Published on The Daily Femme – Thursday, July 21, 2011 Contributed by Annamarya If there’s one thing that irritates me more than anything, it’s the misrepresentation of studies, whether twisting statistics or fabricating results to fit your own agenda. Not surprisingly, the latter was attempted by Thomas Minnery of the Colorado-based anti-LGBTQ conservative Christian group … Continue reading »
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Topshop Criticized for Using “Too Thin” Model Yanks Image from Website
Published on The Daily Femme – Wednesday, July 13, 2011 Contributed by Annamarya Topshop recently pulled an image of 18-year-old model Codie Young (above) from its website’s landing page after the Daily Mail and anti-eating disorder groups blasted the British fashion retailer this weekend for featuring a “painfully thin size-zero model…with a gaunt face…wearing tiny clothes that hang off her skeletal frame.” … Continue reading »
Sexism and the Media: Fox News’ Cal Thomas Prefers to See Palin and Bachmann “Jell-O Wrestling”
Published on The Daily Femme – Thursday, July 7, 2011 http://cloudfront.mediamatters.org/static/flash/pl55.swf Contributed by Annamarya Women and politics don’t mix. At least, that’s the way it seems when you take into account how they’re regarded by the media and public alike. Need an example? If you search “Michelle Obama” on Huffington Post, this is what you get–five out … Continue reading »
MAP: The Real State of Marriage Equality
Published on The Daily Femme – Tuesday, June 28, 2011 Contributed by Annamarya My mother called me at 11:09 pm on Friday night to tell me our homestate of New York had passed the Marriage Equality Act, making it the sixth state to legalize same-sex marriage, joining Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Vermont, Connecticut, and Iowa, plus … Continue reading »
Female Visitors Forced to Cover Up at Rikers
Published on The Daily Femme – Friday, June 24, 2011 Contributed by Annamarya “Rikers Island is trying to turn down the heat by covering up the skanks – and keeping out the shanks…From now on, female visitors who show up spilling out of their tight tops, miniskirts or ripped jeans will be issued a passion-dampening … Continue reading »
