Rosalind Gill, “From Sexual Objectification to Sexual Subjectification: The Resexualisation of Women’s Bodies in the Media”

Ever wonder if “Girl Power” and the “new” open sexuality popularized in clothing and other outwardly visible paraphernalia is a result of the feminist movement or an insidious manipulation by media (not to mention the “p” word)? Read this illuminating article.
Rosalind Gill, “From Sexual Objectification to Sexual Subjectification: The Resexualisation of Women’s Bodies in [...]

t r u t h o u t | Commodifying Kids: The Forgotten Crisis

t r u t h o u t | Commodifying Kids: The Forgotten Crisis
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Henry Giroux writes so strongly about how our financial markets are using our children to make their profits at the expense of the moral, ethical, and educational development of our future generations. I recommend you read his entire post and [...]

Hegemonic Masculinities

Getting Off – Pornography and the End of Masculinity

Sexual Assault Awareness Month event:
Monday, April 7, at the Students Union Theater in Storrs
Robert Jensen: Getting Off – Pornography and the End of Masculinity:
Journalist, activist and author Robert Jensen will discuss his most recent book, Getting Off – “Expertly combining the ‘the personal’ with ‘the political,’ Robert Jensen exposes the pervasive misogyny of today’s pornography [...]

Pornography and the End of Masculinity

From an independent media siteAlterNet: Sex and Relationships: Pornography and the End of Masculinity
Author is Dan Hazen, executive editor of AlterNet. From the text:
“I have always been part of the collective liberal progressive libertarian value system that accepts pornography as a legitimate expression of the first amendment. Part of that thinking is that women [...]

Posting on the blog « BEAUTIFUL, ALSO, ARE THE SOULS OF MY BLACK SISTERS

….AND PEOPLE WONDER WHY BLACK WOMEN ARE DEGRADED AND DISRESPECTED IN AMERICA?
A very eloquent response to the Isaiah Thomas issue.
Here are the lead paragraphs from the AP story:
Knicks Exec Explains Use of Vulgar Term
By PAT MILTON, Associated Press Writer
Tue Sep 18, 6:02 Am
NEW YORK – To New York Knicks coach Isiah Thomas, hearing a [...]

NYTimes hits new low: uses “Trophy Wife” as factual descriptor of presidential candidate’s spouse — from WIMN’s Voices Blog

WIMN’s Voices: A Group Blog on Women, Media, AND… » Blog Archive » NYTimes hits new low: uses “Trophy Wife” as factual descriptor of presidential candidate’s spouse
“The question may seem sexist, even crass,” she says. “but serious people — as well as Mr. Thompson’s supporters — have been wrestling with the public reaction to Jeri [...]