Sisterhood

Femmes Fatales Fight It Out: Samantha Brick Disses French Women

Debra Ollivier | Posted 05.18.2012

Read More: French Women, Samantha Brick, Adultery, Valerie Trierweiler, Francois Hollande, Sisterhood, Infidelity, Love & Sex, Carla, Women News

French women have deep, enduring friendships with each other, but many do tend to identify as much with men -- sometimes more so -- as they do with women.

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How The Friendship In 'Girls' Mirrors Female Friendship In Nature

The New York Times | Posted 04.24.2012

Read More: Friendship, Girls, Judd Apatow, Circle of Friends, Female Friendship, Female Relationships, Sisterhood, Lena Dunham, Women News

When first we meet Hannah, the wondrously mopey mid-20s heroine of HBO's new hit series "Girls," she seems to have more strikes against her than a bow...

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Why Do Women Bully Other Women in the Workplace?

Barbara Greenberg | Posted 05.09.2012

Read More: Jealousy. Status, Competition, Women, Team Sports, Teasing, Middle school.high School, Cooperation, Envy, Workplace, Teweens, Sisterhood, Bullying, Teens, Insecurity, Discrimination, Self-Esteem, Feminism, Women News

I've seen it. I've experienced it and dear God I certainly hope that I haven't been guilty of it. Now, though, I feel validated in my observations and...

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Susan G. Komen: Shame on Me for Not Doing My Homework

Nancy Wurtzel | Posted 04.09.2012

Read More: Komen for the Cure, Shame, Supporting Cancer, Living With Cancer, Sisterhood, Planned Parenthood Abortion, Susan G. Komen, Cancer, Cancer Fundraising, Fundraising, Breast Cancer Awareness, Women News

Over time, Komen may find its footing and continue to prosper, or it will be permanently damaged by recent events. My feeling is that we've not heard the last of this issue, but time will tell.

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WATCH: An Interview With 2011 Nobel Prize Winner, Leymah Gbowee

Posted 12.07.2011

Read More: Women, Religion, Video, Nobel Prize, Sisterhood, Africa, Leymah Roberta Gbowee, Liberia, Nobel Peace Prize, Peace, Religion News

Leymah Roberta Gbowee was awarded the 2011 Nobel Peace Prize on Friday, Oct. 7. She is an African peace activist responsible for organizing a women's...

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Twins Suzanne And Suzette Malveaux: 'We Are Soulmates' (Video)

Posted 09.13.2011

Read More: Female Friends, Women Friends, Twins, Wendi Murdoch, Twin Sisters, Sisterhood, Female Frienship, Suzanne Malveaux, Snow Flower and the Secret Fan, #Snowflower, Suzanne and Suzette Malveaux, Suzette Malveaux, Video, Women News

This video is the fourth in HuffPost Women's four-part series on female friendship inspired by Wendi Murdoch and Florence Sloan's new film Snow Flower...

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Fly Away: A Movie and the Story of a Sisterhood Behind the Scenes

Beth Broderick | Posted 09.08.2011

Read More: Female Empowerment, Autism Awareness, Sisterhood Bond, Fly Away Autism, Women, Sisterhood, Fly Away Movie, Autism, Fly Away, Fly Away Film, Autism Activism, Impact News

There was another woman behind the scenes with us who is a part of the larger sisterhood and also my blood. Laura Broderick was our autism consultant, and she was a great asset to the film. She is also my greatest supporter, my biggest defender and my best friend.

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Underage Prostitution in New York City

Tasha Mitchell | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Law Enforcement, Shabazz Center, Very Young Girls, Pimps, Malcolm X Center, 81st Precinct, Sisterhood, Pimp, Gems, United Nile, Sexual Exploitation, Self Love, New York City, Underage Prostitution, Human Rights, New York News

Very Young Girls (2007) documents the lives of underage prostitutes, as young as 12, residing in NYC. Looking for a "daddy" or someone to "love" them, these very young callgirls turned to pimps.

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The Joys And Sorrows Of Sisterhood

Deborah Tannen | Posted 11.17.2011

Read More: Getting Along With Siblings, Relationship Advice, Family, Sibling Rivalry, Sisterhood, Healthy Living News

Sisters are sisters forever -- even if you see each other rarely or not at all. There are always reasons to express -- or suspect -- not only enduring love but also enduring resentment.

