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Women’s Media Center Awards Night Celebrates the Vision and Vigor of Female Journalists

Lynn Parramore, AlterNet. December 1, 2011.

The media industry is overwhelmingly male-dominated and rife with sexist portrayals of women. But a bold organization is determined to change all that.

Is Beyonce's New Video Feminist?

Natasha Thomas-Jackson, The B(e)-Girl Manifesta. May 24, 2011.

How the new clip from the world's biggest pop star plays out female empowerment, stilettos and all.

Sarah Palin's Brand of 'Feminism' More Popular With Men Than Women

Adele M. Stan, AlterNet. November 26, 2010.

Palin peddles a shallow narcissism dressed in 'empowering' feminist language.

Feminism is Alive and Well ... Even Sarah Palin Wants to Be One

Katie Couric, Gloria Steinem, Jehmu Greene, @Katie Couric. July 9, 2010.

Gloria Steinem, grande dame of the feminist movement, and Jehmu Greene, Women's Media Center director, discuss the state of feminism with Katie Couric.

Women and Power: Connecting Across the Generations

Marianne Schnall, Patty Goodwin, AlterNet. July 23, 2009.

The media narrative of different generations of feminists being at each other's throats could not be more wrong.

The End of the Women's Movement

Courtney E. Martin, The American Prospect. April 6, 2009.

The era of the singular feminist agenda is over. But that doesn't mean gender-based activism is.

Global Support for the War in Afghanistan is Plummeting -- So Why Aren't Americans Talking About It?

Amy Goodman, AlterNet. March 4, 2009.

While leaders like Stephen Harper and Gordon Brown bend to the will of their constituents, Obama is staying the course.

Black Women Are Invisible This Election Season

Carol Jenkins, Women's Media Center. January 14, 2008.

The presidential candidacy is still out of reach for a woman of color. Her disadvantage runs too deep.