The Best and Worst of Abortion TV Since the 1970s
ABC Previously, on TV: the abortion-quandary plotline, featuring an uncertain pregnant woman agonizing over her decision. For years, this was how abortion was portrayed—a right-wing fantasy, essentially, present even in shows with broadly liberal politics. But as the medium flowered in the new century, so did abortion TV. Now abortions could be just another part…
Has TV Ever Gotten Abortion Right?
Melinda Beck In 1981, eight years after Roe v. Wade legalized abortion and just a year before her breakout role as pregnant Stacy in Fast Times at Ridgemont High, Jennifer Jason Leigh played another apparently knocked-up high schooler, this time in a CBS after-school special called I Think I’m Having a Baby. Leigh is Laurie,…
Seth Rich’s Family Just Won a Legal Victory Against Fox News
News headlines scroll above the Fox News studios in the News Corporation headquarters building in New York, Aug. 1, 2017. Richard Drew/AP A federal appeals court ruled on Friday that a lawsuit filed by the parents of slain Democratic National Committee staffer Seth Rich against Fox News should move forward, finding that the network’s retracted…
ThE sTaFf oF mOtHeR JoNeS iS vErY DiViDeD oVeR HeAdLiNe cApiTaLiZaTiOn aNd nEeDs YoUr HeLp
Mother Jones illustration Ten years ago, a plane carrying 155 people crash-landed safely on the Hudson River, piloted down by Chesley “Sully” Sullenberger. A week later, Barack Obama became the 44th president of the United States. It was also the year Rod Blagojevich was impeached as Illinois’ governor and Sarah Palin resigned as Alaska’s. Michael…
Rapsody’s New Album Honors the Generational Power of Black Women
Jose Gongora You know them by their first names: Oprah. Serena. Michelle. Sojourner. Influential black women who have shaped cultural moments and historical movements across generations. These icons—among others you’re sure to recognize—were the inspiration for Grammy-nominated rapper Rapsody’s latest studio album, Eve. As Mother Jones Podcast host Jamilah King describes her, Rapsody is probably your favorite…
Mattel Just Released a Rosa Parks Barbie
Barbie/Mattel Barbie’s latest incarnation is a far cry from the blond fashionista whose highest aspiration was an unlimited shopping spree. Mattel announced Monday that the latest in its lineup of Inspiring Women Barbies will be civil rights leader Rosa Parks. Parks made history when, in 1955, she refused to give her bus seat up for a…