Femininity

The Princess and the Power: A Fairy Tale for Modern Women

Kristin Boekhoff | Posted 05.23.2012

Read More: Success, Career Women, Romance, Fairy Tales, Femininity, Career Advice, Love Story, Princess, Women News

As a businesswoman, I learned to think and act like a man because to rise to the top. Now, twenty years later, successful but single at the age of 37, I no longer feel comfortable in my "female skin."

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PHOTO: 1948 Quiz Asks If You're Feminine Or Masculine Enough

The Huffington Post | Tara Kelly | Posted 05.17.2012

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Socially constructed gender roles can pretty much sum up the late 1940s. Need proof? Look no further than the"PsychoQuiz" from 1948. The quiz, whi...

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The War on Women... and the War Within Women

Elizabeth Debold | Posted 05.15.2012

Read More: War on Women, Rush Limbaugh, Feminism, Postmodernism, Laura Kipnis, Femininity, Politics News

"Femininity" is women's past, and "feminism" is our present. What I mean by this is not what you might think -- I'm not pitting family and children against career and culture, or wanting a push-up bra versus wearing no bra.

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A Call to Rewrite the Scripts in the Gender Drama

Warren J. Blumenfeld | Posted 05.09.2012

Read More: Bullying, Femininity, The Truman Show, Gender, Religion, Gender Roles, Judith Butler, Gender Identity, Gender Expression, Conservative Christianity, Gender Scripts, Masculinity, Rev. Sean Harris, Androgyny, Gay Voices News

While Rev. Harris describes "gender distinctions" as God-given, he betrays his own assertion by demanding that parents break their children early of any forms of gender transgression.

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The Secrets of Powerful Women

Monika Mitchell | Posted 05.01.2012

Do you see yourself as forceful, controlling and competitive? Or powerful, capable and driven? Words matter, beliefs matter. Take care what you say; it shapes the way you think.

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Game of Thrones and the Many Faces of the Goddess

Graham Milne | Posted 04.24.2012

Read More: Daenerys Targaryen, Game of Thrones Garden of Bones, Lord of Light, Davos Seaworth, Feminism, Magic, Women's Sexuality, Game of Thrones, Goddess, George R. R. Martin, Game of Thrones Season 2, Robb Stark, Game of Thrones Commentary, Littlefinger, Melisandre, Femininity, TV News

The infinite and mesmerizing complexity of the feminine was embodied by the incredible women of Game of Thrones in this past episode, "Garden of Bones."

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In Good Taste: Lee Miller in Fashion and Food

Elizabeth Nicholas | Posted 04.05.2012

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The dark undercurrent to this mastery of haute couture and cuisine is often a self-flagellating obsession with quality control. Underlying both disciplines is the illusion of control.

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The Gender Spectrum: A Detrimental Solution to the Binary Problem

Sandra Matsevilo | Posted 05.28.2012

Read More: Gender Spectrum, Gender Neutral Bathroom, Sex and Gender, Gender Equality, Gender Stereotypes, Whitman College, Gender Binary, Gender Relations, Gender Identity, Gender Neutrality, Gender Neutral Restroom, Masculinity, Gender Neutral Dorm, Femininity, College News

While the gender spectrum is a plausible stepping stone in better understanding gender, it is in no way a final solution to helping individuals find their identities.

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The Hunger Games' Hopeful Vision for the Future

Joan Williams | Posted 05.22.2012

Read More: Suzanne Collins, Gender Equality, Action Movies, Young Adult Books, Masculinity, Twilight, Femininity, The Hunger Games, Gender, J.K Rowling, Katniss Everdeen, Panem, Teen Fiction, Hunger Games Stars, Hunger Games Trilogy, Hunger Games Jennifer Lawrence, Peeta Mellark, Harry Potter, Katniss, The Hunger Games Opening Weekend, Jennifer Lawrence, Young Adult Fiction, Fantasy Movies, Science Fiction Movies, Gale Hawthorne, Entertainment News

There's not a whole lot about the world of The Hunger Games that I'd like to see carried into the future. But it's truly refreshing to see a world where gender isn't a restrictive category.

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Wise Words From Our Favorite Rookie

The Huffington Post | Priscilla Frank | Posted 05.11.2012

Read More: Women's History Month, Role Model, Cadaver, Rookie Magazine, Tavi Sings, The Style Rookie, Tavi Gevinson, Neil Young, Teenage Girls, Feminism, Femininity, Tavi Gevinson Style Rookie, Video, Style, Coming of Age, Fashion, Slidepollajax, Tavi Gevinson Interview, Arts News

Wunderkind Tavi Gevinson started a style blog when she was only 13. Through her electric granny-chic aesthetic and insightful voice on feminism and gr...

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That Poor Embattled Y Chromosome

Sherman Yellen | Posted 05.11.2012

Read More: Maureen Dowd, Chris Christie, Masculinity, Femininity, Gender Norms, Chris Christie William Brown, Gender Roles, Media News

In thinking about gender, I had hoped that the New York Times would deal with the recent Chris Christie attack on a law student. Christie is considered a "real man" -- a "regular guy" among his supporters, a future presidential contender.

