"news-briefs-for-women" Articles & Blogs:
Roman Polanski Wants to Be Sentenced in Absentia
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Seems that facing the music in a courtroom will most probably not be happening for Roman Polanski. From his house arrest in his Swiss chalet Polanski had his lawyers ask that he be sentenced in absentia. This looks a serious option and I’m betting ...[Read on] |
Women & Hollywood in the News
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Women & Hollywood has been in the news twice this weekend. Thought I’d share:
From Ann Hornaday at the Washington Post:
Women & Film: With female characters, why does Hollywood fear that the stronger they are, the harder they fail?
This state of af...[Read on] |
The Ugly Truth About Obama's "Copenhagen Accord"
| Obama briefs world leaders in Copenhagen, December 18. The so-called Copenhagen Accord is a mere side deal that leaves undone the true hard work of tackling climate change. Official White House photo by Pete Souza.
Well, so much for Hopenhagen.
Organizers...[Read on] |
GOP Women Take a Page from Palin's Facebook
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TAMPA, Fla. (WOMENSENEWS)--Since resigning as governor of Alaska in July, Sarah Palin has avoided the legacy (newspapers and network news) media. But she's managed to remain front-page news through Facebook, the social networking site she used to associat...[Read on] |
Some Health Choices That Women Could Do Without
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by Brigette Courtot, Policy Analyst, National Women's Law Center
This post is part of a series on Women and Health Reform.
NWLC’s health and reproductive rights team does a lot of work around the importance of choice. We advocate for reproduct...[Read on] |
President Obama Addresses the Economy
| It’s been a busy week for Barack Obama. Tuesday, the president unveiled his new strategy for the war in Afghanistan. Today, in the wake of his announcement of 30,000 additional American troops headed overseas, he addressed another daunting issue of his ...[Read on] |
New report on gender in televised sports
| Two colleagues, Mike Messner (USC) and Cheryl Cooky (Purdue), just finished the latest installment of a longitudinal study GENDER IN TELEVISED SPORTS: NEWS AND HIGHLIGHTS SHOWS, 1989-2009. The report can downloaded for free here.
The res...[Read on] |
Sad Broadway News: The Miracle Worker to Close
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Just read the news that The Miracle Worker starring Abigail Breslin and Allison Pill is going to close next Sunday. It didn’t get the greatest reviews, but a friend who saw it said the audience was full of girls who adored it.
I think it was hard to ...[Read on] |
NCAA career development program for women
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University of Minnesota women's softball coach Julie Standering / Photo credit: Gophersports.com
The NCAA is holding a career development program that’s targeting women, announced today. It’s going to be held on December 17 in conjunction with the ...[Read on] |
Just Released: Gains and Losses for Women in 2008-09 Supreme Court Decisions
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National Women’s Law Center Releases New Analysis of Impact on Women
As the U.S. Supreme Court wrapped up its 2008-2009 term today, the National Women’s Law Center (NWLC) released a new analysis of several crucial decisions that demonstrate the impac...[Read on] |
Hollywood Feminist of the Day: Sir Ian McKellen
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I love it when guys stand up for their female colleagues. 4,000 people and Sir Ian McKellen have signed a petition urging British broadcasters to get a clue and stop discriminating against women over 45.
Here’s what he said:
People might have though...[Read on] |
Hollywood Feminist of the Day: Annette Bening
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Bening made the following statement about reproductive freedom while doing press for her current film Mother and Child:
Women have to have their own personal choice about reproduction; ultimately women have to make these decisions on their own,” Bening...[Read on] |
Health Care Affordability Problems Persist for Women
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by Brigette Courtot, Policy Analyst, National Women's Law Center
A recent analysis by the Commonwealth Fund shows that women experience cost-related health access barriers at higher rates than their male counterparts. These new findings echo those of...[Read on] |
Women directors in competition at Venice
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The good news is that there are women in competition.
The roster of competition titles was announced and there are 3 women directed films out of a total of 22. Plus we have Julie Taymor’s The Tempest as the closing film.
That’s 13.6%.
Clearly b...[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] |
If You Like The Iranian Election Results, You May Also Like...
| Here at VF.com, we’re constantly thinking of ways to improve. Our latest application, which took years and not insignificant sums of money to develop, helps you integrate your news absorption and shopping experiences. We present to you News-Shopper: If ...[Read on] |
Reese Witherspoon and Nora Ephron to team on Peggy Lee Biopic
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Looks like Reese Witherspoon will be singing again now that she has secured the rights to Peggy Lee’s life story after meeting with her granddaughter. She then approached Nora Ephron and got her to agree to write and direct.
I like how Reese is taki...[Read on] |
Sex Segregation Sells: Iran Opens Women-Only Bank
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Sex segregation is all the rage these days, as a popular bank in Iran has opened it’s first women-only branch with an all-female staff and security guards. The state-owned bank, Melli, opened this branch for the purposes of safeguarding wo...[Read on] |
Roe v. Wade – What’s in a Name?
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By Lauren Robbins, Intern for Health and Reproductive RightsNational Women’s Law Center
This past Halloween I saw a woman on the street carrying what looked like an oversized paddle and rowing her way down 14th Street, sans boat and, for that matter, w...[Read on] |
Awards Watch: Gotham Independent Film Nominations
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It has begun. The crazy awards season. We’re going to keep track of the women creatives (and films about women) on the way to the Oscars.
The good news. Two women directors are up for best feature. The Hurt Locker was expected, but Amreeka is a b...[Read on] |
Nearly half of U.S. pregnancies are unintended
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Did you know that 49% of pregnancies in the U.S. are unintended? I sure didn't.
Thankfully, people like Krystale Littlejohn and Professor Paula England of Stanford University's Sociology Department - are looking into how we can change that statistic:
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Netflix Supports Women’s Films
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Some good news. Netflix is putting a little money into women. They have come aboard as a sponsor of Women in Film’s Finishing Fund which gives much needed money to women who are oh so close to finishing their films but can’t make it to the finish li...[Read on] |
Julia Louis-Dreyfus gets star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame
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Some good news. The awesome comedy of Julia Louis-Dreyfus is being publicly recognized this morning in Hollywood with Julia receiving a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame.
In a piece in Variety Dreyfus talked about her comedy idols:
I’ve always adm...[Read on] |
Women & Hollywood in the News
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Two things I wanted to bring to your attention:
I am quoted in a piece on male stars and weight issues in the Irish Independent.
The Real Box Office Heavyweights
We have an expectation of the type of woman that we want to see on screen. We want them to...[Read on] |
Women Matter at the Box Office
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The LA Times takes a look at the summer season so far. Things started off very hot (Star Trek) but have cooled off considerably. Here’s what they’ve learned:
Women make a difference
Female ticket buyers made up nearly half of the audience for th...[Read on] |
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