"young-adult" Articles & Blogs:
Diablo Cody sells her next script
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I’m glad that the lack of box office success of Jennifer’s Body has not prevented Cody from selling her next script — Young Adult to Mandate Pictures, the company that produced Juno.
However, I’m a bit apprehensive about the description:
The “...[Read on] |
Michelle Obama - Get Girls Active in Sports to Decrease Obesity
| I'm the type of person that wants tangible results. And if I don't get them doing something one way, I'll stop and find out a better way to accomplish what I want. And my mindset is obviously a bit perplexing to people who just do as they are told an...[Read on] |
Brands look to parents watching TV with their kids
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Marketers are ready to pounces on moms! More moms are watching children's programing -- with -- their children. And...marketers see an opening.
Nickelodeon, Disney and Time Warner's Cartoon Network are the big beneficiaries, but smal...[Read on] |
Consuming pop culture while feminist: Disney's The Little Mermaid
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When I was a little girl, I loved Disney's The Little Mermaid. I mean, I loved it. I used to sit in front of the TV screen for hours at a time, rewinding the video as soon as the movie ended, to watch it all over again from the start. I used to - and I ca...[Read on] |
Is Sotomayor Supremely Stylish?
| Never let it be said that the monkeys who bang out these Open Bar columns don’t appreciate the priorities and interests of the audience here at Vanity Fair. Sure, some of you may be interested in reading about Supreme Court nominee Sonia Sotomayor’s 1...[Read on] |
Ask a Lawyer: Regarding the Saturday Night Live Scandal, Can One Copyright Tiny Hats?
| The past two days have seen the rise of a huge controversy about tiny hats. This weekend’s premiere of Saturday Night Live featured a sketch called “Ladies Who Lunch” in which a socialite, to the jealously and delight of her friends, purchases incre...[Read on] |
'Young Victoria' Rules the Holiday Movie Lineup
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(WOMENSENEWS)--The year's big holiday season brings a special cinematic gift on Dec. 18 with the limited release of "The Young Victoria," directed by Jean-Marc Vallee.
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Go see "Bridesmaids" this weekend. It's your womanly duty
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The first time I saw a screening of the new Judd Apatow/Kristin Wiig vehicle Bridesmaids, I felt like I was watching an experimental film. I'm not talking Maya Deren or Chantal Ackerman, of course. But the fact is, Bridesmaids is an experiment, intended t...[Read on] |
Book Review: Pretty Little Liars
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Author: Sara Shepard
Pages: 304
Date Started: 9/17/10
Date Finished: N/A
Simple Summary: Take four parts drama, three parts slut, and two parts stupid — blend until well mixed. Garnish with unbelievability and serve cold.
Rating: ☆☆☆☆☆ My R...[Read on] |
The Exploding Girl
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I’ve been watching Zoe Kazan since I saw her on stage in The Seagull where she and Oscar nominee Carey Mulligan acted circles around veteran actors Kristen Scott Thomas and Peter Sarsgaard. Last year was a breakthrough year for her onscreen playing da...[Read on] |
'Hanna' and the Problem of the Girl Hero
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Whenever a movie with a girl protagonist comes out, I try to see it. Usually, I get excited that it might be good/actually about an adolescent girl, and come home pissed off, or, at best underwhelmed. In the past few years, it has become almost a trend to...[Read on] |
90 Is The New 25!
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Zelda Kaplan renews our faith in the ability to be cool in New York City far after our 30th birthdays. She proclaims that "so many young people are so afraid of becoming old. I would like them to know that from someone who is ninety-four years young...[Read on] |
Unemployment Rate Rising Faster Among Women
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Recovery Act Jobs and Training Must Include Women
Unemployment data released today show that women’s unemployment rate rose faster than men’s in May – and unemployment among women who head families rose even faster, the National Women’s Law Cente...[Read on] |
Serena William’s book 'On The Line' coming out on September 1st
| Serena William’s Book On The Line coming out on September 1st
In just a few days, On the Line the new book by Serena Williams will be on sale and here we have some comments and more information about what this Serena William’s book is all about… Ch...[Read on] |
Not Oprah's Book Club: Along for the Ride
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Talking about this book today. Transcript after the jump!
<p>Hi everybody! I'm Miriam and I'm doing this week's Not Oprah's Book Club. I'm standing in for Courtney because I wanted to talk...[Read on] |
The Hailee Steinfeld Nomination Debate
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As the debate about Oscar nominations concludes this week, one interesting conversation that has been going on is the debate about whether True Grit actress Hailee Steinfeld should be placed in the best actress or best supporting actress category.
The ...[Read on] |
No Wonder Woman Reboot Coming
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I was excited over the potential to see a rebooted version of Wonder Women. If Battlestar Galactica, a cheesy show, can be remade into a major league great show, how can we not do some justice to Wonder Woman.
But it looks like I won’t be able ...[Read on] |
Two Ex-Girl Scouts Accuse the Organization of Promoting Abortions
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We’ve all heard it before: someone tries to inform young women about their options regarding an unwanted pregnancy, and they’re blamed for “promoting abortion” to young girls. But this time the attacks are coming from two Texan tee...[Read on] |
Boys will be boys and girls will be things
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An anonymous reader in London emailed me about this charming ad campaign from Lynx. Lynx is the Australian and UK name for Axe, and I've posted about their campaigns before. This poster campaign, for a bodywash called "Rise" (totally coincidental name tha...[Read on] |
An Actress on the Brink
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Photograph by Nino Muñoz
Jennifer Lawrence’s performance in Winter’s Bone which opens on Friday is staggeringly good. It is one of the most honest, realistic, heartbreaking performances I have seen in a long, long time. It feels to me that we ...[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] |
Equal Opportunities for Transgender Student-Athletes
| On October 25-26 in Indianapolis, The Women’s Sports Foundation initiative, It Takes A Team will be partnering with the Sports Project of the National Center for Lesbian Rights to host a national think tank entitled, “Equal Opportunities for Transgend...[Read on] |
What do USA Swimming and the Catholic Church have In common?
| Answer: A big disgusting sex scandal, that’s what.For several months USA Swimming has been embroiled in lawsuits and accusations related to their lax oversight of and response to numerous instances of male coach sexual misconduct with young female swimm...[Read on] |
The trainwreck that has become Lindsay Lohan’s life
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I take no pleasure in the fact that Lindsay Lohan is going to jail for 90 days and then will complete another 90 days at an in-patient rehab.
But maybe, just maybe this will save her life.
Cause the track this young woman is on is killing her. She...[Read on] |
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