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Posts tagged sexism in media

Ramadan, Soap Operas, and Sexism

Ramadan is an annual period of religious observance in Islam, during which Muslims fast from sunrise to sunset every day for thirty consecutive days. Though Ramadan will not begin until the end of August this year, the Inter Press Service recently ran an article about a particularly interesting phenomenon that coincides with Ramadan in some [...]

“Marvel Divas”: Making Breast Cancer Sexy?

Tomorrow, Marvel Entertainment (the same company that made X-Men, Spider-Man, Iron Man, and the Hulk household names) will release the first issue of a new miniseries, called “Marvel Divas.” The comics will focus on four of the Marvel universe’s female characters: Black Cat, Captain Marvel, Firestar, and Hellcat. There’s not much we know about the [...]