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Michelle Pfeiffer Talks Trust, Vulnerability And Her Empty Nest

Liz Smith | Posted 05.16.2012

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Pfeiffer is celebrating the 19th anniversary of her marriage to producer David E.Kelly, and beginning to suffer empty-nest syndrome as her children go off to college.

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What Does Take Your Child To Work Day Mean In 2012?

Lisa Belkin | Posted 04.27.2012

Read More: Children, Work, Take Your Child to Work Day, Parentry, Kids-at-Work, Take Your Daugther to Work, Motherhood, Careers, Fatherhood, Parenting, Take Your Son or Daughter to Work Day, What Is Take Your Child to Work Day?, Lisa Belkin, Ms Magazine, Home News

Looking back at where TYCTWD began, and what it's been through, that feels like its right and logical next incarnation -- a day to point our kids toward who they will be in the future, yes. But also to stop for a moment and ground them in the particulars of who their parents are right now.

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Who's Afraid Of Female Priests?

Rev. Malcolm Boyd | Posted 04.09.2012

Read More: Gender and Religion, Episcopal Church, Ms. Magazine, Christianity, Women's Rights, Female Priests, Female Clergy, Religion News

Christian baptism means complete, not partial, church membership. Any kind of churchly caste system is on the shakiest theological grounds. A baptized Christian is equal to any other baptized Christian as a member of the Body of Christ.

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What Do You Get When You Cross Gloria Steinem with a Call for Aspirin Between the Knees?

Joyce McFadden | Posted 04.02.2012

Read More: Ms. Magazine, Feminism, The New Yorker, The Paley Center for Media, Gloria Steinem, Kathy Najimy, Equal Rights, Mothers and Daughters, Women and Girls, The New York Times, Feminist.com, Carol Gilligan, Jeffrey Toobin, Pat Mitchell, Women News

I wondered what must it be like to have devoted your entire adult life to a cause continually under fire. And I wondered how she remains optimistic in spite of recent challenges to her life's work.

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How I Made Peace with the Other 'F' Word

Shasta Nelson, M.Div. | Posted 04.08.2012

Read More: Friendship, Equality, Miss Representation, Feminist, Katie Couric, Women in Politics, Gloria Steinem, Ms Magazine, Inherent Worthdirty Word, Women in Hollywood, Female Statistics, A Band of Wives, Feminism, Girlfriendcircles, Women News

I'd heard women start sentences with "I'm not a feminist, but ...," modeling for me that we wanted to distance ourselves from some scary picture of women burning bras and hating men.

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Ms. Magazine Celebrates 40 Years With Gloria Steinem and Kathy Spillar

Christine Bronstein | Posted 04.07.2012

Read More: Ms. Magazine, Gina Bianchini, Julie Chaiken, Dana King, Zem Joaquin, Slidepollajax, Gloria Steinem, Shasta Nelson, Deborah Santana, Kathy Spillar, Gina Pell, Media News

Women of all generations came out to celebrate and raise money for Ms. Magazine at Spruce restaurant in San Francisco. Photos by Margot Duane. ...

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Introducing Ms. Gloria Steinem

Christine Bronstein | Posted 04.01.2012

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What is the cost to society when half of the nation's best minds and best ideas -- women's minds and women's ideas -- are left out?

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What We Left Behind: Girdles, Silence and Illegal Abortion

Suzanne Braun Levine | Posted 03.15.2012

Read More: Abortion, Ms. Magazine, Women's Empowerment, Equal Pay, Women's Rights, Women, Caregiving, Title IX, Women's Health, Fifty News

When I went to work at Ms. in 1972, I wore a matching pink skirt and blouse -- and a girdle. I had just gotten married and was, therefore, not able to get a bank loan without my husband's approval. And I had had an illegal abortion.

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What The New Definition Of Rape Means For Women -- And Men

Stephanie Hallett | Posted 03.07.2012

Read More: White House, Ms. Magazine, FBI Changes Definition of Rape, Rape, Robert Mueller, F.B.I, Eric Holder, Department of Justice, Definition of Rape, Fbi, Women News

I dialed into a call with representatives from the FBI, the White House and the Department of Justice to hear them announce the FBI will officially change its 83-year-old definition of rape.

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The Evolution Of The Housewife

Aol Jobs | Posted 11.14.2011

Read More: Ms. Magazine, Housewife, Housewives, Stay at Home Mothers, Jane O'reilly, 1970s Housewife, Aol Jobs, Women News

"We are all housewives. We would prefer to be persons." Jane O'Reilly, in the 1971 premier issue of Ms. magazine. Two-thirds of stay-at-home mother...

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'Women, War & Peace' Is a Wake-Up Call to Action

Deborah Stambler | Posted 01.07.2012

Read More: Ms. Magazine, Gini Reticker, War Redefined, Leymah Gbowee, Women, UN Resolution 1325, Pbs, Pamela Hogan, War & Peace, Abby Disney, Afghan Women, Women News

What will women's roles in the peace process be as we move forward? Have we learned from the women of Liberia, Bosnia, Colombia and Afghanistan?

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'Ms.' Anniversary: Founders Recount Launch Of Pioneering Feminist Magazine

New York Magazine | Abigail Pogrebin | Posted 12.31.2011

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In the years leading up to the birth of Ms., women had trouble getting a credit card without a man's signature, had few legal rights when it came to d...

