Category Archives: Sexism in the Media

Senator Clinton’s Cleavage

Posted on July 20, 2007 by Bridget Crawford

From the Washington Post: Hillary Clinton’s Tentative Dip Into New Neckline Territory By Robin Givhan There was cleavage on display Wednesday afternoon on C-SPAN2. It belonged to Sen. Hillary Clinton. The full article is here.   What do you all … Continue reading →

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NYT Incoherently Headlines Article: “Women Supportive but Skeptical of Clinton, Poll Says”

Posted on July 20, 2007 by Ann Bartow

Here is an excerpt from the NYT article: Women view Senator Hillary Rodham Clinton more favorably than men do, but she still faces skepticism among some women, especially those who are older and those who are married, according to the … Continue reading →

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Predominantly White Male Liberal Media Site Comments On Robert Novak’s Sexism and Racism

Posted on July 20, 2007 by Ann Bartow

Media Matters for America observed: During a panel discussion of the 2008 presidential election on the July 15 edition of NBC’s Meet the Press, syndicated columnist Robert Novak asserted: “Republicans are very pessimistic about 2008. When you talk to them … Continue reading →

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The Nazis Ran Prison Brothels

Posted on July 12, 2007 by Ann Bartow

Not really a surprise but not something that received much attention in the past. From Yahoo News: For decades no one wanted to remember the concentration camp “special blocks” where the Nazis forced female inmates to entertain their male peers. … Continue reading →

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How did Larry Flynt’s detective get a “different set of phone records” than ABC News had?

Posted on July 11, 2007 by Ann Bartow

From the WaPo: How David Vitter Got Nabbed in Madam Scandal In a Wednesday afternoon news conference, Hustler magazine publisher Larry Flynt gloated over taking credit for catching socially conservative Sen. David Vitter (R-La.) on the phone list of the … Continue reading →

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The Guerrilla Girls at the Feminist Future Symposium, MoMA

Posted on July 9, 2007 by Ann Bartow

Watch it here.

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Still Relevant – Frontline’s “American Porn”

Posted on July 9, 2007 by Ann Bartow

Watch it here. Below is an excerpt from a review: … the real success of the program lies in its ability to provide tangible examples of the increasingly closer connection between pornography and community-sanctioned corporations. While not as visually enticing, … Continue reading →

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“Hairy Legs and All”

Posted on July 8, 2007 by Ann Bartow

From Skirt: Last year on a trip to New York, during which I forgot my trusty Venus Divine triple-blade lady razor with the smooth strip and had to choose whether or not to use the hotel-provided single blade disposable (which … Continue reading →

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Certain Men On The Left Will Pornify Anything

Posted on July 6, 2007 by Ann Bartow

Does this picture say “Impeach Cheney” to you? Update: See also. NB: The photo of the woman has been removed from the site. As a commenter noted, it was the correct thing to do, but some sort of acknowledgment that … Continue reading →

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More About Blogging While Female

Posted on July 5, 2007 by Ann Bartow

Jenn at Reappropriate has an interesting post here. Below is an excerpt: …The intolerance towards female bloggers, therefore, is not just a disincentive towards female participation online, but it is an attack on feminism, itself. What male aggressors promote by … Continue reading →

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“PS2, because your girlfriend bores you shitless”.

Posted on June 22, 2007 by Ann Bartow

That’s the terminal tag line (see bottom right hand corner) for these ads for Sony Playstation 2: Via the f-word. –Ann Bartow

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Condom advertising, pregnancy, and health

Posted on June 18, 2007 by David S. Cohen

Any surprise that the Fox network doesn’t understand women’s health? Trojan, the condom company, has a new hip ad (no more”Beavis and Butthead”condom ads, more”Sex and the City”) that they’re shopping to network television. ABC, NBC, and nine cable networks … Continue reading →

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“Fair” Is Not the Only “Lovely”

Posted on June 15, 2007 by Bridget Crawford

Anxious Black Woman posted on her blog  this link to a video  advertisement in India for “Fair and Lovely” skin bleaching cream.   ABW writes: Reading through some of the YouTube comments on the Indian video, I don’t know which … Continue reading →

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Politics As Usual: He’s A “Stud” While She “Works The Pole.”

