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ABC’s Work It Cancelled—After Two Episodes
It’s clear: There’s no room on network television for a show that is offensive to the transgender community.
Posted Friday, January 20, 2012 by Dahlia Grossman-Heinze
Awards Season Yields a Hidden Gem: Pariah
Pariah is a beautiful, if flawed, depiction of queer youth.
Posted Friday, January 13, 2012 by Sam Menefee-Libey
VIDEO: ‘Fotoshop’ Parody Promises Younger Looks, Modified Skin Colors
The video highlights our susceptibility to a fabricated beauty-pushing culture that has sold us fraudulent product after product.
Posted Wednesday, January 11, 2012 by Naima Ramos-Chapman
Why The ‘Shit Girls Say’ Meme Is Sexist, Racist, And Should End
The videos refer to adult women as “girls,” and portray them as weak, stupid, silly, bad with technology, and helpless.
Posted Friday, January 6, 2012 by Naima Ramos-Chapman
Five Minutes With Occupy Documentary Maker Kevin Breslin
Breslin filmed the filmers, creating a documentary about Occupy Wall Street and citizen journalism.
Posted Wednesday, January 4, 2012 by Emily Crockett
New ABC Show ‘Work It,’ Premiering Tonight, is Offensive to Transgender Community
LGBT advocacy groups are leading an official boycott petition against the new sitcom.
Posted Tuesday, January 3, 2012 by Dahlia Grossman-Heinze
Dutch Magazine Editor Resigns After Calling Rihanna ‘Niggabitch’
Rihanna responded to the racial slur on her personal Twitter with some choice words for the magazine’s editor.
Posted Wednesday, December 21, 2011 by Dahlia Grossman-Heinze
Increase Taxes on Kim Kardashian, Other Millionaires, Campaign Says
The star of reality TV and a high-profile failed marriage drew in $12 million—but paid the same tax rate as a middle class Californian.
Posted Wednesday, December 21, 2011 in Video / Multimedia by Brian Stewart
Occupy Comics: Graphic Novel Heavyweights Go Head To Head Over Occupy Wall Street
Alan Moore supports Occupy Wall Street. Frank Miller does not.
Posted Wednesday, December 21, 2011 by Jon Christian
Why Are They Worried About TLC’s All-American Muslim Show?
Advertisers are pulling ads from a reality show about Islam in America—but there isn’t much there, besides invented right-wing controversy.
Posted Tuesday, December 20, 2011 by Jon Christian
Chris Dodd Defends Hollywood, Ignores Censorship Issues
The former U.S. senator discussed Internet censorship and the motion picture industry.
Posted Thursday, December 15, 2011 by Emily Crockett
The Terrible, Horrible, No-Good, Very Bad Internet Censorship Bills
Two anti-piracy bills are threatening the entire structure and freedom of the Internet.
Posted Friday, December 9, 2011 by Emily Crockett
VIDEO: Muppets Movie ‘Brainwashing’ Children to Believe Oil Tycoons Are Bad, Says Fox News
In a nearly seven-minute long segment, Fox News Business misses the point of the movie.
Posted Tuesday, December 6, 2011 by Brian Stewart
A Meal is a Meal is a Meal: A History of New York Times Food Critics
As the New York Times names a new restaurant critic, a look back at the genre—and where it’s headed in a digital era.
Posted Tuesday, November 15, 2011 in Journalism Network & Reprints by Belle Cushing
Five Things You Should Know About Student Housing Cooperatives
A report back from the North American Students of Cooperation’s yearly Institute.
Posted Monday, November 14, 2011 by Shay O'Reilly
2 Broke Girls—The Anti-Occupy Wall Street TV Show?
While much of the country is discussing economic disparities, CBS’s new show is instead filled with superficial and racist jokes about pretend poverty.
Posted Tuesday, October 25, 2011 by Dahlia Grossman-Heinze
Superheroes, Flashy Videos, and Progressive Activism
How pop culture and artistic ideas can help advance progressive causes with young Americans.
Posted Thursday, October 6, 2011 in Video / Multimedia by Emily Crockett
The Playboy Club, Pan Am, and Rewriting History
Do NBC’s The Playboy Club and ABC’s Pan Am present real women’s history—or a male fantasy of it?
Posted Friday, September 30, 2011 by Dahlia Grossman-Heinze
Freedom Riders Documentary Wins Three Emmys
The film documents the hundreds of Southern civil rights activists who fought against segregation on interstate transport in 1961.
Posted Wednesday, September 14, 2011
Loud, Proud, Tights and a Cape
LGBT comics are seeing increasing critical and financial success in the mainstream press.
Posted Tuesday, August 2, 2011 in Reporting by Jon Christian
