Beware of Pinkwashing

Think Before You Pink is a campaign to promote transparency when it comes to marketing of breast cancer related products. They urge folks to consider supporting the cause by doing something other than just buying more stuff from for profit corporations (many of whom only donate a fraction of the product's cost). They also expose some of the sadly ironic tactics used by marketers desperate to be positively linked to an important cause (test driving cars, whose exhaust are linked to breast cancer for example). Find out more on their site HERE.

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Feminist vs. Fox

What happens when a feminist writer/activist goes on Fox to discuss violence against women?
Jennifer Pozner, director of Women In Media and News (WIMN), decided to find out. You can read about her appearance and why she agreed to be a guest speaker on Hannity & Colmes (after initially declining) on the WIMN blog. You can also watch her on the show (or read the transcript if you can't stomach the actual program).