This article originally appeared at The Women’s Media Center. The documentary shown on Oprah’s OWN network takes on the disparagement of women and girls in the media in a comprehensive way. Marianne Schnall talks to “Miss Representation” filmmaker Jennifer Siebel Newsom. Jennifer Siebel Newsom We tend to pay attention to negative media treatment of women [...]
I used to babysit a house full of smart, awesome girls. They played pirates, staged elaborate kitchen science experiments, and read books by the case-full. For half an hour every evening, we sprawled out on the couch and tuned in to the ongoing exploits of a myriad of makeup lacquered, fresh out of elementary school [...]
With no school on Columbus Day in New York City, organizers of #OccupyWallStreet (OWS) put out a call for children to join them in lower Manhattan for an OWS Children’s Assembly. My kids and several of their friends attended, and worked their way into the inner-circle of children ranging in age from toddlers to teens. [...]
Imagine what it’s like when musicians from disparate countries, playing diverse instruments, dedicated to different genres come together on one stage, having never met each other before. Initially the collaboration produces dissonance, but among skilled practitioners dedicated to their craft, disharmony transforms into harmony and something altogether new forms. This is what took place in [...]
Over the past decade, food has become a central theme in entertainment. Television channels and programs are dedicated solely to food preparation, popular chefs, cooking contests, or the latest fad in restaurants. With coverage like this, our standard three meals a day almost resemble an obsession. If you have an idea for a television show that [...]
All too often, the mainstream media sidelines issues of importance to women, girls and mothers. Instead of helpful stories about breastfeeding tips for new mothers or options for better work-life fit, we find junk news and celebrity gossip. Instead of thoughtful debate about realistic and fair wages for working parents, we find sound bytes from [...]
The media is our society’s muse. It attends to our collective consciousness. Whether we watch it or not, like it or not, it propels (or limits) our collective imagination. So when our society is bombarded with images of madonnas and primadonnas, princesses and whores, these images worm their way into our understanding of what a woman is.
Have you heard about the Calvin Klein ad in New York City that shows a young girl in a threesome/foursome with young men? Moms are outraged, and they should be. With child pornography and child slavery on the rise, we can look to folks like Calvin Klein for glorifying sex with young girls. This is [...]
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Written by MOTHERS Guest Blogger, Kelly Coyle DiNorcia
There has recently been much talk about what kind of First Lady Michelle Obama would be during her husband’s presidency. Would she be a policy driven advocate like Hillary Clinton? Would she be the new modern fashion prototype of Jackie Kennedy? Would she be the silent behind the scenes intellectual and emotional strength of Nancy Reagan?
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