Posted on June 7, 2007 by Ann Bartow

This is a photograph of possible ’08 Presidential candidate Fred Thompson with his spouse, Jeri Kehn: See also. The New York Post has referred to Kehn as Thompson’s “Babe Wife.” This article also observed: “Kehn scored a coup in convincing … Continue reading →

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“Writing for Their Rights”

Posted on June 6, 2007 by Ann Bartow

From On the Media: In Gwalior, India, women with no journalistic training, and often no education, are writing about their grievances in the newspaper Mahila Paksh. New Delhi-based reporter Mridu Khullar says their reporting has led to extraordinary changes. Read … Continue reading →

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Market Forces and “Nymphet”

Posted on June 3, 2007 by Ann Bartow

U.S. manga publisher Seven Seas has decided to delay release of (or possibly cancel) the first volume of Kaworu Watashiya’s Nymphet. Nymphet “features an elementary-school girl fruitlessly attempting to seduce her adult teacher. Although the series contains no overt nudity … Continue reading →

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There Was An Arrest, But Will There Be Justice?

Posted on June 3, 2007 by Ann Bartow

From ABC News: ‘Most Wanted Accused Child Pornographer/Rapist’ Arrested in China: Former Deputy Allegedly Raped His Daughter, Posted the Video Online By PIERRE THOMAS, JACK DATE and THERESA COOK Kenneth John Freeman, described by the U.S. Marshals Service as “one … Continue reading →

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Mothers, Daughters and Sisters

Posted on June 3, 2007 by Ann Bartow

On Memorial Day weekend, CBS devoted its news show 60 Minutes to a story about Iowa soldiers in Iraq entitled Fathers, Sons and Brothers. Reporter Scott Pelley has followed the 1st Battalion of the 133rd Infantry of the Iowa National … Continue reading →

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Drenched in Homophobia

Posted on May 29, 2007 by Ann Bartow

This. And this, which links to it. Not a Frank Bruni fan (to put it mildly) but Bruni is one of the most “out” prominent gay journalists in this country, and this sort of leveraging of his sexual orientation, putatively … Continue reading →

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Cindy Sheehan’s Memorial Day Message

Posted on May 29, 2007 by Ann Bartow

Read it here. Below is an excerpt: … I have come to some heartbreaking conclusions this Memorial Day Morning. These are not spur of the moment reflections, but things I have been meditating on for about a year now. The … Continue reading →

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“While cleavage isn’t appropriate in the office, breasts shouldn’t be hidden, according to author Elisabeth Squires. A study found that women with medium-sized breasts are best perceived by men at work.”

Posted on May 29, 2007 by Ann Bartow

Apparently this is not satire, it is actual news from ABC in the form of an article entitled “Cleavage: What’s Appropriate, What’s Not.” Here are a couple of additional excerpts: … From the beach to the mall to the office, … Continue reading →

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“Bondage Webmaster” Likely Going To Jail

Posted on May 24, 2007 by Ann Bartow

Graphic accounts of violence ahead. Here is an excerpt from the “fair and balanced” CNET News overview: … Glenn Marcus’ SlaveSpace.com relied on a novel business model: Finding sex slaves on the Internet, tying them up, whipping them and posting … Continue reading →

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Belle Lettre on “Opting-Out, Opting Back In, and What is Wrong with the NYT”

Posted on May 17, 2007 by Ann Bartow

Read her post here. The topic of what is wrong with the NYT alone could, of course, fill a multi-volume set. She also has an update here. See also: Christine Hurt’s post entitled “Can Professional Women Really “Opt-In” to the … Continue reading →

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Sex and Women’s Sports

Posted on May 17, 2007 by Ann Bartow

I was suprised to see this story in Sports Illustrated, home of the “swimsuit edition”: Sex sells? Not so fast: Women’s sports need substance, not pretty pictures. Here is an excerpt: Sex doesn’t sell. Jan Stevenson got naked in a … Continue reading →

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Garance Franke-Ruta, “Porn Again: How the new pornographers are exploiting young women, and why liberals should care.”

Posted on May 15, 2007 by Ann Bartow

Read her new essay here.

