way to make your future goals a reality. Because of that mentality, it’s easy to become w...[Read on] |
Giving Victims a Voice: The Miss Landmine Pageant
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Morten Traavik wasn’t expecting much from his trip to Angola in 2003, but what he found there would change the future for women across the world.
During his time in Angola with his then girlfriend, Traavik immediately recognized two very important thin...[Read on] |
Giving Victims a Voice: The Miss Landmine Pageant
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Morten Traavik wasn’t expecting much from his trip to Angola in 2003, but what he found there would change the future for women across the world.
During his time in Angola with his then girlfriend, Traavik immediately recognized two very important th...[Read on] |
Spotlight on Allison Rapson: Woman Inspiring Other Women to Rise
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Regardless if it’s in our careers, our relationships, our self-image or just by wearing sky-high heels -women are rising to new heights in all areas of our lives.We go for the extra hour of overtimes, run for an additional five minutes when we feel like...[Read on] |
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