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post by Ann-Derrick Gaillot on June 24, 2011 - 1:15pm;
tagged Allied Media Conference, AMA, BET, body acceptance, Bristol Palin, Casey Anthony, Costco, Geraldo Rivera, Lara Logan, photoshop, rap, sexual assault, Tumblr, Wal-Mart, Wimbledon, WNBA.
Highlights from this week on the web.
- The Root recognizes 15 years of the WNBA. Here's to tall women!
- Despite the endurance and growth of women's professional sports, Feministing reports on Wimbledon's contest to choose the best looking female player. One ace forward, two unforced errors back.
- xoJane endorses the My Body Gallery. What do you think of this body acceptance project?
- Philadelphia Weekly reports on Broad Street Review editor and Douchebag Decree nominee Dan Rottenberg's recent opinion article blaming CBS correspondent Lara Logan for her sexual assault in Egypt.
- Did you know that Geraldo Rivera called Casey Anthony a slut on Fox News last month? Mediaite asks why did he get away with it?
- Tiger Beatdown's Flavia Dzodan exposes Tumblr as the "White, kyriarchical, status-quo upholding, oppressive medium" that it is. In other news, my addiction to Beyoncé-themed Tumblrs continues to grow unchecked.
- At Jezebel Irin Carmon explores what effect the Wal-Mart case will have on female Costco employees' own class action suit. For some context, check out EvMaroon's Political InQueery from earlier this week.
- SPARK discusses new research on the sexualization of girls. Soon after Jezebel reports on the AMA's new stance on Photoshop in advertising.
- Thirteen's Riff City wonders Where Are the Lady Rappers? at this year's BET Awards.
- The Daily Beast asks whether or not Bristol Palin's account of losing her virginity in her new memoir constitutes date rape. What do you think?
- Calling all writers, Professor Jessie Daniels is looking for essays for "Aint I a Woman: Race, Feminism, and Social Media."
- We're really bummed we're not at the Allied Media Conference in Detroit right now! You can keep up with the goings-on by checking out their LiveStream, following the #AMC2011 hashtag on Twitter, or by browsing their conference guide for more online interaction.
And you? What are your reactions? What have you been reading?
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Ran across this today
I really liked this post by Hanne Blank: http://www.hanneblank.com/blog/2011/06/23/real-women/
I wrote a short blog post
I wrote a short blog post about the PBS Documentary "Stonewall Uprising": http://tinyurl.com/6hyrhef