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Joy Bacon

currently lives in Baltimore, Md., and teaches at a low-income high school. She studied English and journalism at Whitworth University, where she served as editor-in-chief of The Whitworthian as well as a contributing editor for Script literary magazine. She has worked in several freelance capacities and is passionate about promoting gender equity both domestically and abroad.
Joy Bacon has written 119 posts for The Gender Report

Women held record gains, influence in election

On November 6, most Americans focused their attention on the presidential election results. However, many state and congressional races also will influence the next four years. Continue reading »

Television host, documentary highlight widening gap in gender access

This week’s news saw both ends of women’s role and participation in the media. One woman, Jennifer Livingston, confronted discrimination and the biases against women head on. But other women around the world, highlighted in a PBS documentary, are lucky to even get the education to hold such power. Continue reading »

GOP, Democratic conventions focus on “war on women”

As the political climate heats up and party conventions are in full swing, both the media and the parties themselves are still pushing, or defending, a “war on women” from both parties. Continue reading »

UPDATED: “Girl Games” still grappled with gendered language, commentary

The Boston Globe went as far as to deem the 2012 London Olympics as the “Girl Games,” and Time magazine named London the “Year of the Woman.” But with plentiful gains towards gender equity in these games, the Gender Report also found plentiful bias in both spoken and written commentary throughout the past weeks. Continue reading »

“Media Darling” named CEO of Yahoo

After thirteen years as an executive at Google, Marissa Mayer landed the much-anticipated role as the new CEO of Yahoo. And while many sites focused on her potential for the company, some focused on what they saw as a pitfall: her pregnancy. Continue reading »

Women making history in 2012 Olympics

With the 2012 Summer Olympic games less than two weeks away, many countries are finalizing team rosters and the athletes who will represent them in the world competition. Coverage this week focused on an announcement from Saudi Arabia, as well as Team U.S.A’s history-making roster. Continue reading »

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