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What's So Funny About A Guy In A Tutu?

Posted 02.01.2012

Read More: Trockadero, Dying Swan, Video, Ballerina, Trocks, Experimental Ballet, All-Male-Dance-Troupe, Men in Tutus, Dance, Les Ballets Trockadero De Monte Carlo, Drag, Femininity, Robert Carter, Arts News

Les Ballets Trockadero de Monte Carlo is a dance troupe of all male ballerinas (aka mallerinas) who poke fun at the stuffy traditions of ballet and ad...

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The Death of Pretty?

Katie Hawkes | Posted 03.17.2012

Read More: Women, Respect, Women's Issues, PAT ARCHBOLD, The Death or Pretty, Foul Language, Femininity, Crude Language, Women News

Just because a woman is capable and can keep up with the male gender doesn't mean she needs to be rough around the edges to "prove" it.

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Why We Need to Support Men

Marcia Reynolds | Posted 02.04.2012

Read More: Female Identity, The End of Men, Social Evolution, Male Identity, Raising Boys, Masculinity, Relationship Dynamics, Femininity, Social Identity, Women News

As the definition of "what it means to be a woman" changes, so does the definition of "what it means to be a man." The problem is the lack of support for this evolution.

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Womanhood is a Work in Progress

Erin Joy Henry | Posted 12.13.2011

Read More: Spiritual Evolution, Self Acceptance, Femininity, Girl Power, Womanhood, Women News

The feminine part of me laid dormant for so many years because it was a side I associated with weakness.

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Back To Home Ec?

Jamie Lee Curtis | Posted 12.11.2011

Read More: Motherhood, Home Economics, Feminism, Feminists, Femininity, Working Mothers, Fifty News

I would not have thought that the gentle pleasures of being a wife and the mother -- playing a word game with friends and creating a beautiful home -- would be today's pastime for many, many women.

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Masculine vs. Feminine: Are The Rules of Attraction Built Into Our Nature?

Holly Sidell | Posted 12.03.2011

Read More: Relationship Advice, Differences Between Men and Women, Relationships, Dating Advice, Dating, Dating Tips, David Deida, Relationship Tips, Femininity, The Spiritual Rules of Engagement, Women News

Attraction builds between men and women when there is polarity.

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Wake Me Up When September Ends: This Artweek.LA (September 5-11, 2011)

Bill Bush | Posted 11.07.2011

Read More: Photography, La Art, Adi Da Samraj, Kimberly Brooks, La Around Town, Kimberly Brooks Artist, Painting, Femininity, Digital Art, Tony Berlant, Arts News

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Praising "The Feminine" Is Discriminating

Marcia Reynolds | Posted 09.27.2011

Read More: Cultural Diversity, Women in Business, Women Leaders, Femininity, Women in Power, Feminine vs Masculine, Women News

I would like for us to stop assigning certain personality traits and approaches to the "feminine" or the "masculine" which creates an "us vs. them" mentality that helps no one.

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The Downsizing of Femininity

Dr. Peggy Drexler | Posted 09.26.2011

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As women are free to be more like men, what has happened to their ability to be women -- particularly in the sense of a term that suddenly feels like it's from another time: femininity?

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How Men And Women Can Be Wiser About Each Other

Deepak Chopra | Posted 11.17.2011

Read More: Gender Equality, Gender Differences, Gender Stereotypes, Relationships, Masculinity, Sex Differences, Femininity, Gender, Gender Roles, Healthy Living News

What I hear from women is that they yearn for men to join them in finding that kind of fulfillment, but, sad to say, I don't often hear the same thing from men, which means that there is a gender gap to be closed.

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Men: We Must Evolve Beyond Male Stereotypes

Deepak Chopra | Posted 11.17.2011

Read More: Gender Equality, Gender Differences, Masculinity, Relationships, Femininity, Gender Stereotypes, Gender Roles, Sex Differences, Gender, Healthy Living News

Social conditioning is hard to change, I know. Peer pressure is a dominant force in creating the sexual stereotypes we live with. To evolve beyond them takes one thing: self-awareness.

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What Is Femininity?

Marcia Reynolds | Posted 11.17.2011

Read More: Feminine Power, Femininity, Feminism, Women's Empowerment, Feminism Definition, Feminists, Feminist, Female Power, Healthy Living News

Is feminism about women rising up in power or a mindset both men and women can hold? Any man who stands for choice, equality and inclusion is using feminism to help save the world.

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Honoring the Divine Feminine: The CoSM Retreat

Jennifer La Lima-Ortmuller | Posted 11.17.2011

Read More: Chakras, Feminism, Femininity, Divinity, Spirituality, Freedom, Honor, Spiritual Retreat, Connecting With Nature, Healthy Living News

The speakers at CoSM were guides. They led the way as each of us tapped into our own creative, individual self.

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Painting Femininity

John Gascot | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Women, Art, Female, Inspiration, Gascot, Femininity, Women in Art, Women in Paintings, Arts News

I have no solid numbers to back this statement, but I would be willing to guess that the female form rivals the landscape and the still life as art's most popular subject.

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