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With Tangled, Disney Gets Closer to Embracing Feminism

Posted on February 1, 2011 By National Organization for Women

Over the holidays, I finally got a chance to see the animated movie Tangled. I not only laughed at the jokes and enjoyed the fairy tale romp, but I left the theatre with the distinct impression that Disney has taken a few more baby steps on the path to feminism.

‘Mass Bloodshed’ and CNN Shouldn’t Mix

Posted on January 25, 2011 By National Organization for Women

NOW believes that a mainstream media outlet like CNN has no business employing a radical propagandist like Erick Erickson.

Rape Fantasies Played for Laughs on HBO’s Real Time with Bill Maher

Posted on January 21, 2011 By National Organization for Women

Even though there are countless sexist and demeaning comments throughout the show, let’s focus on the term that has the potential to become the new euphemism for rape: f*cking angrily. Is this the trendy, politically correct term to use when you want to describe violently raping someone you don’t like?

So A Pregnant Woman Walks Into A Bar

Posted on January 13, 2011 By National Organization for Women

It sounds like a joke, but it’s not. In fact the Coach House Restaurant in Roselle, Illinois, kicked Michelle Lee out last Thursday evening with one explanation: “no pregnant women allowed.”

Talking About the Tragedy of Eating Disorders

Posted on January 6, 2011 By National Organization for Women

A sliver-thin few of the one in five dead 20 years after anorexia begins are put on pedestals, while very specific instructions of what they ate, how they exercised and their height and weight upon death are published to “raise awareness.”

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