Hillary: Like Any Good Rorschach
Of course, in the contemporary media landscape, being old is a far greater crime for women than is being inauthentic.
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Femen Storms Putin, but is “Femenism” really “Feminism”?
Unfortunately, Femen’s “new aesthetics” look strikingly similar to the optics of patriarchy.
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Talking Primeval Blood Rituals: Women Soldiers Matching Grit With Men
As the number of women participating in exercises like these increases, it will become more difficult to justify gender segregation in the military and other spheres.
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Hillary Clinton Eyes Members of Congress (and a Presidential Future?) During Benghazi Hearings
Although Clinton takes politics, public policy, and diplomacy very seriously, these pictures suggest that when it comes to facing her critics, Hillary Clinton may, indeed, get the last laugh.
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Haute-Couture Heroes (or: Sandy’s in Vogue!)
Now that the Congressional tussle over the Hurricane Sandy relief fund has subsided, the nation can return to the important work of capitalizing on the disaster.
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Boys' Club Back? White House Gender Do-Over
Did criticism of Obama’s “boys’ club”—I mean, cabinet appointees—prompt the administration to choose this bland shot of a routine sit-down with advisors as yesterday’s White House “Photo of the Day”? It’s surely no coincidence that this image was highlighted the day after the New York Times published a similar...
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The Naked and the Debt
If nudity is central to the protesters’ narrative about the federal budget, at what point does the imagery compete with the message?
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Brzezinski’s Vanity Fair Kick a "Pol Dance" for Scarborough
So, why did she do it? “Erotic capital” for women in broadcast journalism?
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Woman Seduces Asparagus: Newsweek, Food Porn and the Foodie Patriarchy
The Newsweek cover positions women as neither purveyors nor consumers of culinary high culture. Instead, like the accompanying asparagus, they are objects of desire.
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Yahoo CEO Ushers in Rise of the SuperNewMom
We’ve all heard of a pregnant pause, but for some women, childbearing no longer means pausing one’s professional life. Enter, the “supernewmom.”
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TIME Olympic Covers Feature Women Athletes as . . . Athletes
Distinctive for depicting America's female Olympic athletes as strong, powerful and individual, TIME's Olympic covers are notable just for portraying the women as athletes.
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FEMEN-ism in the Fan Zone: Women Laying Bodies on the Line
As women use their bodies as instruments of resistance and protest, one would only hope cameras would pay attention to them with their clothes on.
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"Victim of Beauty": Glamour of Violence (Once Again)
Given the dismal commonness of images like these, the only thing “cutting edge” about them is the cuts that are left on the edges of the models’ skin.
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Breast of Times, Worst of Times: "Nursing in Uniform" Photos Draw Fire
Opposition to the breastfeeding service member epitomizes skepticism about women’s ability to be “real” soldiers and “real” women.
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Why That TIME Cover Really Does Suck
The photographer said that the photo was “inspired by the iconic religious image of the Madonna and Child,” however it seems more likely that the technique was motivated by news weeklies’ declining sales.
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Campaign ’12 Stereotypes: “Forward”-Thinking Women as "Stepford Voters"
Depicting women as enamored with the candidates for whom they vote is nothing new. If anything, though, what you're looking at is a policy swoon.
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Foreign Policy's Painted Lady: Sex Issue Cover Model Too Sexy For "Her Burqa"
Foreign Policy quickly went viral last week, illustrating the public’s appetite for serious coverage of global gender issues. Ironically, the visuals that graced the cover and accompanied the essay suggest that FP’s editors thought they needed to appeal to a different appetite in order to sell their magazine.
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Newsweek Cover/Story: Working Women Just Want to be Dominated
Good news, ladies. Tired of being on the front lines in the War on Women? Newsweek just announced that what women really want to do is “surrender.”
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