A group of leading women’s rights organizations from around the world, including MissRepresentation.org, have signed an open letter to Facebook asking the company to do a better job of monitoring hate speech directed at women and girls within their massive social networking site. Excerpt: We, the undersigned, are writing to demand swift, comprehensive and effective [...]
Frances Ha opens in limited release today, May 17th. The most memorable scene of Noah Baumbach and Greta Gerwig’s Frances Ha features the title character, played by Gerwig, running through the streets of New York City to the tune of David Bowie’s “Modern Love.” The camera swims beside her and, like the rest of this [...]
In a story posted this morning, NPR’s Morning Edition described New York Senator Kirsten Gillibrand in highly gendered and sexist terms. From calling her “petite, blond and perky” to saying she has a “girlie” voice, the original piece was filled with face-palm moments. It has since been edited (you can see the original, thanks to [...]
Swedish blog “En blommig tekop” pointed out today how American Apparel advertises the same “unisex” shirts differently to men and women. If you’re #NotBuyingIt, let them know: Tweet
Here are the highlights from our social media coverage this week: -Maureen Johnson asked her Twitter followers to imagine what the cover of a well-known book might look like if the author was of a different gender, explaining ”The simple fact of the matter is, if you are a female author, you are much more likely [...]
Here are the highlights from our social media coverage this week: -”There’s so many men who care deeply about these issues, but caring deeply is not enough, we need more men with the guts, with the courage, with the strength, with the moral integrity to break our complicit silence and challenge each other and stand [...]
In this new commercial from Radio Shack, the electronics retailer and pop artist Robin Thicke promote Beats by Dre speakers through the blatant sexual objectification of women. The “Beats Pill” is a portable wireless device created by the popular and ubiquitous Beats headphone makers, whose mission is to provide a “premium sound experience at every [...]
Here are the highlights from our media coverage this week: “I don’t want to have to compromise my morals in order to make a living…I dont want to be infantilized because i refuse to be sexualized…I dont want to be molested at shows or on the street by people who perceive me as an object [...]
Last week, Dove’s “Real Beauty Sketches” ad went seriously viral across the web. And by viral we’re talking millions of YouTube views, a New York Times article and a parody within the span of a few days. Regardless of your opinion on the ad, it’s clear it has struck a nerve and contributed to a [...]
After over 1,000 #NotBuyingIt tweets and nearly 8,000 signatures on our petition, the Disney Store has quietly removed the women’s “I Need a Hero” Avengers t-shirt from their website. Late last week we started a Change.org petition and #NotBuyingIt campaign after seeing the limiting ways in which the Disney Store and Marvel were selling their [...]
