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June 6th, 2014It’s often seen as a dirty word, and I usually avoid using it. So when Lisa Kimmel, the general manager of Edelman PR agency recently invited me to debate the […]
read more...Why Journalists Should Be Forced to Quote More WomenOur Advocacy Work
October 21st, 2012The infographic below is depressingly self-explanatory — on one level. It makes clear how entrenched the gender skew is when it comes to who gets quoted in North American media. […]
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April 23rd, 2012“No one who had ever seen Catherine Morland in her infancy, would have supposed her born to be a heroine.” “Tap-dancing child abuser. That’s what The Sunday New York Times […]
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December 11th, 2011[NY Times media columnist David] Carr says that years ago he was on a panel with Jack Shafer, who is now a writer for Slate, when someone pointed out to them […]
read more...The “entitled white male perspective”Our Advocacy Work
October 28th, 2011It’s 1997, and I’m on the phone in the home office space I share with my husband. He’s leaping up and down and gesticulating wildly in an effort to change […]
read more...IBM CEO and the female confidence issue