Stories by Jennifer L. Pozner
If we truly care about women's rights and social justice, we must simply roll up our sleeves and tackle corporate media's failings, while strengthening independent media.
Posted on Jan 11, 2007
Anti-abortion fanatics spread fear by bombings, murders and assaults, but the media take little notice.
Posted on Nov 11, 2006
A recent
Wall Street Journal editorial used tired old 'blame the victim' reasoning to explain away two high-profile rape cases.
Posted on Apr 26, 2006
Women audacious enough to seek political power are routinely dogged by gender-specific coverage that focuses on their looks, fashion sense and familial relationships.
Posted on Nov 10, 2005
A new anthology shows that not only is feminism alive and kicking, it's a key part of many different kinds of struggles for social justice.
Posted on Oct 2, 2004
Transgendered author Jennifer Finney Boylan talks about the joys -- and unexpected cultural baggage -- that come with being female in America.
Posted on May 14, 2004
The NAACP honoring Condoleezza Rice its IMAGE media awards ceremony. Shouldn't the nation's leading civil rights group know better?
Posted on Mar 15, 2002
Since September 11, corporate media have said that women are just as hawkish as men in the War on Terror. The polls show this to be a lie.
Posted on Feb 5, 2002
If women had equal access to the op-ed pages and the Sunday morning talk shows, we'd have heard a significant difference between men and women's perspectives on terrorism and war.
Posted on Dec 19, 2001
Two homosexuality studies were recently released, one claiming that gays can "go straight" through therapy, the other claiming they can't. Guess which one got media top-billing?
Posted on Oct 10, 2001
Mainstream news mischaracterized Bush's gag of overseas family planning groups. Truth is the White House rationale for the gag -- stopping abortions -- hasn't been relevant for decades.
Posted on May 29, 2001
The media is still obsessed with treating political women as objects, whether by telling us their dress sizes, diets or makeup habits.
Posted on Mar 13, 2001
