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This Woman's Tale Of Ordering Abortion Drugs On The Internet Is The Most Depressing Story Ever

Erin Gloria Ryan — Mon, 12 Dec 2011 16:15:00 EST

Last Christmas Eve, a 32 year old Idaho woman took RU-486 in an attempt to terminate an unwanted pregnancy. This January, police found the fetal remains on her property and charged her with inducing her own abortion, a crime in the state. The case was dismissed due to lack of evidence, but not before everyone in town ostracized the woman for her acts. Now, some state officials want the authority to charge the woman again, and they're prepared to use the case as a means to issue another challenge to Roe v. Wade in the Supreme Court. And we just won Depressing Abortion Story Bingo. More »

Coincidentally, The Best Countries For Women Are A Bit Chilly

Cassie Murdoch — Tue, 27 Sep 2011 17:25:00 EDT

A new ranking by Newsweek/Daily Beast reveals which countries are the best and worst places for women to live. Using data from 165 countries, they based their rankings on five categories: "treatment under the law, workforce participation, political power, and access to education and health care." And without further ado, here are the world's best places for ladies: More »

Jon Stewart Shames Newsweek For Their Crazy-Eyed Bachmann Cover

Whitney Jefferson — Wed, 10 Aug 2011 14:05:00 EDT

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On last night's Daily Show, Jon Stewart laid into Newsweek's Editor-In-Chief Tina Brown for their recent cover of Bachmann looking like she was a deer in headlights (Brown, of course, defended the image). You see, Stewart believes that Michele Bachmann is a many number of things, but she is absolutely photogenic, saying "You gotta go pretty far out of the way to find a crappy photo of Michele Bachmann — and you did. Why?" More »

Sex, Lies, And Studies: Are Most Men This Way?

Hugo Schwyzer — Wed, 20 Jul 2011 13:15:00 EDT

The recent Newsweek article on The Growing Demand for Prostitution is leading to some needed and heated discussion about male sexuality. Leslie Bennetts' piece is based on a brand-new study of men who buy sex, and the first shock is how much difficulty the researchers had finding men who didn't pay for sex. More »

Sarah Palin Declares She Can Win on Newsweek Cover

Erin Gloria Ryan — Sun, 10 Jul 2011 15:33:00 EDT

Next week's Newsweek cover features a smug-looking workout clothes-clad Sarah Palin standing majestically in front of the empty skies that represent her qualifications for President. More »

Undead Princess Diana Strolls With Kate Middleton On Ridiculous Newsweek Cover

Dodai Stewart — Tue, 28 Jun 2011 12:50:00 EDT

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Shudder-inducing fanfic of the week: The new issue of Newsweek features a story called "Diana At 50: If She Were Here Now," by none other than Tina Brown. The digital artwork on the cover reanimates Diana so that she is walking alongside daughter-in-law Kate Middleton, who is gazing adoringly at the People's Princess and ignoring the fact that if this is really happening, Di is a zombie. The Atlantic Wire asks, "How Creepy Is Princess Diana's Ghost on the Cover of Newsweek?" Answer: Very! More »

Retouching School Pix—a Crazy, Growing Industry

Lauri Apple — Sat, 20 Nov 2010 16:25:56 EST

Scabs, scrapes, zits, braces: They make us "imperfect," but they are part of life. And except for Brazilian supermodels, we all have to deal with them—especially during our growing-up years. So shouldn't our school pictures reflect that reality? More »

Wyoming Overrun With Wild Stallions

Erin Gloria Ryan — Sat, 30 Oct 2010 14:06:00 EDT

Faced with an out of control feral horse population, the state of Wyoming is considering slaughtering the animals for meat. Sad. More »

The Media Is Way Behind On The Matter Of Men

Anna North — Wed, 22 Sep 2010 16:45:00 EDT

These days every publication and its dad are asking, "What's the matter with men?" Something might actually be changing in America, but the media doesn't really know how to talk about it. More »

Alternative Covers Starring Sarah Palin

Anna Holmes — Fri, 11 Jun 2010 15:30:00 EDT

As imagined by Vanity Fair. Two more at the link: [Vanity Fair] More »

Newsweek Writer To Visit Glee Set

Irin Carmon — Fri, 14 May 2010 09:20:00 EDT

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Glee creator Ryan Murphy says Newsweek's Ramin Setoodeh has accepted his invitation to discuss Murphy's issues with his piece and witness "how we construct a TV show dedicated exclusively to the idea of inclusiveness and acceptance for all." [EW, Earlier] More »

Do Young Women Care About Reproductive Rights? Ask One.

