Fact vs Fiction: TV Distorts the Reality Of Abortion Health Care, Making It A Luxury For White Women
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Fact vs Fiction: TV Distorts the Reality Of Abortion Health Care, Making It A Luxury For White Women
Self-Centered White Women, AKA Feminists
While the study researcher Gretchen Sisson didn't specifically link 'feminism' to the abortion study narrative, she did tell NPR that TV helps "build an interesting social myth, which is that women who get abortions aren't mothers and they don't want to be mothers." The facts of abortion on a wide scale are that "the majority of women getting abortions are already parenting, and the vast majority intend to parent during their lives."
Television characters seeking abortions are depicted as doing no because having a child would interfere with educational or career plans, fueling the mythology of the fabricated, feminist first mentality of women who embrace women's rights and self-actualization.
"Taken together, this pattern of reasons can contribute to the construction of abortion as a self-focused decision, and to the belief that abortions are 'wanted' because of personal desires rather than 'needed' because of circumstances such as poverty," the researchers say in their report on TV depictions." Sisson explains.
In a distortion of facts, about 10% of TV characters die from their abortions, when the real death rate is 0.0015 percent -- or nothing. Republicans and the abortions rights movement has used the ruse of protecting women's health to justify the extreme medical safety requirements placed on abortion facilities in the US.
Karlie's Making Kookies & Not Koding As SpaceX Completes Historic Rocket Landing
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Karlie Kloss Is Venus Bound In Maciek Kobielski SpaceX Snaps For WSJ Magazine December 2015 AOC Fashion & Style
After posing for WSJ's December feature on SpaceX and our analysis of the space race competition between founder Elon Musk (think Tesla Motors) and Jeff Bezos (Amazon), we thought Karlie might be cheering on her team's mega success space flight. No go. The closest Karlie got to hot flames in recent posts was a pic of her Kooking in the Kommissary at Momofuku Milk Bar.
The South African-born Canadian-American business magnate, engineer, inventor and investor Elon Musk had a really big show yesterday when SpaceX successfully launched a rocket into space and brought the booster back to earth. Being able to recycle and reuse boosters -- which can easily cost $10 million a pop -- is key to making space travel affordable for the rich.
When we wrote about SpaceX and Karlie in November, Bezos' Blue Origin had its own space rocket success story going on, also focused on reusability. .
Take a look at yesterday's outstanding Space X launch and return. Read in-depth at WSJ: Elon Musk's SpaceX Completes Historic Rocket Landing
A Feisty Adele Lensed By Erik Madigan Heck For TIME, Says Social Media Hurts Creativity
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A Feisty Adele Lensed By Erik Madigan Heck For TIME, Says Social Media Hurts Creativity
Top pop singer Adele covers the latest issue of TIME, lensed by Erik Madigan Heck. Adele joins a growing chorus of stars critical of the false relationship between them and social media.
“How am I supposed to write a real record if I’m waiting for half a million likes on a f—ing photo? That ain’t real“
She thinks artists should be a “package,” not a “brand.”
UN Delegation Visits Alabama, Texas & Oregon, Leaves 'Appalled' At Gender Inequality In America
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UN Delegation Visits Alabama, Texas & Oregon, Leaves 'Appalled' At Gender Inequality In America
American Women Have No Idea How Far Behind We Are Our Pursuit of Gender Equality and Women's Rights
The lack of awareness among American women about our falling status made the greatest impression on the UN experts. "So many people really believe that U.S. women are way better off with respect to rights than any woman in the world," Raday said.
Interviewed about her 2011 book 'Flipside', Phyllis Schlafly, who led the crusade to derail the Equal Rights Amendment by tapping into conservative fears about liberating women with equal rights, said:
It is self evident that American women are the most fortunate women who ever lived and enjoy more freedoms and opportunities than are available in any other country. Armed with the right attitude, they have every opportunity for happiness and achievement. Women should stop feeling they are victims of the patriarchy, reject feminist myths, and follow the roadmap to success and happiness spelled out in ‘Flipside.’
In reality, US women have sunk to 28th place in the world, sandwiched between Mozambique and Cuba, in the latest 2015 World Economic Forum Global Gender Gap Report. In the area of political empowerment, America ranks a pathetic 72 in the world, with extensive research confirming that the reason we are an even worse 81 on women in parliament -- our Congress -- (as opposed to women in managerial government position) is that we refuse to believe that women can legislate as effectively as men.
