by Jeff Maisey | Nov 20, 2017 | News, Robotham
By Tom Robotham When I was working for Hearst Magazines in the early ‘90s I got to know Helen Gurley Brown, the iconic editor of Cosmopolitan. She was a formidable woman, but a bit of an enigma. On the one hand she spent her career advancing ideas that could be...
by Jeff Maisey | Nov 20, 2017 | News & Views, Robotham
By Tom Robotham Every semester at Old Dominion University I teach a class called Sex, Culture & Media. My objective is to help students think critically about depictions of sexuality in the mass media and to consider the ways in which those depictions shape our...
by Jeff Maisey | Nov 20, 2017 | News & Views, Robotham
By Tom Robotham Last month, Peter Barbey—the owner of The Village Voice—announced his decision to put an end to the paper’s print edition. “The Voice,” he said, “will maintain its iconic progressive brand with its digital platform….” But for those of us of a...