Tackling The Bad Lessons From Teen Lit
By Magnolia Potter A child’s teenage years are the time they dabble in adult decisions while not fully inoculated against the very real consequences of the adult world. It’s an […]
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Today's Wonder Women
Young Latina From South-Central Los Angeles Disrupting The Media Landscape With Her Own Publication
This article is part of an exciting series we launched in 2018 called Today’s Wonder Women – designed to celebrate the inspiring, impactful, empowering and extraordinary things ordinary women are […]
Causes
The Shocking Way Men Are Secretly Shaping The #MeToo Conversation
By AnnaMarieHoulis for Fairygodboss In the wake of high-profile workplace sexual harassment accusations and movements like the #MeToo campaign, a wealth of research has come out to shed light on […]
Entertainment
New ’50 Women Can’ Initiative Aims To Change The World Through Entertainment & Media
Entertainment and media are undoubtedly the most powerful communication tools in the world today. Together they have helped shape perspectives, influence outcomes, and present narratives in such a way as […]
Working Women
Hollywood Agent Created “The XX Project” Networking Group To Help Women Leverage Their Power
In the wake of the 2016 Presidential election, citizens across America were activated like never before. The result of a man who openly-bragged about sexual assault and spent his entire […]
Fashion & Beauty
Standing Ovation For British Vogue’s New Editor Hiring A Number Of People Of Color
There has been plenty of talk about diversity in the fashion industry over the past few years, yet we are still seeing a huge disparity in terms of people of […]
Working Women
CNN’s ‘As Told By Her’ Project Celebrates Iconic Female Characters & Women In Television
We’re all about the female gaze and celebrating the voices and stories of women. Over the past few years we have seen some incredible TV and digital streaming shows featuring […]
Contributors
Media Messages About Fat Bodies Do More Damage Than Good When It Comes To Health & Body Image
By Liz Greene I remember with startling clarity the first time I realized I was fat. The summer camp I attended was big on encouraging kids to forge a lifelong […]
Contributors
Fitness Media Needs To Stop Excluding Diverse Bodies. Health Isn’t A One-Size-Fits-All Industry
By Louise Green About 15 years ago, on a rainy night, I stood on the corner outside my local running club. I leaned against the cold concrete wall, watching the […]
Contributors
A Letter To My Future Daughter: I Will Teach You How To Be A Strong Woman
By Kate Thora Dear Future Daughter, In the many years before you were born, women have accomplished so much. Once unable to vote, disallowed from choosing the individuals they were […]
Interviews
How LA Film School CEO Diana Derycz-Kessler Is Mentoring Filmmakers & Promoting Media Arts Education
In the San Diego University Center for the Study of Women in Television and Film’s annual ‘Boxed In’ report during the 2015-2016 period, it found that women made up 26% […]
Entertainment
Amazon’s ‘Good Girls Revolt’ Is The Feminist Answer To ‘Mad Men’ We’ve Been Waiting For
It’s seems crazy to think of a moment in our history, not too far behind us, when women were forbidden from doing things in society based on gender, and we’re […]
Sports
Getty Images Launches Initiative To Change Visual Representation Of Female Athletes In Media
With the amount of articles and op-eds pertaining to the sexist reporting around female athletes during the Rio Olympics this summer, we may finally have reached a tipping point in […]
Celebrities
Renee Zellweger Breaks Her Silence On The Shaming Of Women: “We Can Do Better”
By now you have probably read or at least heard about the article written by Vanity Fair’s chief film critic Owen Gleiberman who asked the question “if she no longer […]
Celebrities
Jennifer Aniston Is Fed Up With Media Scrutiny Of Her Ovaries…And Frankly So Are We!
How many times have you walked down the grocery store aisle and looked at the array of tabloid magazines, musing at which celebrity is reported to be “pregnant!” on any […]