Shelly Blair — Wed, 21 Apr 2010 17:00:00 EDT

Newsweek published a story offering a summary judgment that young women and young feminists aren't interested in protecting reproductive rights. Maybe they should have asked us. More »

Noticed: Michelle Obama's Perpetual Magazine-Cover Handclasp

Irin Carmon — Thu, 15 Apr 2010 12:00:00 EDT

Why do so many Mobama covers feature the First Lady with her hands demurely clasped? Deliberate signaling of her approachability? Or is it just how she likes to pose? What does it all mean? More »

When Eating Disorders, Obesity, And Genetics Collide

Jenna Sauers — Mon, 05 Apr 2010 18:30:00 EDT

America — third-fattest country in the world, according to the WHO — has a schizophrenic relationship with food. Could the union of obesity activists and eating-disorder advocates generate any real insight? Strangely, at a recent panel, it kinda did. More »

Brown Women Revolt! ("But Shit, Could We Get A Sidebar?")

Anna Holmes — Tue, 30 Mar 2010 10:20:00 EDT

That's one of a few hilarious lines in Racialicious' epic (and sobering) new takedown of Newsweek's recent "women and feminism" package and the defensive posturing after the magazine was called out for overlooking women of color. Check it here: [Racialicious] More »

On Looking Back And Newsweek's Incomplete Picture

Irin Carmon — Tue, 23 Mar 2010 17:20:00 EDT

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Her "long, blond-streaked hair fall[s] just so above each breast and her cheerleader-pretty face...Any old swatch of cloth rides like a midsummer night's dream on... her ‘most incredibly perfect body.'" Newsweek sure did appreciate Gloria Steinem's ideas in 1971! More »

Get Me Rewrite

Anna Holmes — Tue, 23 Mar 2010 10:40:00 EDT

Things stay the same: This just-posted Newsweek story on "Why Young Women Need Feminism" is accompanied by photo of six women...all of them white. [Newsweek] More »

Green Thumb

Anna Holmes — Wed, 17 Mar 2010 16:10:00 EDT

[Washington, D.C., March 17. Image via AP]

Michelle Obama Looks Lovely On Newsweek Cover

Katy Kelleher — Wed, 17 Mar 2010 11:20:00 EDT

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Michelle Obama is on the cover of this week's Newsweek. Inside is a story about her "Let's Move" initiative, but more importantly, what is she wearing? The blog Mrs-O has the answer: a Narciso Rodriguez dress accessorized with pearls. [Mrs-O] More »

Newsweek: Rielle Hunter, Heroine.

Sadie Stein — Tue, 23 Feb 2010 14:00:00 EST

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In this brave new world, not selling one's sex tape is, apparently, tantamount to a laudable achievement. Or at least a piece in Newsweek titled, "The Quiet Dignity of Rielle Hunter." More »

Photoshop Of Horrors Hall Of Shame, 2000-2009

Dodai Stewart — Wed, 16 Dec 2009 14:00:00 EST

Slimmed thighs, whittled waists, smoothed skin: Digitally altered women were de rigueur in the 00s. There were many, many Photoshop Of Horrors images to choose from, but these are the 15 most egregious examples of image retouching in this decade. More »

Knowledge Is Power

Anna Holmes — Fri, 27 Nov 2009 14:45:00 EST

So, there's this Newsweek quiz about Sarah Palin. (Slow news day + no staff + food hangover = Sarah Palin quiz.) I got 58% correct...and I'm not sure whether that's a good or bad thing. [Newsweek] More »

Newsweek Too Hot For National Review Writer

Anna North — Tue, 24 Nov 2009 17:00:00 EST

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Sarah Palin's not the only one pissed off about her Newsweek cover — the National Review's Kathryn Jean Lopez isn't pleased either. But she says that leggy shot is "tame" compared with the fleshpot that is Newsweek's website. More »

Dugard Family Responds To Film Proposal • Runners World Didn't OK Use Of Palin Picture

Katy Kelleher — Wed, 18 Nov 2009 17:40:00 EST

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• A spokeswoman says Jaycee Dugard and her family will decide when and if a film will be made about her story. She calls Shane Ryan's proposed film Abducted Girl, An American Sex Slave, "exploitative, hurtful, and breathtakingly unkind." • More »

Sarah Palin: Media Sideshow, Or Viable Candidate?