Serena Williams Is SI Sportsperson of the Year, Tapped For Athletic Dominance, Cultural Importance & Personal Growth
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Always mistress of her own ship, tennis superstar Serena Williams chose to sit on a throne, wearing high heels for her Sports Illustrated cover story honor of 'Sportsperson of the Year'. SI managing editor Christian Stone wrote on SI.com that Serena wanted to express her own ideal of femininity, strength and power."
Annie Leibovitz Presents Women of Distinction in Non-Babes 2016 Pirelli Calendar
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Annie Leibovitz Presents Women of Distinction in Non-Babes 2016 Pirelli Calendar
The Pirelli Calendar is noted for its annual issue of female bodies eye candy and also sensual beauty. With few exceptions -- Terry Richardson's calendar, for example -- Pirelli takes the high road in photographing women.
Pirelli's 2016 calendar #43 mines new ground in female imagery, tapping female photographer Annie Leibovitz to shoot 13 inspiring women -- artists, athletes, models, philanthropists and bloggers of every age and skin color. The omission of a Latina woman is noteworthy, unless I have my ethnicities mixed up. This is Leibovitz's second Pirelli calendar, as she shot the 2000 edition.
Leibovitz explains her vision behind this year's calendar, saying:
“I started to think about the roles that women play, women who have achieved something. I wanted to make a classic set of portraits. I thought that the women should look strong but natural, and I decided to keep it a very simple exercise of shooting in the studio,” Leibovitz said in a release. “This calendar is so completely different. It is a departure. The idea was not to have any pretense in these pictures and be very straightforward.” Needless to say, those looking for tropically set nude photos are in for a surprise.
Angelina Jolie Fronts WSJ Magazine November 2015 Innovators Issue, Lensed By Peter Lindbergh
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Angelina Jolie Fronts WSJ Magazine November 2015 Innovators Issue, Lensed By Peter Lindbergh
AOC 2007 founding muse Angelina Jolie fronts the November 2015 issue of WSJ Magazine, the Innovators Issue. Angelina is photographed by Peter Lindbergh in classic images styled by Anastasia Barbieri./ Hair by Adriotha Lee; makeup by Toni Garavaglia
Jolie is promoting her new film 'By the Sea' starring herself and husband Brad Pitt. Interviewed by Julia Reed, the actor reflects on the many challenges of making the film about a couple whose marriage is in deep crisis. AOC has followed the film from its beginning.
Pierre de Vallombreuse Photographs Gender Equality In Southeast Asia Indiginous Cultures
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Pierre de Vallombreuse Photographs Gender Equality In Southeast Asia Indiginous Cultures
"Most of the cultures in Southeast Asia are more based on equality than domination," the photographer explained. For this series 'Souveraines', which was commissioned by Arthaud Publishing, de Vallombreuse "selected four remote cultures where women play decisive and central roles in governance and spirituality—the Khasi, a matrilineal and matrilocal society in northeastern India; the Palawan, a non-hierarchical community in the Philippines; the Mosuo ethnic group in China; and the Badjao, a sea-dwelling group that prefers boats to houses."
It should be noted that female sexuality is more more embraced in these societies, as we've written on AOC, and often it is women who choose their sexual partners, if only for the night. These realities dovetail back to our historical understandings of women's lives before the deterioration of women's rights, escalating dramatically after 10,000 BC.
De Vallombreuse says one of the most striking things he observed in these societies included "fluidity, simplicity, and normality" between men and women. "This should be normal everywhere," he said.
Kate Winslet Says Apple Devices Create Negative World For Kids & Families
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Kate Winslet Rules In Alexi Lubomirski Images For Esquire UK November 2015
One of the acclaimed stars of the new movie 'Steve Jobs', British actor Kate Winslet just posted a challenging interview with The Sunday Times, arguing that parents are "losing control" of their children to social media.
Winslet said that social media has a "huge impact on young women's self-esteem", so much so that it made her "blood boil".
These are tough-talking, fighting words from the mom of three children, proving that beautiful lingerie and posing in sensual, Alexi Lubomirski images for Esquire UK in no way invalidate conscientious parenting. Read more about Kate's view on technology & kids in AOC Women's News.
Kate Winslet is a Smart Sensuality woman who knows her own mind. Read more about Kate's keen desire to join the cast of 'Steve Jobs' and interviews about the movie and its core character Steve Jobs.
