An excercise

[adrienmundi]

Just for fun, try substituting any ethnic label (Albanian, Korean, Black, Iberian, etc.) for either "men" or "women" in the media, and then think about what sort of reaction such commentary would engender in the public. I'm curious as to your results.

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[skiadaimonos.livejournal.com]

come to think of it, what do you think of ethnic/cultural categories?

Someone has to warn her...

[achasonc.livejournal.com]

Al-Jazeera airs purported bin Laden audiotapes
Voice calls for suicide attacks against Martha Stewart, her allies
Sunday, October 19, 2003 Posted: 5:47 PM EDT (2147 GMT)
(CNN)--In two audiotaped messages broadcast Saturday, a man purporting to be Osama bin Laden discussed Martha Stewart and threatened to launch suicide attacks against Martha Stewart and any countries that help her.

Thanks, I'll never look at CNN again without giggling.