Abortion in TV: Maude

Monday, 30 August 2010, 16:58 | Category : Abortion, Abortion in Film
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To quote Gloria Feldt, “Media portrayals, real or fictional, don’t merely inform us — they form us.” In this series, I will be examining five films – classic, mainstream, independent, foreign, and pre-Roe – and five television shows – soap opera, pre-Roe, drama, critically lauded, and teen-oriented – that address unexpected pregnancy, to examine how [...]

Missing the Point: Colts, Saints & Abortion? Oh. My.

Thursday, 4 February 2010, 9:15 | Category : Pop Culture
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In case you hadn’t heard, CBS has recently come under fire for accepting an ad written by Focus on the Family, featuring college football phenom Tim Tebow and his mother Pam.  While the specifics of the ad’s content have been kept carefully under wraps, the decision to air what will likely be a choice (pun [...]