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Belle Lettre, “The Female Body, Dissected”

Posted on May 15, 2007 by Ann Bartow

Belle Lettre has an interesting post called “The Female Body, Dissected” at her excellent blog that you can read here.

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The Deleterious Effects of the Sexualization of Girls

Posted on May 9, 2007 by Bridget Crawford

Earlier this year, the American Pyschological Association’s Task Force on the Sexualization of Girls issued its finding that “the proliferation of sexualized images of girls and young women in advertising, merchandising, and media is harmful to girls’ self-image and healthy … Continue reading →

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A Reminder That High Heels Mess Up Your Body

Posted on May 8, 2007 by Ann Bartow

WaPo graphic here. Below is an excerpt from a related article entitled On Your Feet: … Among women’s shoes, fashion has truly trumped function. As the summer months approach, colorful sandals, flip-flops, wedges, high heels and ballet flats dot the … Continue reading →

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Sweet Jesus Rosa Brooks Loves Bill O’Reilly!

Posted on May 8, 2007 by Ann Bartow

Well, her recent column was titled: “Sweet Jesus I love Bill O’Reilly!” anyway! Below is an excerpt: … Three University of Indiana scholars just released a “content analysis” of O’Reilly’s trademark “Talking Points Memo,” the brief commentary with which he … Continue reading →

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Not Funny, Part 12,567

Posted on May 5, 2007 by Ann Bartow

From here and here.

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Garance Franke-Ruta, “Age of Innocence Revisited”

Posted on May 4, 2007 by Ann Bartow

From the WSJ.com: Joe Francis, founder of the “Girls Gone Wild” video company, may be 34 years old, but these days he is barely legal. The controversial impresario has built a $100 million soft-core porn empire based on filming college … Continue reading →

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Why Women’s Voices Aren’t Heard on Abortion

Posted on May 2, 2007 by Ann Bartow

A supposedly liberal dood blogger (who is also affiliated with a disproportionately male media enterprise) writes about abortion: “Ultimately, brave people are going to have to stand up and start talking about their personal experiences with these things in a … Continue reading →

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The Rise of “Torture Porn”

Posted on May 1, 2007 by Ann Bartow

“For Your Entertainment” by Kira Cochrane, in The Guardian, excerpt below: … The publicity campaigns for many of these films flag up the prospect of watching a nubile young woman being tortured as a genuinely pleasurable experience. So, for instance, … Continue reading →

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Sara and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad PSA

Posted on April 30, 2007 by Ann Bartow

The Ad Council, in conjunction with the U.S. Department of Justice and the National Center for Missing & Exploited Children, has developed a series of “Online Sexual Exploitation” public service advertisements designed “to educate teenage girls about the potential dangers … Continue reading →

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That NYT Magazine Feature About Pornography

Posted on April 29, 2007 by Ann Bartow

It’s a long article, very pornography triumphant, full of jokey puns. Below are a few quotes pulled from the piece, with a bit of commentary. From the very first paragraph introducing “trim” and “boyish” pornographer Peter Acworth: He had already … Continue reading →

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“‘Ban abortion’ signs bewilder S.C.”

Posted on April 28, 2007 by Ann Bartow

I repost without comment (but a little extra bolding) the article below, which appeared in my local newspaper today, in its entirety, given the possibility that it will mysteriously disappear from the paper’s website: ‘Ban abortion’ signs bewilder S.C. By … Continue reading →

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Maureen Dowd Predictably Questions Barack Obama’s “Manhood”

Posted on April 25, 2007 by Ann Bartow

Al Gore is too effeminate for Maureen Dowd. John Kerry is too effeminate for Maureen Dowd. John Edwards is too effeminate for Maureen Dowd. Big surprise, Barack Obama is too effeminate for Maureen Dowd, and it’s all his wife’s fault. … Continue reading →

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Richard Leader, “Sadomasochism and the Political Beauty Pageant”

Posted on April 23, 2007 by Ann Bartow

At Adonis Mirror, Richard Leader has posted a provocative essay about expressions of rape and dominance in the evocation of metaphorical “tops” and “bottoms” in the mainstream political discourse. It’s an interesting if depressing essay, in which he writes: In … Continue reading →

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14 out of 56?

