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by Marianne Schnall By now, for many of us most of our New Year’s Resolutions have come and gone.  We start the new year with all sorts of good intentions, and then realize how hard they are sometimes to actually keep! Maybe it’s because oftentimes our new year’s resolutions, as well intentioned as they are, [...]

After Teleflora’s highly offensive and degrading Super Bowl commercial, which implied that women would exchange sex with any man who could afford a few flowers, hundreds of folks took to Twitter to express their dismay and disgust, using hashtag #notbuyingit. One motivated Miss Representation supporter, Sherry, even sent this e-mail directed at the company: To [...]

UPDATE: GoDaddy’s responds to a customer’s letter. Click to jump down the page. We’re thrilled with the overwhelming success of last night’s #NotBuyingIt campaign! Thousands of tweets called out sexist commercials in real-time, and we reached nearly 1 million people through user activity on Twitter during the Super Bowl. Now the impact of the conversation has spread [...]

Just see an offensive GoDaddy advertisement and want to know what you can do? Are you or someone you know using GoDaddy to host your website? Today’s the day to use your consumer power and switch service providers. Activate others as well. If you see a site hosted by GoDaddy write them a quick note [...]

The Super Bowl is the most watched television event in America – by a long shot. According to the Nielsen Ratings of the top 10 programs of 2011, not only was last February’s game first with 111 million viewers, but in second was the Super Bowl Kick-Off show with 70 million viewers and in third [...]

by Imran Siddiquee The Academy of Motion Picture Sciences released their nominations this morning for the 84th Annual Oscars, to be held February 26th in Hollywood, CA. This year they voted 9 films into the Best Picture category, ranging from the popular (The Help) to the lesser seen (like The Artist). None of the nominees were [...]

This week’s guest blog is written by Elizabeth Scarpelli, a physical therapist working in San Francisco, CA. Here she reflects on the history and dangers of high-heeled shoes. Ok, I admit it. I’m always concerned about women’s health over fashion. I watch a glamorous girl’s wobbling ankles as she tries to strut on 4-7 inch [...]

Miss Representation Director Jennifer Siebel Newsom interviews Filmmaker Amy Ziering about her compelling new documentary, The Invisible War, which bravely investigates the epidemic of rape in the U.S. military. The film will premiere at the Sundance Film Festival in Park City, Utah later this week. Newsom also served as an Executive Producer on the project. [...]

by Imran Siddiquee Yesterday, at an event in San Francisco, some problematic reporting by the Financial Times was brought to our attention by a passionate supporter. In two separate stories about world leaders in the January 10th issue of the Financial Times, the paper used the title “President” for the male Barack Obama and opted [...]

Founder and CEO of MissRepresentation.org, Jennifer Siebel Newsom reflects on her amazing and inspiring year… “Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful, committed citizens can change the world. Indeed, it is the only thing that ever has.” – Margaret Mead As we approach the end of the year, I want to take this time [...]