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Gloria: In Her Own Words -- A Life in Activism

Marcia G. Yerman | Posted 10.15.2011

Read More: Abortion, Ms. Magazine, Bella Abzug, Gloria: In Her Own Words, Flo Kennedy, Feminist, Gloria Steinem, Impact, Peter Kunhardt, Documentary Film, Feminism, The National Women's Conference, Beck Social Justice, Equal Rights Amendment, Hbo, Betty Friedan, Activism, Dorothy Pitman Hughes, Era, Women's Liberation Movement, Sexual Harassment, Sheila Nevins, Second Wave Feminism, The Feminine Mystique, Impact News

Why did Gloria Steinem evolve into a symbol of so much to so many? It's impossible to know. She became a vessel through which some women discovered themselves, their potential, and the strength to advocate for their own truths.

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Lisa Bloom's Think

Susan Braudy | Posted 09.26.2011

Read More: Women's Empowerment, Ms. Magazine, Women, Women's Rights, Lisa-Bloom, Feminism, Gloria Allred, Sexual Harassment, Book Reviews, Think, Equal Pay, Books We Love, Books News

Lisa Bloom is smart. Lisa Bloom is gorgeous. This mother of two exhorts all us women to ignore signals from our culture that there can be a bigger payoff for being sexy than brainy.

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Weekly Pulse: 911 Is a Joke (Because It's Broke)

The Media Consortium | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Truth in Advertising, Abortion, Destitute, Vegetarian, In Defense of Food, New York City, Budget, Cpc, Parke Wilde, 9/11, Medicaid, Omnivore's Dilemma, Noelle Williams, Choice, Usda, Telephone, Marion Nestle, Wisconsin, Tax, Michael Pollan, Blog, Food Politics, Ms Magazine, Food, Working in These Times, Walker, Communications, Bury, Grist, Crisis Pregnancy Center, Ems, Home News

By Lindsay Beyerstein, Media Consortium blogger As the Great Blizzard of 2010 blanketed New York City, most residents were blissfully unaware that th...

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Kansas Abortion Doctor Targeted by Extremists -- Sound Familiar?

Katherine Spillar | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Abortion Rights, Scott Roeder, Ms. Magazine, Mila Means, George Tiller, George Tiller Murder, Leroy Carhart, Video, Politics News

In Kansas an escalating campaign of threats, harassment and terror is targeting Dr. Mila Means, who recently announced her plans to provide abortions in Wichita.

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Remember Roe v. Wade -- and Stop the Violence

Katherine Spillar | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Roe v. Wade, Abortion, Blog for Choice Day, Abortion Violence, Ms. Magazine, Dr. Carhart, Abortion Rights, Dr. Tiller, Anti-Abortion, Feminist Majority Foundation, Blog for Choice, Politics News

We who support a woman's right to an abortion can't stand by idly when violence compromises that right. Here's what we have to do.

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What's Ms. Magazine's Problem With Time And Newsweek?

Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Ms. Magazine, Nancy Pelosi Ms. Magazine, Newsweek, Time Magazine, Nancy Pelosi, Magazine Covers, Ms. Magazine Time Newsweek, Magazines, Media News

Ms. magazine is hitting back at Time and Newsweek for putting John Boehner on their covers after he became the presumptive Speaker of the House in the...

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Weekly Pulse: Bloomberg Shaking up Soda Pop with Politics

The Media Consortium | Posted 05.25.2011

by Lindsay Beyerstein, Media Consortium blogger New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg is asking the USDA to approve a pilot program that would preve...

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Weekly Pulse: The Coming War on Health Reform, Government Cheese, and how CPCs Incubate Anti-Choice Violence

The Media Consortium | Posted 05.25.2011

by Lindsay Beyerstein, Media Consortium blogger Republicans don't have the votes to repeal health care reform, but they are determined to use their ...

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Weekly Pulse: Sharron Angle Mocks Insurance for Autism; The Fight to Save Food Stamps

The Media Consortium | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Ms. Blog, The American Prospect, Food Stamps, Tpm, Sharron Angle, Food Stamp Benefits, The Progressive, Care2, E!, The Swan, Ectopic Pregnancy, School Lunch, Tapped, Reality TV, Nevada, Harry Reid, Plastic Surgery, Bridalplasty, Mother Jones, Body Dysmorphic Disorder, Health Insurance, Ms Magazine, Talking Points Memo, Autism, Health Care, Senate, The Washington Independent, Politics News

by Lindsay Beyerstein, Media Consortium blogger The woman gunning for Sen. Harry Reid's (D-NV) job doesn't believe that autism exists. Yes, you hea...

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Women Dominate... Almost!

Juliette Fretté | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Ms. Magazine, Equality, Women, Social Justice, Feminist, Income Inequality, Economy, Third Wave Feminism, Feminism, Social-Change, Social Activism, Business News

There are of course countless ways to further our goals as we become a more productive, egalitarian society, but ultimately, 'we the people' are the ones that have the power to demand institutional reform.

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Weekly Diaspora: Has Obama Failed the Immigration Reform Movement?

The Media Consortium | Posted 05.25.2011

by Catherine Traywick, Media Consortium blogger After signing a controversial $600 million border security bill last week, President Barack Obama is d...

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Learn To Say 'No'

Ellen Snortland | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Ms. Magazine, National Women's History Project, Fifty-Fifty Leadership, Women's Rights, Women's Suffrage, IMPACT Personal Safety, Gandhi, Pauline Field, Seneca Falls, Impact News

"A man of quality is not threatened by a woman for equality." That's a familiar bumper sticker slogan for some of us. Men are crucial to any social...

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Covering for the Neglect of Afghanistan's Women: A Response to Ms. Magazine's Rafia Zakaria

Derrick Crowe | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Women's Rights, Women, Political Equality, Ms. Magazine, Rethink Afghanistan, Afghanistan, Rafia Zakaria, Left, Brave New Foundation, World News

Over on Ms. Magazine's blog, Rafia Zakaria takes issue with my response to Time Magazine's pro-war, propaganda cover art. Zakaria and I agree on the...

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