March 2012
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December 2011
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“I’m not here to change society…I’m here to give women the...”
– Tyra Banks
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H&M Uses Computer Generated Bodies With Real... →
All that griping about how models’ slender proportions are completely unrealistic? Turns out they are literally unrealistic — as in, they are totally fake.
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November 2011
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Holiday Films: Does This Year's Crop Misrepresent... →
The Holiday movie season is here! And, true to form, as revealed in USC’s Annenberg School’s most recent study of gender in the 100 top grossing films of 2009, we will blithely consume great movies that consistently marginalize and sexualize girls and women. The male to female ratio in film hasn’t changed since 1946. In the upcoming round of seventeen “Must See”...
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Life is music. Play it louder.: You're insecure.... →
sadie-elizabeth-young:
I hate the media. Its not very often do I admit to actually hating something either since its such a strong word. Telling someone you hate them is just as powerful as telling someone you love them. The media control so much these days whether its secrets of a new celebrities life or a new scientists ideas on what we should eat. They hold the cards of the way our society...
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Miss USA Pageant Puts Porn on a Pedestal →
“If girls learn that behaving like sexual objects gains approval from society and from people whose opinions they respect, they may begin to “self-sexualize;” in fact, to become their own worst enemies as far as their health and well-being are concerned.”
