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Reality bites back at Facing Race

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May 20th, 2013

Reality bites back at Facing Race, a photo by jennifer pozner on Flickr.
Reality bites back at Facing Race

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With Hakim Bellamy

administrators Icon Posted by Jennifer Pozner

April 6th, 2013

With Hakim Bellamy, a photo by jennifer pozner on Flickr.
With Hakim Bellamy

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Reality Rehab at Franklin & Marshall’s young feminisms conference

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March 31st, 2013

Reality Rehab at Franklin & Marshall’s young feminisms conference, a photo by jennifer pozner on Flickr.
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Busting “Bachelor” & “Bachelorette” Bigotry: I investgate ABC’s race discrimination lawsuit for The Daily Beast & HLN

jpozners Icon Posted by Jennifer L Pozner

May 25th, 2012

Ten years, 24 seasons, *0* stars of color… and one racial discrimination lawsuit that, if it moves forward, could potentially transform the entertainment industry.
On Monday, I reported on the class action civil rights suit filed against ABC and the producers of The Bachelor and The Bachelorette for The Daily Beast, in what since been […]

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Advertising, African Americans in Entertainment, American Culture, Human Rights & Civil Liberties, Legal & Political Affairs, Pop Culture, Race, WIMN’s Executive Director’s Blog, Workplace Discrimination, Issues in the News, Reality TV |

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2 Broke Girls Finale: Long Duck Dong Redux?

jchius Icon Posted by Joanna Chiu

May 6th, 2012

As tonight’s season finale of CBS’s hit new sitcom 2 Broke Girls illustrates, three decades after Sixteen Candles’ cringe-worthy portrayal of foreign exchange student Long Duk Dong, degrading stereotypes of Asian men continue to proliferate in popular media.  2 Broke Girls premiered last fall with the highest rating for a new comedy series since 2001. […]

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The Bachelor and Bachelorette race discrimination lawsuit: read the complaint here

jpozners Icon Posted by Jennifer L Pozner

May 3rd, 2012

I’m working on story for The Daily Beast about a racial discrimination lawsuit filed late in April against ABC and the various production teams behind “The Bachelor” and “The Bachelorette.” I’ve interviewed reality TV producers, high-level media executives, former and aspiring future Bachelor cast members, entertainment lawyers and TV reporters for this piece, which I’ll […]

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African Americans in Entertainment, American Culture, Asian American community, Feminism, Latina/o Community, Legal & Political Affairs, Pop Culture, Race, WIMN’s Executive Director’s Blog, Outrages & Responsibilities, Reality TV |

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Liveblogging the Sidney Hillman Foundation Awards: Journalism for the public good

jpozners Icon Posted by Jennifer L Pozner

May 1st, 2012

The 2012 Sidney Hillman Awards have begun, as I discussed earlier.
To give you a sense of the heavy hitters in independent journalism represented in this room, even the bloggers and press here to cover the event are, themselves, challenging, critical voices in the feminist and independent online media sphere. I am sitting in a […]

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American Culture, The Blogosphere, Media Justice Now, WIMN’s Executive Director’s Blog, Issues in the News, Journalism, Media or Advocacy Jobs |

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Liveblogging the Sidney Hillman Foundation Awards: #Hillman2012

jpozners Icon Posted by Jennifer L Pozner

May 1st, 2012

I’m liveblogging tonight from the Sidney Hillman Foundation Awards, which honor excellence in journalism for the public good. You can follow @SidneyHillman as well as Hillman staffer and friend-of-WIMN’s Voices, Lindsay Beyerstein, on Twitter, and the team of bloggers who are livetweeting with the hashtag #Hillman2012.
Before I begin, some info about the program and tonight’s […]

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American Culture, Political Dissent, Media Justice Now, WIMN’s Executive Director’s Blog, Issues in the News, Journalism, Media or Advocacy Jobs |

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Women rights work get international recognition by the Nobel Peace Prize

rookellos Icon Posted by Rosemary Okello-Orlale

April 20th, 2012

When the Nobel Peace awarded Peace Prize to Ellen Johnson Sirleaf of Liberia, her compatriot Leymah Gbowee, and Tawakkul Karman of Yemen for their non-violent struggle for the safety of women and for women’s rights, the Nobel Committee gave recognition to women who have been demanding for years, the equal involvement of women in all […]

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Feminism, Human Rights & Civil Liberties, Legal & Political Affairs, Media Policy Reform, War |

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Hillary’s Hair: More newsworthy than the Summit of the Americas?

jpozners Icon Posted by Jennifer L Pozner

April 16th, 2012

With the popular Texts from Hillary Tumblr highlighting the Secretary of State’s emerging cool factor (the subject of a fun “Melissa Harris-Perry” segment Sunday), there’s no questioning the news value of yesterday’s Daily Mail story built around a photo of Hillary Clinton dancing the night away in a Havana cafe after the Sixth Summit of […]

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Domestic Politics, Electoral Politics, Feminism, International Media, WIMN’s Executive Director’s Blog |

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