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Jenni Young

CNN Profiles: Robin Wright's 'Rock the Casbah' - 0 views

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    Podcast. CNN's John Lisk talks with author Robin Wright about her new book, "Rock the Casbah: Rage and Rebellion Across the Islamic World." Wright says the vast and dramatic changes sweeping the region are only just beginning.
Jenni Young

34 Adverts That Would Totally Be Banned Today - 0 views

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    old advertisements that would be unacceptable today
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New Suburban Dream Born of Asia and Southern California - 0 views

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    Asians now the largest immigrant group in Southern California. NYT
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The sheath: a particular brand of female-anchor sexy. - 0 views

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    Female newscasters are judged by their clothing
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The colorful evolution of newswomen's attire - 0 views

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    Washington Post article about the clothing of female newsreaders
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How will Saudi Arabia's anti-domestic violence campaign work? - 0 views

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    Saudi women can't do anything without a male guardian's permission - including see the advert (Guardian blog)
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Saudi Arabia Issues First Anti-Domestic Abuse Advert For Women & Children - 0 views

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    Huffington Post
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Meet the women doing 'men's work' - 0 views

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    The Guardian talks to seven women working in professions heavily dominated by men - from one of the 0.5% of truck drivers who are women to one of the only three female butchers in the UK.
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Speed Kills - 0 views

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    New Yorker article about incorrect reporting of the Boston bombing on social media
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Boots removes gender signs for toys - 0 views

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    High street pharmacy chain admits it was wrong to categorise toys for girls or boys, after shoppers accuse it of sexism (Guardian)
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At Boots, science is for boys and pink princess toys are for girls - 0 views

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    A science-based company like Boots that employs female pharmacists, opticians and chemists should know better, says Megan Peel (Guardian science blog)
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Is Cursive Dead? - 0 views

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    The new Common Core State Standards, a set of national benchmarks for American public schools, do not require students to learn cursive. As a result, states and districts are grappling with whether to teach this skill.
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    The new Common Core State Standards, a set of national benchmarks for American public schools, do not require students to learn cursive. As a result, states and districts are grappling with whether to teach this skill.
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E-Books and Democracy - 0 views

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    All of the Big Six publishers have, for the first time, agreed to make e-books available to public library users (NYT article)
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How and Why We Read: Crash Course English Literature #1 - 0 views

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    Why do we read? What's the point of reading critically? John will argue that reading is about effectively communicating with other people. Unlike a direct communication though, the writer has to communicate with a stranger, through time and space, with only "dry dead words on a page."
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Pepsi pulls 'racist' Mountain Dew commercial - 0 views

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    Critics say Mountain Dew commercial portrays racial stereotypes
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