Irin Carmon — Wed, 18 Nov 2009 12:40:00 EST

Sarah Palin is drumming up controversy like it's her job. Which, right now, it is. As Newsweek defends itself against charges that its cover of her is sexist, Washington insiders are arguing over how seriously to take her political future. More »

Newsweek Editor: Palin Cover Applied A "Gender-Neutral Standard"

Irin Carmon — Tue, 17 Nov 2009 15:00:00 EST

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Newsweek editor Jon Meacham is defending his magazine's decision to put a running shorts-clad photo of Sarah Palin on the cover. Relatedly, Andrea Mitchell is mildly embarrassed that she only has older white men to ask about this stuff. More »

Sarah Palin Gets Her Criticism Of Newsweek Cover Right

Irin Carmon — Tue, 17 Nov 2009 12:00:00 EST

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Sarah Palin is calling the latest Newsweek cover — taken from an August Runner's World shoot she did — "sexist and oh-so-expected by now," adding, "the media will do anything to draw attention." She's right. More »

An Open Appeal To The Jolie-Pitt Hair Police

LatoyaPeterson — Wed, 28 Oct 2009 14:00:00 EDT

I've been a fan of Allison Samuels' work for some time. But I cannot get behind her strange, continued appeals to actress Angelina Jolie about her adopted daughter Zahara's hair. She is, quite simply, missing the point. More »

Are We Ready To Confront The Boogeyman of Socialized Medicine?

LatoyaPeterson — Thu, 01 Oct 2009 10:00:00 EDT

Ever since the townhall hollering sessions, the idea of socialized medicine has been lobbed at politicians as a way to reframe the health care discussion. In Newsweek, a writer opines on why a socialized of view medicine benefited her. More »

Angelina Is All-Powerful; Clooney's Getting Served; Ricci's Romance Over?

Dodai Stewart — Thu, 04 Jun 2009 09:00:00 EDT

Contrary to a report in the National Enquirer, Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie are not splitting up. In fact, they're in love. Imagine that! [Us Magazine]

Newsweek "Explains" Why Women Stand By Their Men

Margaret Hartmann — Fri, 01 May 2009 14:40:00 EDT

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In an article inspired by Megan McAllister, fiancee of the accused "Craigslist Killer," Newsweek lists the psychological reasons at work when "a woman makes the seemingly irrational decision to stand by her man." More »

Is The End Near For Magazines?

Margaret Hartmann — Fri, 03 Apr 2009 09:30:00 EDT

The news on magazines is grim today, as steadily declining newsstand sales are now dropping even faster, and for the first time the number of magazines folding is higher than the number of new titles. More »

Fashion Writers: "Fat" People Lazy, Shiftless, Poorly Dressed

TatianaTheAnonymousModel — Mon, 05 Jan 2009 16:00:00 EST

Newsweek's Sameer Reddy is railing against elasticized waistbands, chubbiness, Velcro, Juicy Couture, jean shorts, and the value of comfort in dressing. Does he hate puppies, too? More »

Michelle Obama: The Best Black Female Role Model Since Claire Huxtable?

Maria — Mon, 03 Nov 2008 17:00:00 EST

Michelle Obama: What's not to love? She's smart, accomplished, funny, a great mother and a snazzy dresser. But as Newsweek's Allison Samuels points out, compared to other black women in the media, there's something different about Michelle Obama. For instance: Why don't we see Michelle snappin' her neck and waggin' her finger when she's "keepin' it real"? Why don't we see Michelle shake her booty and drop it like it's hot when she dances? Why haven't we heard any sassy one-liners or seen any displays of an easily-provoked temper? More »

Picture Perfect: Why Everyone's So Anal About These Magazine Covers

Sadie Stein — Fri, 17 Oct 2008 16:20:00 EDT

Hey! Remember when Sarah Palin was on the cover of Newsweek and Fox News got up in arms because the close-up hadn't been retouched? (Given that it was only last week, I'm gonna go with yes.) Megan very correctly diagnosed this a would-be tempest in a battered teapot, but the fracas sparked a discussion of the ethics of the Photoshop: Is there even such a thing as an objective portrait? What are the responsibilities of the photographer? For that matter, why should it even matter what a politician looks like? Well, says The Atlantic's Virginia Postrel, it's because "accuracy is not the same thing as truth." And at the end of the day, which one do we want? More »

