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News from Around the Web
To get your week started, here’s a quick roundup of news affecting women from around the world and the web. In Switzerland, the government has declared Roman Polanski a free man by stating they will not extradite him to the United States. He has reportedly been released from house arrest. Unless Polanski moves to... »
Summer 2010 Movie Guide UPDATED
Here’s the Hello Ladies guide to this summer’s most anticipated movies. From the previews, it is unlikely that many of them will pass the simple Bechdel Test. The Bechdel test has just three criteria. Does the movie: Have at least two women in it Who talk to each other About something besides a man? “Hot Tub... »
Beatty Bio: Double Standard Watch
Happy 2010. We hope you had a fun holiday season. We did. So much fun in fact we are finding it hard to focus on the serious stuff today. So instead, we bring you news of what will surely be the next bestselling book. Next week Simon & Schuster is releasing a biography on... »
Talking Turkey: Polanski, Brown and Woods
Turkeys, turkeys, turkeys. They were all over the news this holiday weekend. First, there was the report that famed film director/infamous rapist Roman Polanski would be released on $4.5 million bail and placed under house arrest to a 19,000 square foot luxury ski chalet in Gstaad. (Remind you of Bernie Madoff?) Several news reports... »
Women in Peril
According to a recent report from the Parents Television Council, the incidence of violence against women on television (including an increase in female victimization as a punch line in a comedy series) is up significantly since 2004. (An incident is defined as a storyline that includes victims of violence.) Consider these statistics based on... »
FTC Regulates the Red Carpet
Following immediately on the heels of The Federal Trade Commission’s (FTC) new guidelines aimed at better transparency in the blogosphere, the government agency once again took steps to regulate full disclosure, this time from celebrities regarding the clothes they wear and the beauty products they use. The new guidelines, expected to be published later... »
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