Welcome to carol jenkins:media
Welcome to carol jenkins:media, a blog about media–especially media by and about women and girls and people of color. This Blog: Media is my family business. Both my father and stepfather […]
“Time’s Up”
Hello, 2018–and the aftershocks of 2017 and all it brought. Excited about the announcement from the Today Show that Hoda Kotb is the permanent new co-host of that show–ratings have […]
A School for Organizers
Steinem and Mankiller School for Organizers (Originally published by The Women’s Media Center) By Carol Jenkins | July 15, 2015 It was a collision of worlds: on-the-ground activists from across […]
Take the Lead Women–By 2025–How?
Happy to add my voice to Take the Lead Women’s survey on women’s leadership and how to reach parity by 2025, a mere ten years from now. Some great ideas […]
In Memory of Two of the Best–From WMC
To: Carol Jenkins Dear Carol, In the past few weeks we lost two bright lights and good friends of the Women’s Media Center: singer and songwriter Lesley Gore and journalist […]
The Times, They Are A-Changing
I have been thinking, ever since the election of Bill de Blasio, of what it means to experience a progressive thinking mayor. So now I can report, a month into […]
“Men We Reaped”: So Darn Good
I am still thinking about Jesmyn Ward’s memoir, Men We Reaped. The title comes from Harriet Tubman, one brave Black woman abolitionist who led hundreds of slaves to freedom on […]
(Jury) Duty
The most fascinating potential alliance announced this week: newly-elected New Jersey Senator Cory Booker, and the conservative Senator Rand Paul of Kentucky. While holding true to his reputation and threatening […]
