A crumbling but persistent zombie of a debate about the proper place of Serious Women in fashion photo spreads is again lumbering around the internet. » 7/22/14 3:26pm Tuesday 3:26pm

Everyone is curious about Harper Lee, the author of To Kill A Mockingbird. That's why a new book about her—The Mockingbird Next Door, by Marja Mills—is selling briskly. Lee has reportedly denounced the book as "unauthorized." » 7/18/14 3:13pm Friday 3:13pm

Oh Oxygen. We need it to breathe, we need it to live and the executives over at the television network it's named after are always trying to convince us that we need to watch it. » 7/16/14 2:10pm 7/16/14 2:10pm

On Friday, the Independent published an interview with Angel Haze that featured some very strong quotes about media coverage of her relationship with Ireland Baldwin. In it, Haze is quoted as saying that she doesn't get why publications have referred to her and Baldwin as "best friends" instead of dating. "I have… » 6/27/14 8:15pm 6/27/14 8:15pm

Over at The Cut, Maureen O'Connor has done another deep dive into the world of dating trends, writing about "the ultimate abstinence": people who abstain from googling their dates. What she doesn't mention is that the people who are the biggest offenders on this front are hashtag "media people." » 6/23/14 3:20pm 6/23/14 3:20pm

Sheila Weller's book The News Sorority: Diane Sawyer, Katie Couric, Christiane Amanpour—and the (Ongoing, Imperfect, Complicated) Triumph of Women in TV isn't even out yet and it's being used by media outlets to tear down the very women the book covers. This is especially rough to watch given that the point of the… » 6/17/14 5:45pm 6/17/14 5:45pm

Lara Logan's suspension from CBS over her report on Benghazi has been lifted and she will return to 60 Minutes when the show begins again in the fall. » 6/04/14 6:30pm 6/04/14 6:30pm

What's the deal with this Slender Man? And what is this weird website Creepypasta Wiki? » 6/04/14 4:15pm 6/04/14 4:15pm

This has been a depressing week for female journalists, so let's celebrate one at the end of it. » 5/16/14 4:41pm 5/16/14 4:41pm

The thing about Dylan Farrow's open letter accusing her father, Woody Allen, of sexual abuse is: There was not much really new about it. It was new that Dylan Farrow herself was signing her name to the accusations, but Vanity Fair had covered the case, in grim detail, more than two decades ago. » 2/04/14 4:48pm 2/04/14 4:48pm

Last week, one Chris Powell, managing editor of the Journal Inquirer out of Hartford, Connecticut used his plaform to lay down some facts about how single moms are ruining journalism. Some people (us!) didn't love this poorly written screed and used their platform to say as much. Powell became "the national… » 10/07/13 5:00pm 10/07/13 5:00pm

It's not the internet or the those stupid young people who won't pay for things or the cost of paper that's thrown the media landscape into a tizzy: it's women. That's according to Chris Powell, the managing editor of the Journal Inquirer out of Manchester, Connecticut, who has penned an op-ed about the real people… » 10/01/13 3:50pm 10/01/13 3:50pm

Just imagine the scene: news breaks that one of the most influential figures in the history of technology is having an affair with an underling. But instead of choosing one of the many photos Amanda Rosenberg herself uploaded, People magazine apparently seizes the first snap of a woman in Google Glass it can find. » 9/11/13 9:59pm 9/11/13 9:59pm

In the middle of the Venn diagram between the glass ceiling, the vanilla ceiling, and chilled out dude-itors, you'll find the cover of the summer issue of Port. There, staring back at you, are the patriarchs-in-chief of some of the most influential American print magazines, which, if you believe them, have the same… » 6/11/13 4:50pm 6/11/13 4:50pm