links for 2007-09-13
- “So if diversity training doesn’t reduce bias or increase managerial diversity, why do companies continue to spend millions of dollars on it every single year?… because their real motivation is to mitigate risk.”
- “So despite the continuing outrage over digital manipulation of women’s bodies…we are still sent the message that not only are our bodies not good enough, that the reasons why we love Ugly Betty and have made America Ferrera a star are wrong”
- “Welcome to the new world on television, where the women are strong, and the men are cavemen. Literally. ABC’s “Cavemen,” based on the Geico ad campaign character, is about a trio of Cro-Magnons with low self-esteem and a little hair-growth problem.”
- “The police said the people charged, all of whom are white, yelled racial slurs at the woman, who is black, during some of the attacks. The woman endured horrific torture, according to court documents. She was raped by multiple men…”
- “A double standard the size of Bonds’ head is being exercised with Ankiel, whose involvement with a human growth hormone scandal is being rationalized by some fans and members of the media.”
- “”Man, they were just trying to get ratings, and they knew she wasn’t ready and they exploited her,” the 29-year-old rapper said Tuesday on Sirius Satellite Radio’s “The Morning Mash Up.”"
- “Smart, confident and articulate, the communications specialist who heads her own public relations company has embarked on a mission to help turn around the “culture of shame” surrounding transsexuals in Singapore and the region.”
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