U.N. Staffers Petition to Recall Wonder Woman as Ambassador to Women

Actors Gal Gadot and Lynda Carter on Friday made appearances at the Hall of Justice to commemorate the naming of the DC Comics character they've both portrayed as the ambassador for the empowerment of women and girls worldwide.Er sorry did I say Hall of Justice? Silly me. I meant the United Nations in Manhattan. You know, the headquarters of the actual real-life institution upholding human rights, international peace and security, economic development and, if choosing a comic book character as an ambassador is any indication, the ultimate destruction of Mr. Mxyzptlk.Announced last week, the appointment has been received with "Yay Women!" cheers from some, and dumbfounded shock followed by sheer indignation from others. Members of the shock-and-indignation crowd protested at today's UN ceremony. Continue reading at AdAge.com Continue reading at 'Advertising Age'

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Australian comic book artist Nicola Scott is hitting back at director James Cameron's recent criticism of the Wonder Woman movie, telling him he needs to "calm down". Continue reading at Stuff

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Riddell becomes BookTrust ambassador

Former Waterstones children's laureate Chris Riddell is to join reading charity BookTrust as an ambassador. Continue reading at The Bookseller

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Waterstones, Moomin and Oxfam team up for women's charity campaign

Oxfam and Moomin Characters Ltd are launching a campaign around short story "The Invisible Child", by Moomin creator Tove Jansson, to help women and girls around the world to fight inequality and escape poverty. Continue reading at The Bookseller

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Tracey Armstrong on Women in Publishing: ‘Still Striving for Equal Pay’

Copyright Clearance Center's Tracey Armstrong is on Frankfurt Book Fair's 'The Markets' panel of female publishing executives. The post Tracey Armstrong on Women in Publishing: ‘Still Striving for Equal Pay’ appeared first on Publishing Perspectives. Continue reading at Publishing Perspectives

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How smearing a woman’s reputation was irresistible for the media | Nick Cohen

Many news organisations published Robbie Travers’ claims to have been victim of a PC stitch-up. If only they had dug a little deeper into the murky racial politics behind the storyOn 12 May, Robbie Travers sent Esme Allman, a fellow student at Edinburgh University, a Facebook message.“Hey Esme,... Continue reading at The Guardian

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Picador pre-empts essay collection by Muslim women

Picador has pre-empted a collection of essays about the Muslim female experience, edited by social media activist Mariam Khan. Continue reading at The Bookseller

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Chakrabarti welcomes Year of Publishing Women in 2018

Shadow attorney general Shami Chakrabarti has expressed support for Kamila Shamsie’s proposal for a Year of Publishing Women in 2018 ahead of the publication of her feminist call to arms, in favour of "radical solutions” to address the pervasive problem of gender inequality worldwide. Continue reading at The Bookseller

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The Changing Profile of Women’s Magazines

A new class of books aiming to address women in a different way represents an ascendant artisanal trend in the magazine space. The post The Changing Profile of Women’s Magazines appeared first on Folio:. Continue reading at Folio Magazine

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Woman’s Day ’80th Birthday Issue’ Showcases NASA Astronaut and 3D Printing

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Zine queens: how women’s magazines found new life via indie publishing

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Saqi Books joins calls for airline to apologise to detained woman

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Hearst's Pioneer Woman Magazine Expands in Second Outing

The Pioneer Woman Magazine is increasing its distribution to 500,000 copies and moving past its Walmart-only distribution strategy for its second issue, which will be released in September.The Hearst Magazines publication, a joint venture with Scripps Networks Interactive, features Ree Drummond,... Continue reading at Advertising Age

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Women and Food: PW Talks with ‘What She Ate’ Author Laura Shapiro

In 'What She Ate' (Viking, July), the culinary historian looks at six notable women, including Dorothy Wordsworth and Helen Gurley Brown, and their relationships with food. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

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History of the Labour Party’s founding women to I B Tauris

I.B.Tauris is to publish an "exciting and timely" new book "shedding light" on the women at the heart of the Labour Party’s early history next September. Continue reading at The Bookseller

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BuzzFeed writer pens 100 'Nasty Women' for Hodder

Hodder & Stoughton has commissioned BuzzFeed writer Hannah Jewell to author 100 Nasty Women of History, a book profiling women united by the fact they were all "too scandalous, too difficult, and too unladylike for their time". Continue reading at The Bookseller

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The Woman Behind the Reformation: Martin Luther’s Wife, Katharina, Takes the Stage in Crop of New Books

Martin Luther is garnering a lot of attention this year, with 2017 marking the 500th anniversary of the Protestant Reformation. But the largely untold life story of his wife, Katharina, is also getting some love in three new books. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

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The granddaughter of Westboro Baptist Church founder Fred Phelps recounts why, and how, she fled one of the most inflammatory and notorious evangelical groups in the U.S. in her book, ‘Girl on a Wire.’ Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

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European booksellers launch geoblocking petition

European booksellers have launched a petition asking the European Council not to “force” bookshops to sell ebooks across borders, for fear it will drive them out of the digital book business. Continue reading at The Bookseller

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Post-Election, Hearst’s Women’s Sites Focus Their Political Coverage on Activism and Opinion

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