Which is to say, if you thought you’d seen the worst of campaign misogyny, guess again. Brace yourselves.

I know this story is all over the interwebs, but I can’t just let it pass. The 9-year-old seen singing at the Beijing Opening Ceremonies was revealed to have been lip-synching, because the 7-year-old with the actual great voice wasn’t considered cute enough. And the Chinese officials are claiming this is in the best interest of the country.

Because making a mini-celebrity of one girl because she’s pretty, and robbing a talented 7-year-old of proper credit because she’s not as pretty is in anyone’s best interest how exactly? And also, since when is any 7-year-old not cute, by sheer dint of being seven? If you click the link, it’s not like she’s got a cleft palate or something.

Thanks, China. Now girls around the world know they have little value if they’re not adequately decorative.

(For background on the ad she’s responding to, click here.)

But for now, I’m packing and packing it in early — it’s going to be a long morning of waiting in line and waiting in my seat. You can catch the whole thing wait -free on CNN. Catch you on the flip.

Maria Cramer: Globe Staff, Boston Globe
Daniel Gonzalez: Immigration Reporter, Arizona Republic
Sonia Nazario
Mizanur Rahman: Immigration Editor, Houston Chronicle
Maria Sacchetti: Immigration Reporter, Boston Globe
Erin Ailworth: Globe Staff, Boston Globe

* Jahna Berry
Reporter, Arizona Republic
* Andy Marra
Asian-Pacific Islander Media Strategist, GLAAD
* Miguel Morales
Journalism Student
* David Plazas
Community Conversation Editor, The News-Press
* Thomas Avila
Deputy Executive Director, National Lesbian and Gay Journalists Association

For three decades, media coverage of gays in America has focused primarily on white men and women: From reports outlining same-sex cohabitation, adoption; AIDS awareness, and the fight over the right to marry, the faces usually depicted in such news stories are usually those of white individuals. But as the nation’s demographics rapidly change, so to must coverage of gays change to reflect growing numbers of people of color who grapple with these issues. How do people of color experience the process of “coming out,” compared with whites? Are black men experiencing the gay-marriage debate differently than their white counterparts? How about Asian-American same-sex couples - are they concerned with the challenges of adopting? Is the public’s limited understanding of the transgendered community more or less confused by the presence of blacks and Latinos who are transgendered? This workshop will provide journalists with information and resources on gay people of color, and strategies for better covering one of the most overlooked communities in America.

But my point here, which I do have, is that I’ve decided what to liveblog tomorrow. Tune in at 2:15 EST/1:15 CST for “Beyond ‘Illegal Alien’: Toward Fair, Ethical and Accurate Immigration Coverage.” Description & panelists after the jump. See you there!

I’m squeeing like a fangirl, because tomorrow I get to see one of my heroes live: Winona LaDuke! Come along with me as I liveblog her amazing panel at 10AM EST/9AM CST. The deets:

What the World Needs Now: Globalization, the New Economics and the Role of the Media

Moderator: Ray Suarez, Senior Correspondent, The NewsHour (PBS)

Winona LaDuke, environmental activist, head of the White Earth Land Recovery Project and former vice presidential candidate with Ralph Nader

James Makawa, Founder and CEO of The Africa Channel

IIn this session we gather some of the most active minds to talk about the significant challenges and changes across the globe — from economic growth to health issues to war and peace — and the role of the media and communication in telling those stories

Basically, it’s 40 years since the Kerner Commission report, and this session sunk its teeth into what has and hasn’t changed since that national call to action on the race divide. Panelists were:

Felix Gutierrez, Professor of Journalism & Communication, USC Annenberg
Dori Maynard, President, Robert C. Maynard Institute for Journalism Education
Mark Trahant, Editorial Page Editor, Seattle Post-Intelligencer
Helen Zia, Journalist, Scholar & Author, and former Executive Editor, Ms. magazine.

Catch the goodness after the break…

Check it out: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g-IrhRSwF9U&feature=related

That’s all for now, have a great weekend everyone and eat lots of popsicles!

-Stacey =)

I’m fortunate enough to have a large-windowed office in an old building and a cute little money tree on my desk (which looks like it needs watering…must get to that). And what have I been doing during these alternating stifling and soppy days? Reading the mounds of book catalogs that publishers send our way in preparation for booking the upcoming season.

And I’ve found a lot of interesting themes. One being the spiritual memoir (be sure to check out feminist Rabbi Danya Ruttenberg reading from Surprised By God at CNW on Thursday, September 4 at 7pm) and another being Ida B. Wells.

Having worked within the publishing industry, I know that these things come in waves. What’s your favorite recent publishing fad?

I’m Stacey, the summer intern at the Center for New Words, and I’d like to take a minute to introduce myself to our lovely and faithful blog readership. I’m a rising senior at Tufts University and I have just returned from Paris, France, where I spent the semester studying French language and culture. My past experience in the nonprofit field and my interest in promoting women’s literacy and related issues drew me to the Center for New Words, and I am excited to be involved in planning the WAM! conference this summer. A little bit about me personally— I am an English and French double major and an avid reader. I grew up near Manchester, New Hampshire, and I love Cape Cod and the Red Sox! I also like playing the piano and going to the beach, especially on hot days like today—good thing the CNW office is air-conditioned =) I’ll be writing on the blog about once a week, so check back for updates!

As I stepped into EBHS yesterday, I felt a twinge of nervous excitement. Would the girls really be into extracurricular writing (especially after taking the dreaded MCAS the day before)? Would they want to share their experiences with me, someone they don’t know? Would they follow my lead? All these questions swirled around in my head as I stood up in front of eleven of the most talented girls in the school.

I needn’t have worried—these girls were ready to push themselves (and their peers) to the limits of both their dreams and their expectations of what they can do. We spent a very productive afternoon doing writing exercises and brainstorming topics for next Fall’s writing group (things like self-confidence, race, class, gender, teen pregnancy, and the economy).

Watch out writing world. The girls from East Boston are getting writing and getting real.