Lara Croft

Sexism in Video Games: Tropes, Trolls and Terrific Upstanders

June 13, 2012 by Amy Jussel 4 Comments

Update YET AGAIN: Oct. 15, 2014 Reprising Anita Sarkeesian's important words, "The most radical thing you can do to support women online" given the cancellation of her Utah State University event slated for today due to "massacre shooting" terrorist threats impacting public safety at the school. Sheroes won't be silenced, and the upstanders and journalists helping explain with … [Read more...]

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Fem 2.0: Feminine Feminism & The Mother of All Conversations

November 19, 2008 by Amy Jussel 18 Comments

Femmes and friends of all colors are abuzz about whether Erin Aubry Kaplan’s recent Salon article about Michelle Obama’s backside was out of bounds or ‘a joyful celebration’ of blackness... Some of my blog favorites from Latoya at Racialicious to Gina at What About Our Daughters (and adjunct blog “Michelle Obama Watch”) have landed some … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Advertising, Branding & Consumerism, Consumerism, Emerging trends & STEM, Marketing Shaping Youth, Media Literacy, Misogyny & Racism, Positive Picks, Pro-Social & Positive Picks, Sexualization & Body Image, Shaping Youth, Stereotypes & Diversity, Viral & Buzz Media Tagged With: 60 minutes Obama interview, African American stereotypes, Age-of-Conversation, Anita Borg Institute, APA, backside, black, BomChickawahwah, booty, boy toys, Erin Aubry Kaplan, Essence, Fem 2.0, Fem2.0, Fem2pt0, feminine versus feminist, feminism, feminism on the web, feminist, femme, First Ladies, First Lady, Gender, gender fratricide, girls, girls self esteem, girls-self-worth, glass ceiling, Lara Croft, Madeleine Albright, media-literacy, Michelle Obama, Michelle Obama Watch, mommification, mommy bloggers, MotrinMoms, Packaging-Girlhood, Pink Think, preteens, Pussycat Dolls, Racialicious, Salon, Sexualization, the F word, third wave feminism, turncoat fender, What About Our Daughters, women 2.0, women of the web