"lack-of-fans" Articles & Blogs:
You Cannes not be serious! Speaking out about the lack of women directors
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The rumblings of dismay and dissatisfaction have coalesced and found a voice. Filmdirecting4women, an organization that supports women directors out of England has organized a petition: You Cannes Not Be Serious to show our concerted pissedoffness abo...[Read on] |
A Letter to My Life
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To the various things in my life that I would like to bitch about — because I can.
To my first condo: I cannot wait to move into you, I really can’t, but there are many things to do and buy and I lack either the knowledge or the time to accomplish e...[Read on] |
Palin's GOP Fans See a Rogue of Their Own
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THE VILLAGES, Fla. (WOMENSENEWS)--Across the country thousands of faithful supporters have turned out at every stop of Sarah Palin's "Going Rogue" book tour, and this strongly Republican area famous for retirees and decorated golf carts was no d...[Read on] |
Venus' French Open fashion: Hit or Miss?
| The French Open is officially underway but the most memorable moment thus far has nothing to do with tennis. Instead, all of the buzz is centered around Venus Williams' on-court attire.
As a fashion designer herself, Venus never disappoints fans when she...[Read on] |
Marketing Sports: “Wine & Pampering” v. “Beer & Back Waxing”
| So after posting my last blog “Are Women Sport Fans?” I had a couple conversations with colleagues about female sport fans and how we “market” sport to women which spurred some additional thoughts. As I mentioned previously, females comprise 53% o...[Read on] |
The One Sarah Palin E-mail We Cannot Stop Thinking About
| Excerpted from Sarah Palin's e-mail.There was something for everyone in the Sarah Palin e-mail dump that took place over the weekend. Fans would have loved that she arranged to read to local kindergartners when her plane was grounded in upstate Alaska. Fo...[Read on] |
My first Final Four
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Generally when I go to a women’s sporting event, I’m sitting on press row reporting on the competition or on the sidelines taking photographs. Rarely do I get to attend a game – no less a championship game – as a fan. Well I got that chance last w...[Read on] |
Sexism and ageism in the soap opera world
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I used to be a big fan of Days of our Lives. Big fan. Watched it on and off (mostly on) for about 15 years. A couple of years ago I went cold turkey. But soaps are in distress, Guiding Light was canceled and cost cutting is the mantra. Days of Our...[Read on] |
Self-conscious Fandom and supporting women’s soccer In The United States
| This weekend I came across an article regarding women’s soccer in this country and how its existence could possibly hinder the growth of the men’s game in this country. I’m not that great paraphrasing so here, in the author’s own words:
“Do...[Read on] |
Withdrawing Resignation, Iraq's Minister of Women's Affairs Blasts Government
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Nawal al-Samarrai isn’t happy with the way Iraq handles women’s issues, but she also isn’t ready to give up entirelyPost | Today 11:45 am
Former Iraqi lawmaker Nawal al-Samarrai is speaking out against the government’s apparent l...[Read on] |
Senate Confirms Sotomayor
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Awesome.
Sotomayor would not have been my first pick for a Supreme Court justice for a lot of reasons — chief among them her disturbing deference to law enforcement and her lack of regard for privacy rights. But she is undoubtedly a highly-quali...[Read on] |
Female fandom: Study says they don't like the pros
| A study out of Canada about the gendered nature of fandom reveals that women are not huge fans of professional sports. Not a shocker despite the plethora of popular media accounts of women forming fan clubs and becoming the latest target demographic for f...[Read on] |
The Democratic WNBA - Women's Basketball and Politics
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When I write "Democratic" I'm not writing that the WNBA advocates an egalitarian political system characterized by equal participation and representation. Rather, I'm writing about the political party that WNBA ...[Read on] |
WNBA: Something just ain't right
| Something is different about the WNBA this year.I'm not talking about the so-called parity that has resulted in teams with veteran basketball stars regularly getting their butts kicked. I'm talking about the way many longtime WNBA supporters and fans have...[Read on] |
Stringer rightfully complains about Rutgers’ failure to market her program
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Rutgers women’s basketball team have done it again - they’re on their fourth trip to the elite eight in five years. That’s pretty amazing.
But in an article released on NJ.com today, head women’s basketball coach Vivian Stringer was not happy.
I...[Read on] |
Olympic pricing: Equality? Economics? Gender?
| What equality is remains contextual and questionable. I don't know much about economics. And gender continues to present so many interesting issues with which to contend.Hence all the questions in the title of this post.But what I really want to talk abou...[Read on] |
Who is a real fan? Try little girls with wash-off tattoos (and player stats at the ready)
| By Lindsay Rico
The game was over. Tied. But the excitement was just beginning. About 100 fans (and parents) leaned over steel barriers holding out soccer balls, jerseys, t-shirts—anything that would take ink —eager for the Boston Breakers an...[Read on] |
WNBA’s Atlanta Dream use Facebook to give tickets, get fans
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I love what I’m seeing from WNBA marketing teams lately .
They’re finally catching on to the fact that if they engage directly with fans online, they will start to generate some attention (without much investment).
Here’s the latest…
The Atlant...[Read on] |
Glee Tackles High-School Bullying
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Last night's episode of Glee spotlighted high-school bullying, in the form of Kurt, McKinley High's only openly gay student, who is physically and verbally abused for his sexuality, and Shannon Beiste, the new football coach who threatens Sue's budget exp...[Read on] |
Social Media & Sport Apologies
| Discussion in the Tucker Center this morning was very lively around the topic of Serena Williams’ U.S. Open semifinal outburst, fine, and subsequent apology via her blog and Twitter account (also see picture here).
I have a few other thoughts o...[Read on] |
Sally Potter’s Filmmaking Manifesto
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A reader forwarded to me feminist director (Orlando) Sally Potter’s filmmaking manifesto. Thought I’d share:
The best time to start is now (don’t wait)
Take responsibility for everything (it saves time)
Don’t blame anyone or anything (including y...[Read on] |
The Evolution of the WNBA
| Efficiency, Pace, and Points
The WNBA crossed an important milestone this season. It was the first time the league averaged more than 1 point per possession. After being fairly flat for several years, the WNBA had it's most efficient offensive season...[Read on] |
Attention New York Liberty Fans: Free popcorn, lunch with Kia Vaughn
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Attention New York Liberty fans - need reasons to buy tickets to the games?
Here are a few: you can get free popcorn at games at Madison Square Garden, and if you buy VIP season tickets, you can have lunch with newly-drafted (Rutgers grad) Kia Vaughn.
I...[Read on] |
Elizabeth Lambert Spurs Facebook Interest
| On Friday, we all saw the below video of New Mexico professional soccer player Elizabeth Lambert, who astonishingly displayed unsportsmanlike conduct in a game against Brigham Young University. (She’s since been suspended indefinitely from the leagu...[Read on] |
Book Alert: Bitten By Twilight Youth Culture, Media, and the Vampire Franchise
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Twilight has infiltrated the academy!
Several professors have put together a book of essays looking at the Twilight phenomenon. I came upon the book because I have been following Professor Melissa Click’s feminist analysis of Twilight in my book re...[Read on] |
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