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Articles Archive for June 2009

Media - Entertainment, Sexism, Youth »

It’s the Victim’s Fault.

Jun 12, 2009 | 25 Comments

Donny Deutsch sums it up in his angry, condescending tone:
She’s fair game.
How dare Governor Palin stick up for her teenage daughters!

Donny’s outrage starts the beginning of the next part of the media’s process: blaming the victim. This in my opinion is one of the gravest and most dangerous injustices coming from our national media. The way they seek to train and retrain our country that if a woman, or in the case a teenage girl, is the victim of almost anything, then defacto, it’s the victim’s fault.
As I wrote about …

Media - Entertainment, Sexism, Youth »

Governor Palin defends her daughters..

Jun 12, 2009 | 11 Comments

Governor Palin must be reading The New Agenda Blog and our article published yesterday in The Huffington Post. Here’s what Governor Palin had to say on MSNBC’s Today show this morning (Letterman segment starts at 3:23, skip to 5:00 for this comment):
..it was a degrading comment about a young woman. And I would hope that people would really start rising up and deciding it’s not acceptable. No wonder young girls especially have such low self-esteem in America. When we think it’s funny for a so-called comedian …

Media - Entertainment, Sexism, Youth »

WE’RE STILL HERE CBS!!!

Jun 12, 2009 | 8 Comments

WE’RE STILL HERE CBS….AND WE’RE NOT GOING AWAY!!!
We demand action!  Our country deserves better than this.  Our daughters will not be a target of David Lettman’s sexualization.
We have a request and we are going to keep making it, loud and clear, until you hear it.  This is a teachable moment on the escalating crisis of the sexualization of our teenage daughters and the resulting violence against them. We demand that CBS devote a Letterman Show to opening a dialogue about this national crisis. And we are going to keep emailing …

Media - Entertainment, Violence Against Women Forum, Youth »

TOP TEN Facts about Teenage Violence

Jun 12, 2009 | 3 Comments

Dave – we thought you could use some help with your script for tonight.
TOP TEN FACTS ABOUT TEENAGE VIOLENCE
(Facts from ACADV)

About 1 in 3 high school students have been or will be involved in an abusive relationship.
40% of teenage girls ages 14 to 17 say they know someone their age who has been hit or beaten by a boyfriend.
In one study, 30-50% of female high school students reported having already experienced teen dating violence.
Teen dating violence most often takes place in the home of one of the partners.
1 in …

Media - Entertainment, Sexism, Youth »

Letterman – This is a “Teachable Moment.” Don’t Blow it!!!

Jun 11, 2009 | 9 Comments

This week, David Letterman has provided our country with the second major “teachable moment” to explore the national crisis of the sexualization of our teenage daughters.  This is an important opportunity, and we must use it wisely.
Our country blew the first teachable moment earlier this year. When Chris Brown physically assaulted Rihanna, we should have finally educated ourselves on violence against our teenage girls, but we did not. See the video footage on our home page and you will hear about “The Next Generation” which is the crisis …

Media - Entertainment, Sexism, The New Agenda, Youth »

The New Agenda Speaks out in the Media about Letterman….

Jun 11, 2009 | 2 Comments

Word is spreading. Check out this piece in Reuters:
Writing on the news blog The Huffington Post, Amy Siskind, co-founder of women’s advocacy group The New Agenda, wrote that Letterman’s jokes about Willow should be cause for concern for conservatives and non-conservatives alike, and that some in the media apply a double-standard by not voicing concern about sexism applied to conservatives like Palin.
“… When Governor Sarah Palin’s 14-year-old daughter is the subject of a degrading and humiliating joke by David Letterman, how can we let this be part of our …

Media - Entertainment, Sexism, Youth »

“This” is an apology?

Jun 11, 2009 | 26 Comments

This is an apology?
The audience is laughing and clapping.
Skip to 5:00 for Letterman’s mea culpa on his “jokes” being aimed at the 18 year-old not 14 year-old daughter.
And, if you really want to be infuriated, skip to 5:25 for this:
..cuz the girl who actually,excuse me, but was knocked up, and is now 18 years-old…

Media - Entertainment, Sexism, The New Agenda, Youth »

PRESS RELEASE: Letterman: Violence Against Teenage Girls is no Laughing Matter

Jun 11, 2009 | 17 Comments

This morning The New Agenda issues the following press release:
For Immediate Release
David Letterman: Violence Against Teenage Girls is no Laughing Matter
Apology Talk is Cheap; Action Proves True Contrition
The New Agenda, a national organization dedicated to improving the lives of all women and girls regardless of political affiliation, called on David Letterman to demonstrate true contrition by devoting a segment of his show to some of the insidious ways language puts young women at risk.
“Letterman’s apology talk last night was cheap,” said The New Agenda co-founder and President Amy Siskind. …

Media - Entertainment, Politics, Sexism »

The Other Side of Letterman: Why Women Don’t Run for Office…

Jun 10, 2009 | 10 Comments

Would you give $17 to get women above 17%. I’ll explain at the end. (Update:  We are 53 donors away from reaching our goal)
Now many of us are outraged at Letterman’s comments about Governor Palin. Personally, I am even more outraged at his comments about the Governor’s 14 year-old daughter. Which brings me to another topic – why is women’s representation in our government so low?
For those of you new to our blog, one of The New Agenda’s main goals is leadership. Specifically, getting more women …

Media - Entertainment, Media - Marketing & Advertising, Sexism, Youth »

Letterman Doesn’t Stop. Contact These Sponsors!

Jun 10, 2009 | 121 Comments

Following his outrageous joke about Alex Rodiguez ”knocking up” Governor Palin’s 14-year-old daughter, Willow, David Letterman is at it again (hat tip to Puma for Life and conservatives4palin).
The toughest part of [Palin's] visit was keeping Eliot Spitzer away from her daughter. That was the hard part.
The way I hear it, the man called a 14-year-old child a prostitute.

Many of our readers would like to protest Letterman’s disgusting slurs by contacting his sponsors.  I don’t know what companies have been running advertisements during the last few shows, but I can tell you that the following companies currently have …

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