The Sarah Palin Non-Photoshop Chop: Fox News Wants To Alter Your Reality

Megan Carpentier — Wed, 08 Oct 2008 16:00:00 EDT

Megyn Kelly interviewed GOP media consultant Andrea Tantaros about Sarah Palin's new Newsweek cover, which is really mean to Sarah Palin. According to Tantaros, the close-up cover is a hit job because Newsweek didn't retouch it to make Palin's skin look flawless — you can see that she has "unwanted" facial hair, wrinkles and pores. It's partisan, of course, because Obama's covers all "make" him look flawless. Well, if we go to the record on that one, I can see pores, 5 o'clock shadow, wrinkles, stray eyebrow hairs and a mole in each of the four covers I looked at. Julie Piscitelli of American University points out that Palin looks beautiful and accessible and thinks that demanding that news magazines alter reality to celebretize our politicians "is going a little too far." Oh, Julia. When you're rational like that, you'll never get invited back. More »

Newsweek's Women Leaders Are Diverse And Sometimes Dumb

Jessica G. — Mon, 06 Oct 2008 15:00:00 EDT

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Newsweek has several essays worth of advice in its current Women & Leadership issue. The issue boasts a varied and impressive group of women including master of the universe Tyra Banks, designer Anna Sui, director Kimberly Peirce, Duke medical school dean Nancy Andrews, and Facebook COO Sheryl Sandberg. These women are supposedly telling America "what matters most" but they offer mostly useless platitudes about having strong mothers and working really hard. Not everyone was completely fluffy — Cynthia Nixon and a few others were substantive and intriguing — but the majority of it was not riveting stuff. My favorite was when Olympian Dara Torres explained her swimming dominance by saying "I'm probably genetically gifted." Since most of these essays are filler anyway, I've read each one and taken out the most pertinent sentence or two for your comprehensive ease. More »

Discussions Of Sarah Palin's "Feminism" Are (Mostly) Split Down Partisan Lines

Dodai Stewart — Mon, 08 Sep 2008 16:00:00 EDT

Feministing has a message for the mainstream media: Sarah Palin is NOT a feminist. This is in response to stories by The Wall Street Journal, Townhall.com, the L.A. Times, NPR, Adweek and the New York Post, all of which had the words "Sarah Palin" and "feminism" or "liberated woman" in the headline. While some news outlets are painting the proposed veep as a feminist, there are a few lone voices, columnists who very firmly insist that Governor Palin is not a feminist. Interested in keeping score? The fors and the againsts, after the jump. More »

Tanya Harding Reveals Rape In New Memoir

Jessica G. — Thu, 22 May 2008 14:30:00 EDT

One of the most-loathed figures in sports history, former figure skater Tanya Harding, is trying to glide back into the limelight and the public's good graces with a new memoir, The Tanya Tapes. According to Newsweek, Harding claims that her ex-husband, Jeff Gillooly, the man who orchestrated the kneecap busting attack on Nancy Kerrigan in 1994, raped her in order to keep her silent about his crime. "They said, if I didn't cooperate and say exactly what he [Jeff] told me to say, they were going to take me out. I had a gun at the back of my head and [was raped] on the back of a truck … and they told me this is what you are going to say. This is what you are going to do, and if you don't, you're not going to be here anymore," Harding tells Newsweek. Harding has insisted that she knew nothing of Jeff's involvement with the attack until after it was perpetrated. "[She] struggled the most with this conflicting set of circumstances: if she knew nothing about the assault on Kerrigan until after it happened, why was her ex-husband so desperate to keep her quiet that he'd rape and threaten to kill her?" writer Winston Ross ponders. More »

Lowering Rate Of Latina Teen Motherhood: What Works?

Jessica G. — Wed, 31 Oct 2007 17:00:15 EDT

Though corporate entities like Nike and Pepsi have found a way to peddle their wares to the Latino populace, the folks attempting to decrease teen pregnancy in Hispanic communities have not had the same sort of marketing success, says Newsweek. Rates of teenage motherhood remain at 51% for Latina teens, and while African American teens are still giving birth at 58%, the instances of teen pregnancy are "declining at a considerably slower pace." To combat the consistently high rates, the National Campaign to Prevent Teen Pregnancy is launching a Latino Initiative. Differences between the Latino community and the white and black communities are not just language-based, according to the Initiative. Campaigns that work in the white community can come off as "anti-baby" or "anti-family." More »