Women in lab coats: in '97, the roles for Hollywood's leading actresses are more smart than tart
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Jodie Foster will portray an astronomer in 'Contact,' due out in the summer of 1997. 'Smilla's Sense of Snow,' 'The Relic,' 'Buddy' and 'The Los World' are other upcoming films that offer strong roles for women. Audiences are seeing a wider variety of parts for actresses.
Publication Name: Glamour
Subject: Health
ISSN: 0017-0747
Year: 1997
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5 ways the media scored - and flopped - with women in '96: the stories that made us celebrate and seethe
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Music magazines finally devoted more coverage to women rockers in 1996, and the press has finally started covering the horror of female genital mutilation. More coverage is needed on the glass ceiling in newspaper publishing and other areas.
Publication Name: Glamour
Subject: Health
ISSN: 0017-0747
Year: 1997
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"Crazed sexpots, killers and whores": how men in the media exploit women
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The media is controlled by sexist men who give too much attention to sensational crimes involving women. The more important topics of abortion rights and economic inequalities are being ignored.
Publication Name: Glamour
Subject: Health
ISSN: 0017-0747
Year: 1992
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