The Huff Post Women

After hours of looking for an alternative media organization or media source I found some interesting sites that stood out. I wanted to do it on Quentin Tarantino first, but I felt that there weren’t enough reliable sources. After more looking, I found that The Huffing Post (THP) has a women section called Huff Post Women.  Everyone knows the Huffington Post as one of the most successful blogs in the internet. Arianna Huffington one of the most influential and powerful women in media (.forbes.com) was also one of the founders and president of The Huffington Post.

What fascinates me about the THP that is owned by one of the most powerful women in the word and not a lot of people know about it. When I was researching, I didn’t know that a women was a founder of THP and after more research I found out more about her and her career. She’s also a politician and a very out spoken about women right as it says here, “Is my portfolio bigger than your portfolio? That’s a very male way of looking at things,” she said. “And we women—whether we are entrepreneurs or in any other field of life—we need to change it” (openforum.com). As she mentioned, she wants women to change and get away from the men’s way of thinking.

THP doesn’t market to women only, but a wide range of people. When I was looking through the site I found the women’s section.  Before I go into the women’s section I want to describe the “front page” of THP. Like other news site, I saw the headliner and other important news articles. Because it’s a blog it’s structured differently than other news websites, but all news articles are mostly about the out come of the election and other current events. When I click on the women’s section, which I’ve to navigate to find on the all section under voice, I found it. If we compare both the main page with the main page of this section we see a different news blog all together. I see, “How to exercise without thinking about my weight”, articles about relationships, and the average women’s day is. I also see some things about the election, but from a women’s point of view. The reason I compared the two because the THP ran by a women, but it feels that it’s aimed for men, which proves that a women can do a men’s job, but when I see the women’s section it doesn’t seem like it’s from the same site.

            The women’s section may set the site back a few steps and it seems a bit degrading, but overall this entire site does show a positive representation of women because of the CEO and how it’s managed. This shows that woman can become self-made CEO’s and run companies successfully.  Something common that is talked about in class is that old men are mostly CEO’s, but Arianna Huffington shows that women can be as powerful or successful as any men can.

            THP is a respected blog/ news site over seemed by women and it shows women in a positive light, even though the women’s section itself is a bit off, it shows that women can go far. THP is on the Alexa rank system as number 21 in American most visited site and number 81 worldwide (alexa.com) and the first blog to win a Pulitzer (crainsnewyork.com) and never once all by being ran by a women.  

           

Works Cited

Bhasin, Kim. "American Express OPEN Forum: Powering Small Business Success." Arianna Huffington: Women Have to Redefine Success and Power. N.p., 5 June 2012. Web. 09 Nov. 2012. <http://www.openforum.com/articles/arianna-huffington-women-have-to-redefine-success-and-power/>.

Flamm, Matthew. "Crain's New York Business." Crain's New York Business. N.p., 16 Apr. 2012. Web. 09 Nov. 2012. <http://www.crainsnewyork.com/article/20120416/MEDIA_ENTERTAINMENT/120419908>.

Howard, Caroline. "World's Most Powerful Women." Www.forbes.com. N.p., 8 Aug. 2012. Web. 9 Nov. 2012. <http://www.forbes.com/power-women/>.

 "Huffingtonpost.com." Huffingtonpost.com Site Info. N.p., n.d. Web. 09 Nov. 2012. <http://www.alexa.com/siteinfo/huffingtonpost.com>.