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People Need to Wake Up: Lilly Ledbetter Talks About Media Coverage of Equal Pay
Lilly Ledbetter is an icon of the fight for equal pay. In person, she’s a very polite and friendly woman whose Alabama drawl draws audiences through complicated subjects like the politics behind the Paycheck Fairness Act and the realities of gender discrimination on the job.
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Even the FCC Says it Moved "Too Fast to Be Fair" on Net Neutrality
Over 100 people turned out to the Federal Communications Commission office in Washington, DC today to tell the agency one message: “Keep our internet free.”
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A Rare Opportunity for Feminist Media
We weren’t sure we were going to be able to say this, but here it is: The May Match is back. Only this time, we have just 17 days to reach our goal and trigger the $30,000 match. Here’s the story. Last May, one generous donor pledged to match every single dollar to Bitch Media during the month of... Read more »
On Our Radar: Feminist News Roundup
Native appropriation, HIV prophylaxis, and botched rape investigations: Here’s the news on our radar today.
• Is that a “tipi of First Nations... Read more »
Kate Bornstein is Fascinating, but the New Documentary About Her Life Falls Flat
I set out to watch Kate Bornstein Is a Queer and Pleasant Danger with enthusiasm. After all, how could I not be excited to watch the story of “a self-described trans-dyke, reluctant-polyamorist, sadomasochist, and... Read more »
Arab American Romantic Comedy "Detroit Unleaded" Will Make You Shout "Hell, Yeah!"
E.J. Assi and Nada Shouhayib star in Detroit Unleaded, where their characters fall in love in a Detroit gas station.
As an Arab American with a background in media criticism, I often feel like a broken record, calling out the endless stereotypes of Arabs in U.S. popular... Read more »
On Our Radar: Feminist News Roundup
Glaciers melt, cheerleaders fight back, and a word from the woman who popularized the term “white privilege.” Here’s what’s on our radar today:
• The New York Jets have become the fourth NFL team this year to be sued by cheerleaders for allegedly violating state labor... Read more »
Six Hilarious Female Comedians You Don't Know Yet—But Should
Give these women all of your ticket sales. From the top left: Caroline Bassett, Karinda Dobbins, Rebecca O’Neal, Rhiannon Archer, a cute cat, Kiran Deol, and Eliza Skinner. (Photos via Twitter and Facebook.)
This past weekend, Portland was overrun with an influx of comedians... Read more »
On Our Radar: Feminist News Round-Up
Here’s what’s on our radar!
• Pam Palmeter discusses how Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper’s alliance with the Assembly of First Nations ... Read more »
Five Female Scientists Who Are Missing from the New "Cosmos"
Neil DeGrasse Tyson is great as the host of the new Cosmos series—but the documentary is lacking female scientists.
Over the past two months, I’ve been watching the new ... Read more »
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