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The Secret Bond That Sisters Share

Deborah Tannen | Posted 11.17.2011

Read More: Birth Order, Sibling Rivalry, Children, Sisterhood, Sisters, Siblings, Childhood, Rivalry, Communication, Family, Healthy Living News

A sister is someone with whom you can laugh and be silly like when you were kids; who still sees in you the child you were; who shares your past and your memories of it.

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Who Will Take Care of Me?

Rose Winters | Posted 11.17.2011

Read More: Death of a Parent, Children, Sisterhood, Illness, Orphans, Death, Healthy Living News

There is a funny thing about life. With time and with experience, our perspectives change. What we once held on to so tightly, can hold little or no importance today.

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Singing Sisterhood

Elizabeth Gregory | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Marriage, Kanye West Taylor Swift, Taylor Swift, Sisterhood, You Belong With Me, Beyonce, Vma, Single Ladies, Entertainment News

Beyoncé doesn't just talk sisterhood, she sings it as well, using her platform to look hard at modern love.

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The Sister Thing Can Be So Cool

Carine Fabius | Posted 11.17.2011

Read More: Alzheimer's, Obama, Relationships, Sisterhood, Family, Sisters, Healthy Living News

I'm a sister and I can vouch for those ridiculous assumptions we often make about those closest to us.

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Getting Real: Women Reject A Post-Feminist Kumbaya

Peggy Klaus | Posted 11.17.2011

Read More: Women in the Workplace, Women Workers, Business Success, Mentors, Career Women, Workplace Discrimination, Female-Bullying, Bullying, Sisterhood, Women at Work, Women-Bullies, Bullies, Career Success, Healthy Living News

The frequency at which I hear this kind of war story from women across all professions, career levels, and ages suggested that the issue affects a lot of people.

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Sisterhood of the Spandex and One Degree of Separation

Donna Fish | Posted 11.17.2011

Read More: Spandex, Arianna Huffington, Aerobics Instructors, Body Design by Gilda, Sisterhood, Healthy Living News

I got a job teaching aerobics at a studio called Body Design by Gilda. Little did I know that I would be teaching some of the most famous actresses from movies, television and stage.

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Workplace Bullying: Are Women Their Own Worst Enemies?

Abby L. Ferber | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Women's Movement, Workplace, Mickey Meece, Gender Inequality, Sisterhood, Bullying in the Workplace, Bullying, New York Times, Bullies, Feminism, Harassment, Gender, Business News

Assumptions about gender end up distorting the reality of bullying in the workplace, all too often suggesting that women themselves are undermining feminism's goal of advancement for women.

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Circles of Friends

Dr. Irene S. Levine | Posted 11.17.2011

Read More: Trollope, Friend, Women, Numbers, Relationships, Best Friends, Books, The Wednesday Sisters, The Girls From Ames, Groups, Close Friends, Friday Nights, Twosomes, Friendships, Circle, Sisterhood, Females, Dyads, Breaking Living News, Zaslow, Clique, Clayton, Healthy Living News

Some women have the good fortune of having groups of friends who have a shared history -- based on where they were, where they lived, or what they did together.

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Cancer is a Bitch: An Interview with Author Gail Konop Baker

Dr. Irene S. Levine | Posted 11.17.2011

Read More: Living News, Friends, Books, Style News, Female Friendships, Friendship by the Book, Breast Cancer, Declutter, Running, Sisterhood, Midlife, Gail Konop Baker, Cancer Is a Bitch, Cancer, Ductal Carcinoma in Situ, Dcis, Dacapo, Health, Healthy Living News

Gail Konop Baker: "Receiving a cancer diagnosis is like being forced to walk through fire. It isn't something you choose. It isn't something you can conjure in your mind."

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The Professors' Wives' Club: An interview with Joanne Rendell

Dr. Irene S. Levine | Posted 11.17.2011

Read More: Joanne Rendell, Wives, Manhattan U, Living News, Relationships, The Wednesday Sisters, Work-Life Balance, Female Friendships, Friendship by the Book, Book Review, Novel, The Friday Night Knitting Club, The Professors? Wives? Club, University, Intergenerational Friendships, Infidelity, Homosexuality, Washington Square, Faculty, Sisterhood, Homeschooling, Friendship Circles, Nyu, Moms, New York University, Domestic Abuse, Healthy Living News

In this breakout first novel, Joanne Rendell creates powerful characters struggling to define their roles as women and an engaging plot that keeps you glued until the end.

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