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Invisible Women: Where Is Half The World’s Population?
This article has been cross-posted from Amazing Women Rock. The opinions expressed herein are those of the author, and not necessarily those of The New Agenda.
“I hadn’t thought about it,” said award-winning science writer Jessa Gamble.
We sat side-by-side in the theater at Ted Global 2010 in Oxford, UK, chatting as we waited for the next in a lineup of stellar speakers (of which 29% were women), at one of the world’s premier conferences (TED basics here: TED 101 (Or TED For Dummies)).
Gamble told me she planned to organize a TEDx …
Sexism, Unity »
Would You Buy a Maxi Pad From A Half-Naked Man?
The opinions expressed herein are those of the author, and not necessarily those of The New Agenda. This article has been cross-posted from AmazingWomenRock.com.
The advertising of so-called “feminine products” recently hit a new all-time low with the launch of a trio of “dream date” YouTube videos by sanitary pad producer StayFree.
The YouTube vids, in which three (admittedly gorgeous and stunningly well-built) young men find excuses to strip to the waist and compare the thinness and absorbency of Stayfree regular ultra thin pads with wings …
Safety, Sexism »
Pamela Anderson Drawn, Quartered & Banned In Her (And My) Native Canada
Susan is the Founder of the blog Amazing Women Rock, where the following article was originally posted. The opinions expressed herein are those of the author, and not necessarily those of The New Agenda.
The woman who was butchered and meat-hooked using photoshop for the ad featured in my last blog post may or may not have known how the image of her body would be used by advertisers.
But Canadian-born actress Pamela Anderson, whose boob-jobbed breasts famously drew millions of viewers to the infamously bouncing-down-the-beach …
Media - Entertainment, Opportunity, Sexism »
EPIC Movies EPIC FAIL Gender Parity Test
Susan is the Founder of the blog Amazing Women Rock, where the following article was originally posted. The opinions expressed herein are those of the author, and not necessarily those of The New Agenda.
We need more positive and powerful female role models.
We need them speaking on world stages everywhere. We need them in politics.
And we need them in the media: online, in books, on TV and radio, and in the movies. ESPECIALLY in the movies.
Sadly, the entertainment industry falls incredibly short with respect to gender equality, as I …
