Women Writers

My Tribute to My Grandfather Is My Writing, Which Was His Gift to Me

Patrice Bendig | Posted 05.08.2012

Read More: Inspiration, Reflection, Grandchildren, Women Writers, Grandparents, Grandfathers, Love, Death, Remembrance, Women News

Instead of stressing about last minute present preparation like I do for most loved ones birthdays, I'm reflecting on my grandfather's life and his continuous influence on it.

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Yes We Cannes?

Joanna Rothkopf | Posted 04.28.2012

Read More: Female Directors, Cannes Film Festival Women, Girls Hbo, Female Writers, Kristin Wiig, Female Comedians, Women Writers, Cannes, Women Comedians, Cannes Film Festival, Bridesmaids, Women Directors, Lena Dunham, Entertainment News

In just a few weeks, 22 worthy directors of many shapes and sizes will descend upon the beach town to bask in le soleil and the glory of their artistic achievements at the Cannes film festival. Not one film by a woman was nominated.

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Funniest Lady Writers In Entertainment

Refinery29.com | Posted 04.24.2012

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In 2012, there is no relevant conversation about whether or not women are funny. From our vantage point, Tina Fey and Amy Poehler hold down the two mo...

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Androgynous Pen Names

A.J. Walkley | Posted 04.10.2012

Read More: Women, Female Authors, Writers, Women Writers, Pen Names, Writing, Books, Novels, Novelists, Nom De Plume, Pseudonyms, Books News

Women writers have used initials and male pen names for centuries to cover up their gender, knowing that for some readers (namely male), simply seeing a female's name on the cover of a book would dissuade them.

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Book Review: Girl Walks Into a Bar or What Happened to Rachel Dratch?

Sheila Moeschen | Posted 04.04.2012

Read More: Book Reviews, Comedienne, Rachel Dratch, Women Writers, Memoirs, Girl Walks Into a Bar, Women in Comedy, Rachel Dratch Girl Walks Into a Bar, Rachel Dratch Book, Books News

What ultimately makes Girl Walks Into a Bar pertinent is Dratch's willingness to dwell in and accept messy ambiguity. Dratch is every woman.

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Seeing Past the Burqa on International Women's Day

Stacy Parker Le Melle | Posted 05.08.2012

Read More: Burqa, Women Writers, Afghan Women, International Women's Day, Afghanistan, Afghan Women's Writing Project, Impact News

On International Women's Day, please take a few moments to not just look beyond the burqa, but also to look into the hearts and minds of these special women.

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On Sex and Writing (Not That Kind of Sex)

Jane Espenson | Posted 05.06.2012

Read More: Women Writers, TV Writers, Women Tv Writers, TV Writing Tips, Tv Screenplays, Women Authors, Writing Tv Shows, TV News

There are a lot of reasons why a particular writer might not get hired to work on a staff: lack of talent, inability to write to specifications, combativeness, slowness, and offensive hygiene. In no rational world does the sex of the writer deserve to be on that list.

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Sisterly Love: The Rise of the Black Girl Crush

Marjon Rebecca Carlos | Posted 04.09.2012

Read More: Black Women, Black Unemployment, Working Women, Les Tulieries, Girl Crush, Post Racial America, Black Female Journalists, Women Writers, Solange Knowles Style, Black Girl Crush, Style-Journalism, Michelle Obama, Writers' Strike, Hair & Beauty, Hair-Beauty-Beauty, Black Voices News

While Black female creative professionals try to gain footing in the wake of such staggering facts, it is no wonder then that the rise of the Black girl crush has emerged. In fact, it has crested in my own life, as I have been working freelance since May 2011.

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'Teenage Daughter': Worst Comedy of 2011?

HuffingtonPost.com | Maureen Ryan | Posted 12.14.2011

Read More: I Hate My Teenage Daughter, TV Canada, Fox Comedy, TV Comedy, Women Writers, Jaime Pressly, Maureen Ryan, Fall TV, TV News

A lot has been written this fall about female-centric comedy. A number of new sitcoms have been created or co-created by women and the fall's biggest ...

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Why Ignoring Female Authors Matters

Meg Waite Clayton | Posted 01.26.2012

Read More: New York Times, Books, Writing, Women Writers, Books We Love, Female Authors, New York TImes Notable Books, Geena Davis, For-Which-She-Won-a-Pulitzer-Prize-for-Fiction, National Book Awards, Women News

Could it be that women just don't write as well as men? And yet the winner of latest Pulitzer Prize for fiction is notably female, as were three of the four winners of this year's National Book Awards.

