Yearly Archives: 2012

Bullying in the Digital Age – Not Just A Schoolyard Problem Anymore

Posted on December 27, 2012 by zezinez

In April of this year, in a small farming town in Iowa called Primghar, a 14-year-old boy hung himself in the family’s garage.  Kenneth Weishuhn had recently come out to his family, friends and on Facebook as gay. The relentless bullying … Continue reading →

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Body Image: Minority women in the media

Posted on August 19, 2012 by zezinez

Originally written for and published on Disruptive Women in Health Care When media speculated about her “puffy” face, Ashley Judd wrote a piece on media misogyny for the Daily Beast. It turns out that Judd was on steroids to combat … Continue reading →

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A Rich History of Ethnic Media: A Review of News for All the People: The Epic Story of Race and the American Media

Posted on May 23, 2012 by zezinez

White-owned media has disparaged, dehumanized, and defamed people of color for thousands of years. That is the premise of the recently released News for All the People: The Epic Story of Race and the American Media by journalists and activists … Continue reading →

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