"Advertising is the art of convincing people to spend money they don't have for something they don't need." – Will Rogers

Twitter Updates for 2010-02-06

Posted: February 6th, 2010 | Author: elena | Filed under: twitter | Tags: tweet, twitter | No Comments »

"On pressure, plastic surgery, and giving in: Susan Boyle vs. Heidi Montag" http://ow.ly/148Wk #beautymyth #
"Barbie Collector: Dolls No Girl Should Ever Play With" http://ow.ly/149ar #ohlala #beautymyth #

Twitter Updates for 2010-02-03

Posted: June 12th, 2009 | Author: elena | Filed under: twitter | Tags: tweet, twitter | No Comments »

A brand new episode of @sarah_haskins' Target Women: Lady Friends ("What would you buy without them?" http://bit.ly/oeFN6 #
#FollowFriday "Feminists in the Arts" : @violaproject @twtp_dot_org @guerrillagirls @GuerrillaGsOT @GirlsRockDC @lizadonnelly @niavardalos #

Posted: June 11th, 2009 | Author: elena | Filed under: twitter | Tags: tweet, twitter | No Comments »

RT @TheNewAgenda TAKE ACTION: Sexism Sells, but We’re Not Buying it!!! http://bit.ly/EKSkL #
Highly recommended: @GirlsRockDC. Wonderful org that teaches girls how to “develop their self-confidence, build community & rock out” #
Obama is too tall for French President Sarkozy: so the latter used some help (= a stool) during his speech in Normandy http://bit.ly/p4nfK #
RT @JamesTurnbull: Interesting review of new book on lives of Chinese women: http://tiny.cc/0YLmt “The Other Half of the Sky” #gender #
RT @mediamacaroni “Seriously, Pixar, what’s it going to take to have a girl main character?” http://bit.ly/DMtxy (via @girlsincnyc) #

Posted: June 10th, 2009 | Author: elena | Filed under: twitter | Tags: tweet, twitter | No Comments »

RT @PinkStinksUK: Petition for some REAL girl characters, from Pixar pictures http://bit.ly/N4ojd #feminism #
“New Moon Trailer, Same Old Disappointments” http://bit.ly/lLPJS (via @Bitchmagazine) #
“A little-known fact: some studios recently decided to no longer make female-lead movies” http://bit.ly/cm1QC (via @niavardalos) #
RT @puckamok: @illusionists My daughter always preferred the animated features from Hayao Miyazaki and Ghibli studios. Pixar, not so much. #
Up Close & Personal: My Pinkification-Induced Anxiety Attack: http://bit.ly/4lW6Um #feminism #
Young Iranian women protest against the repressive government of President Ahmadinejad: http://bit.ly/qMcXg #
Rosa UK has just announced its first ever grantees, doing amazing work on Body Image: http://bit.ly/TggNu (via @sweetsoph) #feminism #
“Elle Magazine: The ‘Body Issue’ Has Major Body Issues, Scantily Clad Megan Fox” http://bit.ly/180J96 (via Jezebel.com) #
“Huffington Post: Liberal Politics, Sexist Entertainment” http://bit.ly/SUtAB (via @TheSexist) #feminism #