Sexism

Unconscious Sexism and Racism in New Moon Tags

OUPblog (Free subscription) | yesterday

Elvin Lim looks at The Twilight Saga: New Moon.

• Unconscious Sexism and Racism in New Moon - Out on a Lim

NY Post Facing Two Lawsuits Alleging Sexism And Racism In The Newsroom

Silicon Alley Insider (Free subscription) | yesterday

Two former New York Post journalists are suing the paper, alleging racial discrimination in the newsroom and that they were fired in part for speaking out against a Post cartoon many considered to be racist. A suit filed yesterday by former and long-time reporter Austin Fenner says he was banned from entering the newsroom in May 2009 following his public condemnation of the cartoon and a run-in with...

Definitions of sexism & racism (by Suzie)

ECHIDNE OF THE SNAKES (Free subscription) | 27/11/2009

When the word “racism” gets mentioned, I bet a lot of people think of Klansmen in white hoods. “Sexism,” however, seems to conjure up a smarmy guy telling a bad joke. Merriam-Webster online defines sexism as 1: prejudice or discrimination based on sex ; especially : discrimination against women 2: behavior, conditions, or attitudes that foster stereotypes of social roles based...

Weekly Standard Discovers HuffPo 's Nip-Slip Sexism [Huffington Post Sexist]

Jezebel (Free subscription) | 25/11/2009

Conservative columnist Mary Katharine Ham is disgusted by The Huffington Post's page-view strategy: "Somehow it's hard to take HuffPo's rant about Neanderthal Stupak-amendment supporters seriously... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]

Morgan Weiland: There's (Still) Something About Sexism

Media Matters for America (Free subscription) | 24/11/2009

It is truly amazing that Time allowed Mark Halperin to publish the following caption and image on his blog, The Page -- no matter how briefly (the site has since pulled it down): Maybe Halperin thought it was really clever to echo a scene from a late-90s romantic comedy , but it isn't. The image and all that it suggests -- yes, her hair is supposed to be held up by semen -- isn't supported by any...

Ski jump sexism? Not in our jurisdiction

feminist blogs (Free subscription) | 24/11/2009

It’s just been reported on the Ms. Magazine website that the BC Appeal Court has released its written report explaining why there will be no Olympic ski jumping event this winter–for women, at least. The report reads: The British Columbia Appeal Court provided written rationale for it’s ruling that will allow Olympic organizers to hold a [...] Related posts: Roundup–Monday-style...

Sexism, Software and Organizations

jon.smajda.com/blog (Free subscription) | 24/11/2009

The lack of women in open source software has been getting some attention lately, and the numbers are pretty shocking: According to Angela Byron’s keynote at the Open Web Vancouver conference earlier this year, women compose 28% of those involved in proprietary software, slightly more than half what you would expect from a random distribution. Asked to guess what percentage of FOSS developers...

Selling Good Causes With Creepy Sexism... Again

Blog Town, PDX (Free subscription) | 23/11/2009

Excellent social-thinking blog Socialogical Images posted a smart little rant about this Method soap ad, which tries to raise support for labeling of toxic chemicals in household products via an ad that evokes sexual harassment and abuse. Jezebel describes what's creepy and discouraging about the ad: I understand the point of the commercial: you'll pay the price if you don't know what kinds of chemicals...

Is Emily Miller A Victim Of Sexism, Or Her Own Abrasiveness? [Sexual Politics]

Jezebel (Free subscription) | 23/11/2009

It's hard to read this Washington Post profile without some seriously conflicted feelings about Emily Miller, the Republican press secretary turned gossip blogger who found herself at the center of... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]

Racism And Sexism On The Going Rogue Book Tour [Rogue Trip]

Jezebel (Free subscription) | 23/11/2009

With articles like "The 'Palinization' of Palin," coverage of Alaska's most famous ex is starting to sound like Being John Malkovich. But underneath the weirdness are some serious questions about... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]

Harry’s Place and sexism

Harry's Place (Free subscription) | 23/11/2009

Guest post by Sarah I was invited to write a guest post after commenting, on this thread, that having Bea Campbell held up as a representative of feminism was like being lumped, as someone who identifies with the left, with the SWP. I’m not sure I fit everyone’s definition of a feminist– I’ve had run-ins with [...]

Federal probe levies sexism charges against VMI

Military Times - News (Free subscription) | 22/11/2009

LEXINGTON, Va. — Virginia Military Institute is defending itself against a lengthy investigation into accusations that the school’s policies are sexist and hostile toward female cadets, a dozen years after women won the right to enroll.The federal Department of Education’s Office for Civil Rights has an ongoing investigation of a sex discrimination complaint at the small, state-supported...

• Va. Military Institute faces sexism accusations - Sify
• Sex-bias complaint lingers - Philadelphia Inquirer
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Sexism by M&S at Christmas?

The Not So Secret Diary of a Grumpy Old Woman (Free subscription) | 22/11/2009

I don’t as a rule notice adverts on TV - and if you were paying attention last year, you’d know this already - mainly because as soon as the adverts come on, I turn the sound off and don't bother looking up for the next five minutes - this is fairly easy for me as I'm usually multi-tasking. But when I read that people had complained about Philip Glenister [yum] being sexist and demeaning...

Va. Military Institute faces sexism accusations

Miami Herald (Free subscription) | 22/11/2009

Virginia Military Institute is defending itself against a lengthy investigation into accusations that the school's policies are sexist and hostile toward female cadets, a dozen years after women won the right to enroll.

Va. Military Institute faces sexism accusations

MSNBC.com (Free subscription) | 22/11/2009

Virginia Military Institute is defending itself against a lengthy investigation into accusations that the school's policies are sexist and hostile toward female cadets.