For the Biden administration’s female appointments to succeed, they will need the public to call out when they see sexist coverage of women leaders. After all, it takes guts for women to agree to live a public life.
Tag: Media
The Story Behind Her: Journalist Jenni Monet Wants to De-Colonize Your News Feed
Meet Jenni Monet, journalist and founder of the weekly newsletter Indigenously: Decolonizing Your Newsfeed and tribal citizen of the Laguna Pueblo.
A Tribute to Women in Journalism Who Cracked Glass Ceilings
For many years, women played less visible roles in national and international media, doing their jobs while fighting for their seats at the leadership table.
The Story Behind Her: New York Times Editor Charo Henríquez Is Pushing for Change in Newsrooms
This Women’s History Month, the International Women’s Media Foundation is spotlighting women journalists who are shaking up the industry, bringing their full identities to the table to make the news media stronger, more diverse and equitable.
This week, meet Charo Henríquez (@charohenriquez), editor of newsroom development and support at the New York Times.
The Radio Raconteur: How Rush Limbaugh Silenced Women
Journalism’s code of ethics asks us to minimize harm. But Rush Limbaugh’s approach was to inflict maximum harm on all enemies, perceived and real. I would know, because I was one of them. It’s easy to see how fervently Limbaugh wishes to silence articulate women everywhere, and to return to a time when we “knew our place.”
The Story Behind Her: Journalist Polly Irungu on Taking Up Space as a Black Woman
This Women’s History Month, the International Women’s Media Foundation is spotlighting women journalists who are shaking up the industry, bringing their full identities to the table to make the news media stronger, more diverse and equitable.
This week, meet Polly Irungu, a multimedia journalist and founder of Black Women Photographers, a community and database of Black women and non-binary photographers.
Cartoon Collab Centers Black Trans and Non-Binary Youth
The National Black Justice Coalition and Cartoon Network partnered to release a comic strip about pronouns and respect.
“I wish I had seen this sort of thing as a kid. I definitely would have come out sooner than I did. I’m glad that this generation of kids are learning these things.”
The AElfgyva Syndrome and Erasure of Women’s Stories
We can never gather all the facts of any story that enters the public consciousness. What we can do is resist reducing our assumptions to the oldest nouns at hand. The ones that have been around for a thousand years or more—the ones that imprison women in two dimensions of male design.
Elliot Page: What the Media Got Right
On Tuesday, LGBT internet communities celebrated when Elliot Page, star of Juno, The Umbrella Academy, and Whip It, shared on social media that he was transgender.
Here’s what the media got right—and why accurate media coverage is vital in the fight for trans peoples’ rights to exist safely in the world.
We Heart: GEN-ZiNE’s Election Guidebook Sends Gen Z to the Polls
Released online and in-print on Sept. 21, GEN-ZiNE’s most recent issue constitutes an “Election Guidebook,” amplifying young perspectives on hot-button issues, and connecting readers during a period of isolation and change.