Gender in the Media

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  The Representation Project

  

  Women Respond To The First Mean Thing Someone Said About Their Bodies

  BuzzFeed - Chantel Houston, Candace Lowry

  "I think what hurts the most is when you're young and someone makes fun of the way you look, because you can't control that."

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  The Representation Project

  

  Indian girl breaks national archery record at the age of 2

  The Telegraph

  Dressing yourself. Remembering to say ‘please’ and ‘thank you’. These are the usual achievements of your average 2-year-old. Step forward Dolly Shivani Cherukuri. Nine days before her third birthday, the eagle-eyed archer became the youngest Indian to score more than 200 points at a trial event, …

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  The Representation Project

  

  "You hold women in contempt": Frat culture isn't an aberration, it's everything men learn about being a "real man"

  Salon - Katie McDonough

  There are a lot of stories out there right now about frat culture, which is maybe why I find myself circling back to bigger questions about masculinity. Or at least the version of masculinity on display in some of these fraternities. What does it say about men and their relationships with other men …

• “Black women turned out in droves to see the film. We continue to reference it today because it breaks a certain cultural silence about abuse. Respectability politics imperil black women by demanding we stay mute; they insist that black people are a monolith whose reputation must be protected and preserved, whatever the cost. This extends to art, which appears only to be acceptable if black characters are struggling to “get better,” to put checkered pasts firmly in the past. But the truth is obvious. We aren’t interested in stories about the perfect; we’re interested in stories about the real.”

  

  The Representation Project

  

  'The Color Purple' Is a Cultural Touchstone for Black Female Self-Love

  newrepublic.com - Victoria Bond

  Beyoncé quoted the movie in the liner notes of her first solo album. When Kerry Washington appeared on the cover of InStyle with dubiously light skin, …

• “Kids Need to See Women on Currency, Here's Why and What You Can Do”

  

  The Representation Project

  

  Kids Need To See Women On Currency, Here's Why And What You Can Do

  huffingtonpost.com - Soraya Chemaly

  How many times a day do you handle or see money? It is a form of media that everyone is exposed to, but the vast majority of people don't think …

• “The contempt for male friendship is a cultural failure on an epic scale. Without friendship, life simply isn't worth much. Friendship is essential not just for a personal sense of well-being but also for society in general.”

  

  The Representation Project

  

  The contempt for male friendship is a cultural failure on an epic scale.

  Esquire - Stephen Marche

  The most important word of our time for now Published in the September 2014 issue The use of the word bro is reaching epidemic levels. Now, after The Fast and the Furious and How I Met Your Mother and Breaking Bad, if a show contains more than one male character, they will, at some point, call each other …