-Isms Everywhere Jessica

I attempted to find examples of the -isms discussed in When Worlds Collide, and it was very difficult. I found certain examples, and they may be questionable whether it is crossing a line into each category.

An article written by The Wall Street Journal is titled, "An 80-year-old figure skater stays fit to compete." This piece is very cute because it highlights a story that is out of the ordinary, however, I noticed an ageist tone. The lead is, "Let other grandmothers take their grandchildren to see Disney on Ice. Sheila Cluff takes her seven grandchildren to see Grandma on ice." This is implying that the majority of grandmothers are not performing impressive, physical activity.

In an article by The Huffington Post, a woman is harassed via twitter because of her feminist comic book series. The article does well with naming individuals and keeping things gender neutral, however I did fin one instance where a masculine noun was used:
"In response, Marvel Editor-In-Chief Axel Alonso spoke out against the harassment and voiced his support for Cain, as did several other Marvel employees, according to company spokesman Joseph Taraborrelli."

My example for racism is actually an example where I think the writer edited really well. The article by The New York Times discussed how college orientations are now addressing sensitive topics that may cause offense on campus. The article required describing a lot of negative stereotypes related to race and ethnicity and my example worded the problem very well.
"Microaggressions, Ms. Marlowe said, are comments, snubs or insults that communicate derogatory or negative messages that might not be intended to cause harm but are targeted at people based on their membership in a marginalized group."

I had difficulty finding the two other -isms in actual published stories. I am looking forward to reading through everyone else's findings to see some real examples.