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From the Ted Talk by Megan Kamerick: Women should represent women in media

Unscramble the Blue Letters


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(Laughter)

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(Laughter)

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Open Cloze


Stories in the news are more than twice as likely to present women as _______ than men, and _____ are more likely to be defined by their body parts. Wired magazine, November 2010. Yes, the issue was about breast-tissue engineering. Now I know you're all distracted, so I'll take that off.

(Laughter)

Eyes up here.

(Laughter)

So —

(________)

Here's the thing: Wired almost never puts women on its cover. Oh, there have been some gimmicky ones — Pam from "The Office," manga _____, a voluptuous model covered in synthetic diamonds. _____ State University professor _____ Royal ________ in her blog how are young women like her students supposed to feel about their roles in technology, _______ Wired. Chris Anderson, the editor of Wired, ________ his ______ and said there aren't enough women, prominent women in technology to sell a cover, to sell an issue. Part of that is true, there aren't as many prominent women in __________.

Solution


  1. cindy
  2. choice
  3. texas
  4. defended
  5. girls
  6. wondered
  7. reading
  8. technology
  9. victims
  10. applause
  11. women

Original Text


Stories in the news are more than twice as likely to present women as victims than men, and women are more likely to be defined by their body parts. Wired magazine, November 2010. Yes, the issue was about breast-tissue engineering. Now I know you're all distracted, so I'll take that off.

(Laughter)

Eyes up here.

(Laughter)

So —

(Applause)

Here's the thing: Wired almost never puts women on its cover. Oh, there have been some gimmicky ones — Pam from "The Office," manga girls, a voluptuous model covered in synthetic diamonds. Texas State University professor Cindy Royal wondered in her blog how are young women like her students supposed to feel about their roles in technology, reading Wired. Chris Anderson, the editor of Wired, defended his choice and said there aren't enough women, prominent women in technology to sell a cover, to sell an issue. Part of that is true, there aren't as many prominent women in technology.

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