"online" Articles & Blogs:
An Alternative to Learning: Online Courses
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Within the last few years, online college courses have progressively become more popular. Now, to add something new, colleges are creating “hybrid” classes as well. I’ve played the part of guinea pig for both of these types of classes; not only a...[Read on] |
The Backlash of Girly Culture and Online Media
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I’ve recently come across two online sources that take issue with what is basically the infantization of women and women’s media. There’s The Daily Beast’s “OMG! Women's Sites Need to Grow Up” by Tricia Romano and...[Read on] |
Why is Facebook's avatar a dude?
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Sociological Images has a great short post about Facebook's default avatar - which appears to be a white male.
Lisa makes the interesting point that when Facebook wants to represent people globally, they use avatars that look markedly different:
So ...[Read on] |
Social shopping at Vans.com, Jansport.com and others
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For years retailers have struggled to improve their online experience, but shopping online is mostly a solo endeavor. And everyone knows it’s more fun to shop with friends.
Without interaction and purchase validation, shoppers are often plagued by ind...[Read on] |
The Old Media Is Dead—Really, Truly
| The world is about to radically change. Let me explain. The Internet business, which began to radically change the world in the mid-nineties, stalled out in 2001 partly because the Internet didn’t work very well. It just wasn’t fast enough to do all t...[Read on] |
Pretty Tough Podcast - The Future of Women’s Sports Online
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Interview with Jane Schonberger, founder of PrettyTough.com and co-founder of WomenTalkSports.com, two of the premier websites for female athletes and fans of women’s sports. Jane discusses:
Inspiration for launching online communities for...[Read on] |
X-Games 16 Girls Day August 1st
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We are experiencing technical difficulties with the online registration, fear not. If you want to reserve a spot, email courtney.gro@gmail.com or call 812-322-5254 with the following information:
Participant’s Full Name
Participant’s Age
Skat...[Read on] |
Architect, surgeon or news anchor - what will Barbie be next?
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She's been an astronaut, a doctor and a rock star - now Barbie's diverse resume is about to get it's latest update.On Friday February 12th, Mattel will announce which job the doll's young fans have decided she will do next. Luckily, the ...[Read on] |
5 reasons female athletes should engage online
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If you’re a female athlete (or you represent female athletes), I have provided five key reasons you should get online and start talking about your life, your sport, and maybe even your brand.
1) You’re creating and controlling your own voice. Today, ...[Read on] |
Happy Birthday Mr. President: Obama Turns 49 Today
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Wednesday, August 4 is the 49th birthday of America’s 44th president, Barack Hussein Obama II. “I think his plans for tomorrow are dinner with some friends in Chicago. And I think he is looking forward to spending the nigh...[Read on] |
Why female golfers need to start “stepping up to the tee” online
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Found out two interesting pieces of news about the female golf community. Apparently, not only has Golf for Women Magazine gone out of business, but golf (in general) is also unfair to women (shocking).
I’m completely aware that I’m slightly late to ...[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] |
Queen Rania's New United Nations Position
| Kate Middleton, the longtime girlfriend of Prince William, second in line to the British throne, was caught on video at the Online Marketing Show, in London. She was attending the two-day event on behalf of her parents' party-supplies company, Party Piece...[Read on] |
Blogs With Balls: Female sports community ignored, again
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If you’re familiar with the mammoth multi-billion dollar male sports blogging scene, you’ve probably heard of A.J. Daulerio of Deadspin, Spencer Hall of The Sporting Blog or Dan Kellyand of the Bleacher Report.
Chances are, if you know these guys, ...[Read on] |
iTunes gets rights to sell digital Beatles music
| At long last, Beatles fans everywhere are smiling. Apple's iTunes store will start carrying music by the Fab Four in a move that will fill a glaring gap in the collection of the world's largest music retailer. The deal with iTunes was delayed in part by o...[Read on] |
Tina Brown’s New Web Strategy Is a Total Game-Changer
| Observe, DailyBeast.Tumblr.Com, a visionary component of the Newsweek Daily Beast Company’s bold new social-media strategy. A source at Tumblr says that Tina Brown and Co. have not requested the domain name, suggesting that the Newsweek Daily Beast Comp...[Read on] |
Women's Priorities: Money No. 1, Men No. 2? by The Love Goddess
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A sea change is coming and relationships are a topic worth investigating seriously – and intellectuallyThe Love Goddess | Today 9:10 am
Editor’s Note: Who
is the wisest of them all? Who is more dedicated to your pleasure than
anyone on earth? Who ca...[Read on] |
March Madness Online: Thank you, ESPN, for promoting women
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Ok, so March Madness has officially begun.
It’s my favorite time of the year!!
This year, I actually decided to participate (shocking) by filling out brackets and starting Women Talk Sports groups) for both the Men’s NCAA Championships (via CBS Spor...[Read on] |
Women & Hollywood’ blogger speaks out about women, films, Citizen Jane
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I’m traveling today to the Citizen Jane Film Festival so no blogging today. Here’s an interview I did with the Columbia Daily Tribune in Columbia, MO in anticipation of the Citizen Jane Film Festival this weekend.
Melissa Silverstein of Brooklyn, N...[Read on] |
Fist of a Flower
| The UK darling Gemma Ray has been impressing people with the sweet sounds of her Harmony Rocket (her guitar of choice) since her US debut Lights Out Zoltar! came out in Fall.
Now comes a new video for her song "Fist of a Flower" which is actually compose...[Read on] |
Fashion Face-Off: "It" Girls at Chanel
| Every Friday VF.com pores through the crème de la crème of party pictures to find two contenders for the best outfit of the week. Tell us your favorite in our Fashion Face-Off. New York Fashion Week began in earnest last night at the opening...[Read on] |
Cavalli dresses Shakira for the World Cup
| Team jerseys will be the most popular fashion choice in South Africa over the next few weeks. Unless you're Shakira. During her opening ceremony performance at the FIFA World Cup on June 10th, the Latin beauty will be wearing an exclusive look from high-e...[Read on] |
Cannes Can’t – Where are the Women Directors?
| So the Cannes lineup in finalized and the abysmal showing for female directors is now set in stone. The festival added two more films to the competition lineup and not surprisingly, both were by men. That’s now 18 films competing for the Palme D’O...[Read on] |
WeMix.com Serena Williams launch “Serena’s Song” contest
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Rapper Ludacris is teaming up with tennis star Serena Williams for an online contest aimed at finding a theme song for the superstar tennis champion.
The “Serena’s Song” contest is a nationwide songwriting competition inviting independent musicians...[Read on] |
How cell phone companies can save women’s professional sports
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So I’ve been brainstorming for the past 24 hours about ways women’s professional sports can generate popularity (see yesterday’s posts for details about my call with @WNBA).
One of my ideas (which came out of that brainstorm) is that cell phone com...[Read on] |
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