Anti-feminist Marion Cotillard Shines In Ben Hassett Images For Madame Figaro
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Anti-feminist Marion Cotillard Shines In Ben Hassett Images For Madame Figaro
Actor Marion Cotillard, one of France's most famous muses since 2008, has been in the hot seat, after denying the existence of sexism in Hollywood and the need for feminism in the world. Cotillard says she believes in women's rights but not confronting men -- as Jennifer Lawrence has done -- where inequality exists. It seems that Cotillard embraces the idea that men should not discriminate against women, but when it happens, the most important goal is to protect harmony between the sexes and not be divisive or create any separation, says the actor.
VS Angel Martha Hunt Seduces In Jack Waterlot Images For L'Officiel Malaysia October 2015
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VS Angel Martha Hunt Seduces In Jack Waterlot Images For L'Officiel Malaysia October 2015
Victoria's Secret Angel Martha Hunt, who is also a spokesperson for Free People, adds her western woman brand of sexy sizzle in a country where women have been caned in the last few years for adultery.L'Officiel Malaysia has always intrigued us with their provocations in this deeply Muslim country where activists from a coalition of eight organizations have formed the Joint Action Group for Gender Equality. Earlier this month, the coalition denounced the government's claim that child brides are rare in the country.
Citing statistic from United Nations’ reports, the Joint Action Group for Gender Equality (JAG) said there were as many as 15,000 Malaysians who were married off before the age of 19, contrary to the low figures given by the prime minister’s wife Datin Seri Rosmah Mansor at a function in the US yesterday.
Malaysia to Free People
Checking for a status pdate on last week's PETA action against Free People for refusing to stop the sale of angora after brutal videos of harvesting angora from rabbits were revealed, we note that the conflict was settled in the last 24 hours. Writing about the action last week, we didn't even think to look and see if Martha was the model behind the campaign. Woops!
It appears that Free People conceded today.
Angelia Jolie & Family Are Seaside For Annie Leibovitz In Vogue US November 2015
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Angelia Jolie & Family Are Seaside For Annie Leibovitz In Vogue US November 2015
Watch trailer and read early reviews of Angelina Jolie and Brad Pitt's latest, most challenging film '
By the Sea'.
PETA Launches Anti-Angora Campaign Against Free People & Urban Outfitters
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PETA Launches Anti-Angora Campaign Against Free People & Urban Outfitters
In August 2015 PETA issued a graphic report on Argentina-based, wool-supplier farm Ovis 21. The farm was a major supplier to Patagonia and also Stella McCartney, who dropped them immediately. The title of the report: 'Lambs Skinned Alive, Throats Slit, Tails Cut Off' was confirmed by Patagonia's subsequent, at once investigation, and the company also cut its ties to Ovis 21.
PETA issued a disturbing look into Chinese angora-wool farms, undermining a worldwide view that the rabbit-based product was obtained without farming the animals. As a result dozens of retailers including H&M, Calvin Klein, Tommy Hilfiger, QVC and more stopped using angora wool. Anthropologie, too, stopped using angora wool as a result of the PETA report, but sister company Free People didn't get the message
Today, PETA announced a campaign against Free People, sold at its parent company's stores Urban Outfitters. The New York Post reports that last week all 'angora' products were removed from the company's online website.
Hillary Clinton Lovers Adore Val | Will Keystone Secure Clinton Endorsement By Julia Roberts?
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Hillary Clinton was No Joke on Saturday Night Live. We LOVE Val the bartender and hope she will come back often to join forces with Kate McKinnon.
Like Hillary, Anne of Carversville is going through our own reintroduction, opening our new Squarespace 7 website. The most exciting news is coming soon with the opening here of our new GlamTribale shopping website.
Oscar-winning actor Julia Roberts talks politics with Allure Magazine's October issue. Julia is lensed by Tom Munro. Read on Was Long-time Hillary Supporter Julia Roberts Waiting on Keystone for Allure Endorsement?
Of course Roberts was asked about her relationship and support for 2016 Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton. The two women have a long history of working together on multiple fronts, including Roberts serving as a global ambassador for Clinton's Global Alliance for Clean Cookstoves. In 2011, Clinton and Roberts co-authored a USA Today Mother's Day Op-Ed'Clean stoves' would save lives, cut pollution.
