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Media Watch - 23 years of activism! Extra Extra Read All About It! News, news, news Links to news stories, some on our site, some on other sites. New ones are added all the time, so do check back! NEWS How Advertisers Psychologically Mug Women By Sheila Gibbons Though women make 85 percent of all consumer purchases, marketers rarely recognize the extent of women's buying power, technical savvy or confidence. Immigrant Community in Iowa Devastated by ICE Raid An immigrant community in Iowa was shattered yesterday by a huge ICE raid that appears to still be in progress. Who Is This Supposed to Help? By Julie Bindel Want to support a good cause, ladies? Well, never mind that sponsored bike ride across the Alps, just get your kit off. Everyone's doing it. Kate Moss recently posed naked in the French newspaper, Liberation, as part of a global campaign against inequality between the sexes. Sarah Ferguson, former Duchess of York, has stripped for Elton John's HIV/Aids charity, and Victoria Beckham did the same for skin-cancer awareness. No Antiwar Voices in NYT 'Debate' Look back at Iraq features nine hawkish 'experts' From FAIR: The New York Times offered a look back at the Iraq War in its March 16 "Week In Review" section that leaned heavily towards pro-war voices. Postfeminism and Other Fairy Tales By KATE ZERNIKE Published: March 16, 2008 PERHAPS it was the "Iron my shirt!" hecklers. . . Protesting Demeaning Images in Media The orderly, mostly black crowds are protesting music videos that they say degrade women, and black and Latino men. "The campaign is not anti-BET campaign nor an anti hip-hop campaign," Mr. Coates said, but a broader attack on damaging stereotypes. Slow Sex: Moving Toward Informed Pleasure by Ann J. Simonton We all have the right to explore sexuality without the shackles of repression, violence, homophobia and capitalism (to name a few). • Copyright ©2008 Media Watch, all rights reserved ">On-Screen Sex Ratios Add Up to One Big Minus: Everyone was male. "And here," he said proudly, "is the girl." For the record, she was wearing SRC (sexually revealing clothing), had a waist that was too tiny to allow blood to reach her brain and, no surprise, inordinately large breasts. The two researchers--keeping their eyes on the prize--said, "Well . . . what if you added some women to the group of business people? And a female doctor talking to an EMT in front of the hospital? And over here, a female city engineer talking to the architect? And . . ." The illustrator put his hands to his face. "Oh my God. The problem here is ME."

Miss Bimbo Game for Young Girls: The 'MISS BIMBO' Website horrifies parents as it offers a game to very young teens that includes plastic surgery and diet pills for their online avatar or character.

Who Is This Supposed to Help? By Julie Bindel: Want to support a good cause, ladies? Well, never mind that sponsored bike ride across the Alps, just get your kit off. Everyone's doing it. Kate Moss recently posed naked in the French newspaper, Liberation, as part of a global campaign against inequality between the sexes. Sarah Ferguson, former Duchess of York, has stripped for Elton John's HIV/Aids charity, and Victoria Beckham did the same for skin-cancer awareness.

No Antiwar Voices in NYT 'Debate' Look back at Iraq features nine hawkish 'experts': From FAIR: The New York Times offered a look back at the Iraq War in its March 16 "Week In Review" section that leaned heavily towards pro-war voices.

Postfeminism and Other Fairy Tales: By KATE ZERNIKE Published: March 16, 2008 PERHAPS it was the "Iron my shirt!" hecklers. . .

Protesting Demeaning Images in Media: The orderly, mostly black crowds are protesting music videos that they say degrade women, and black and Latino men. "The campaign is not anti-BET campaign nor an anti hip-hop campaign," Mr. Coates said, but a broader attack on damaging stereotypes.

Slow Sex: Moving Toward Informed Pleasure by Ann J. Simonton: We all have the right to explore sexuality without the shackles of repression, violence, homophobia and capitalism (to name a few).