PLUS Model Magazine, according to an article by Tamara Abraham for the United Kingdom-based online blog Daily Mail, has sparked controversy. See if you can guess what the controversy is from the accompanying photograph. This photograph is meant to illustrate the magazine’s claim that most runway models meet the criteria for anorexia based on their [...]
Posts Tagged as ‘controversy’
August 10, 2011
Israeli and Palestinian Women Are Proof Life is a Beach
Incivility is on the rise according to the American Psychological Association. At their recent annual meeting the APA focused on incivility in the workplace. The professional organization said that rudeness, insults and plain old bad manners are growing problems for Americans. Incivility stresses workers and reduces productivity. Sometimes the problem is simply the result of [...]
July 20, 2011
She’d Like to Drive Men
Princess Ameerah Al-Taweel doesn’t want to drive men mad. She does, however, want to be able to drive a car. She is not alone. No Saudi Arabia woman has the legal right to drive a car. Ameerah who is in her late 20s in the fourth wife of Saudi billionaire Prince Alwaleed bin Talal, the [...]
April 12, 2011
Not Tickled Pink: It’s Barbie’s World and We Have to Play in It!
Barbie’s a middle-aged gal. She’s been a model citizen since 1959. Barbie may not be a spring chicken but she’s no lame duck. She’s got her own Web site. It features an “anthem” for her. Mattel’s motto for Ms. Fashionista? “It’s Barbie’s World We Just Play in It.” Her fictional biography describes Barbra Millicent Roberts [...]
March 3, 2011
Love Italian Style – Could it Happen in America?
The sexual exploits of Italy’s Prime Minister have made Silvio Berlusconi an increasingly controversial figure. The latest headline involves his relationship with a teenager. When I read the story about Berlusconi’s lasciviousness I questioned whether cavorting with a female under the age of 18 could be considered anything other than rape. Aren’t there laws protecting [...]
February 18, 2011
Brave Women Speak Out Against Violence
Shocking! CBS correspondent Lara Logan was beaten and sexually assaulted while covering the recent uprisings in Cairo. The violent acts against her have been attributed to a male-dominated society; to men unleashing their passions after living thirty years under a repressive government. Statistics, however, suggest otherwise. Aggression against women in Egypt is not an isolated [...]
January 3, 2011
Today’s Challenge: Are You an Angry or a Quiet Woman?
Q. Are you a “quiet” or an “angry” woman? Ana Lewis, founder of WomenontheVerge.net, is troubled by these descriptors. Ana feels both give women a “bad rap.” Ohio State University professor Nan Johnson wrote in the journal Philosophy and Rhetoric that in the late 19th century the ideal woman was a “quiet” woman. Dr. Johnson [...]
October 14, 2010
It’ll Get Better. Don’t Let the Bastards Win!
It’s hard to pick up a newspaper (yes, some people still read the morning news in print form) or listen to the news these days without hearing stories related to gay rights. The saddest stories involve the death of tormented youth such as 18-year-old violinist and Rutger’s freshman Tyler Clementi Clementi who jumped from the [...]
May 27, 2010
Sister Margaret McBride’s Ethical Dilemma
Question: Suppose you are the only adult around when a child begins to drown in a swimming pool. There are other children nearby, but they are too young to help. You see nothing in the pool area you can use to help the child. She is beyond your reach and in water more than 6-ft [...]
March 3, 2010
Is Imitation the Greatest Form of Flattery?
More than 570,000 people have watched this video of the 2010 Sprite Step-Off Challenge. For those of you who don’t know Stepping is a form of step dancing which is a generic term for dance styles where footwork is the featured element of the dance. The collaborative efforts of historically black fraternities and sororities has resulted in stepping’s popularity. Step-Off [...]
