The Gender Report provides a weekly round-up of links to online articles that may be of interest to our readers. The links below are to noteworthy articles on topics related to women in journalism and the media during the past week. Articles included in this feature do not necessarily reflect the views of The Gender Report or its writers. View past week’s round-ups here.
Reading List
–What’s Wrong With Twitter Feminism? A piece about feminism on the social network sparked outrage. (The Root)
–Can TV Roles Lead to Female Harassment? (Psych Central)
–2013 Was a Huge Win For Women in Television (PolicyMic)
–The Two Most Inexplicable Examples of Video Game Community Harassment This Week (The Mary Sue)
–COLUMN: Stereotypes still exist against women across sports landscape (ABC 7 – WJLA)
–In India, Fewer Than Three Percent of Journalists are Women (Bitch Media)
–Liberia Female Journalists Group Threatens Boycott Over All-Male Leadership (allAfrica)
–BBC must put more women on air ‘as matter of urgency’, says trust (The Guardian)
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