Posted on April 18, 2007 by Ann Bartow

Cripes, is that really the actual number of women who are Staff/Advisors at Media Matters for America? Well obviously it’s not just the “old guard” or “traditional media” that foster male dominance.

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“The problem isn’t commenter anonymity; it’s abusive behavior by anonymous or semi-anonymous commenters. Furthermore, the kind of jerks who post comments that need to be deleted will infallibly cry”censorship!”when it happens…”

Posted on April 18, 2007 by Ann Bartow

Teresa Nielsen Hayden has a great post about blogging and comment moderation at Making Light. Here are the final two paragraphs: Anonymous nastiness is easy to write, and will always find an appreciative audience. I don’t care. It’s not a … Continue reading →

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Rapist Doll for Sale

Posted on April 17, 2007 by Ann Bartow

Garance Franke-Ruta blogged about it here, writing: “…you can buy the “Grindhouse Rapist No. 1 Action Figure” : yes, it actually exists : via comparison-shopping site BizRate.com, and that it’s being sold by five different niche toy sites…” She concludes … Continue reading →

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Don Imus, the Not So Merry Christmas and the Law of Insults

Posted on April 13, 2007 by Ann Bartow

Don Imus, a white American male radio sport show host called the mostly African American women of the Rutgers women’s basketball team nappy headed Merry Christmases. Read about it at Networks Condemn Remarks By Imus. For the uninitiated, a Merry … Continue reading →

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WIMN’s Voices: Jennifer L. Pozner discusses reality TV as backlash

Posted on April 13, 2007 by Ann Bartow

Via WIMN Online: …tune in this weekend to PBS’s To The Contrary to hear a roundtable of liberal and conservative women debate a taped interview in which I detail my research and analysis about reality TV’s function as the cultural … Continue reading →

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American Airlines Launches Special Website For Women

Posted on April 11, 2007 by Ann Bartow

CNN account here. Actual American Airlines website for women entitled “Women Travelers Connected” here. Below is a compare and contrast of the search boxes from the Women’s AA site and, oh why don’t we call the default the Men’s AA … Continue reading →

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Where’s the Blank-word?

Posted on April 11, 2007 by Ann Bartow

Is it just me, or is anyone else getting tired of the incessant replay and repetition of Don Imus’ insensitive remarks concerning the Rutgers Women’s Basketball team? Don’t get me wrong. He needs to be taken to task for what … Continue reading →

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Cripes I Hate the Wall Street Journal Sometimes

Posted on April 10, 2007 by Ann Bartow

Why? Well today, because of this post: Brooklyn Law School Student Bares All Posted by Peter Lattman It was hard to ignore the front page of this morning’s New York Daily News. Reads the headline: LEGALLY BLONDE Top law student’s … Continue reading →

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I Am Not a Ho Either, And I’m Shopping Scarlet

Posted on April 10, 2007 by Ann Bartow

I don’t care if it is disloyal to my beloved Gamecocks; I’m buying some Rutgers Scarlet Knights shirts here and I’m going to wear them proudly. From this NYT story: … Racial comments by white entertainers and degrading racial and … Continue reading →

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Well, Those “ReputationDefender” Guys Certainly Are Well Connected, Anyway

Posted on April 8, 2007 by Ann Bartow

I’ve already noted that for profit start up “ReputationDefender” management managed to get itself featured in stories in the Washington Post (here and here), and in basically an unpaid (I assume) commercial on NPR. The ReputationDefender homepage touts this media … Continue reading →

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Women Should Patronize Pedicabs Because Otherwise They Might Step In Gum With Their High Heels, Or Get Grabbed By Predators

Posted on April 5, 2007 by Ann Bartow

Do I make this stuff up? No I do not: Pedicabs steering into Columbia, by Jason Ryan After a hard week’s work, many of Columbia’s young professionals want a hard night out. That means weekends traipsing between watering holes and … Continue reading →

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Lighting Up The Screen?

Posted on April 5, 2007 by Ann Bartow

CNN is replacing their anchors on CNN American Morning. Soledad O’Brian is losing her anchor position, and is getting replaced by Kiran Chetry, who formerly appeared on the Fox News Channel. CNN President Jonathan Klein reportedly said, “One look at … Continue reading →

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