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7 Types Of Women You'll Never Meet Off-Screen

The New Yorker | Posted 11.26.2011

Read More: Women Television Writers, Women Writers, Women in Movies, Romantic Comedies, Portrayal of Women in Movies, Mindy-Kaling-the-Office, Mindy Kaling, Women News

A few years ago, I sat down for a meeting with some executives at a movie studio that I will call Thinkscope Visioncloud. Thinkscope Visioncloud had p...

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Have You Read These Prize-Winning Female Authors?

The Huffington Post | Zoe Triska | Posted 11.22.2011

Read More: Female Writer, Rona Jaffe Foundation, Female Authors, Rona Jaffe Foundation Writers' Awards, Women Writers, Women Authors, Books We Love, Books News

For upcoming female writers, the Rona Jaffe Foundation is a bit like the Nobel Prize Committee. Each year, they give out six awards to female writers ...

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Top Books About Booze By Female Authors

Gina Barreca | Posted 11.13.2011

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There's always been a rich history of women who like to raise a glass. Even though the most famous books about alcohol have been written by men-Under ...

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Why Is Television Losing Women Writers? Veteran Producers Weigh In

Aol TV | Posted 11.08.2011

Read More: Women Television Producers, Television Writers, Television, Women Tv-Writers, Women Television Writers, Tv-Writers, Women Writers, Television Shows, Women News

As the fall TV season approaches, it's worth taking a closer look at the people who have created and written the scripted fare you'll see. In the 2...

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Loving Jane Austen

Lev Raphael | Posted 10.31.2011

Read More: Jane Austen Novels, Writers, Importance of Reading, English Novels, Classic Novels, Romance, Jane Austen, Novels, Women Writers, Jane Austen Fans, Reading, Books We Love, Books News

Jane Austen is so popular these days she's probably been a write-in candidate in more than one election. Who knows, she might even have won some of them. I'd vote for her.

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A Woman's Tale Of Survival In The Surf Of Death And Taxes

Jamie Stiehm | Posted 09.26.2011

Read More: Howard Joynt, Nathans', Bob Woodward, Virginia Woolf, Georgetown, Memoirs, Jane Austen, Carol Joynt, Walter Cronkite, Keith Hernandez, Women Writers, Women's Memoirs, Washington Elite, Charlie Rose, John Donvan, Books We Love, Media News

First-time author Carol Ross Joynt's book, Innocent Spouse, is a contribution to strengthening sisterhood through the written word. A memoir like this speaks directly to you, Reader, in a more vivid voice than a novel.

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She Got It Right: Francine Prose On Why Women Writers Aren't Taken Seriously

Harper's | Posted 08.12.2011

Read More: Look Down on Women Writers, Books-by-Women, Scent of a Woman's Ink, Harper's, Female Writers, Women Writers Inferior, Francine Prose, V.S. Naipaul, Women Writers, Women News

I’m still asked surprisingly often about “Scent of a Woman’s Ink,” which Harper’s Magazine published more than a decade ago — an essay in ...

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VS Naipaul Thinks No Woman Is His Literary Match Not Even Jane Austen

The Guardian | Amy Fallon | Posted 08.02.2011

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VS Naipaul, no stranger to literary spats and rows, has done it again. This time, the winner of the Nobel prize for literature has lashed out at femal...

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250 Books By Women All Men Should Read

Joyland | Posted 08.01.2011

Read More: Women Writers, Books by Women, Flannery O'Connor, Women's Books, Women's Fiction, Books News

Esquire reposted a slide show of 75 books all men should read. The books are mostly fantastic and the headline phrasing didn't much bug us. After all,...

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When Writing Becomes Real

Lisa Yee | Posted 09.26.2011

Read More: Women Writers, Mary Calhoun, Katie John Books, Books We Love, Books News

My parents were teachers, so we didn't have a lot of money. However, I had something better. I had a library card. There were three books that I checked out over and over again.

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Gertrude Bell

Jacqueline Winspear | Posted 05.27.2011

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I've always been inspired by a certain caliber of woman born in the late 1800's, who then went on to blaze a trail in the early decades of the 20th century, breaking ground for a later generation who claimed "women's liberation" as their mantra.

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Voices Carry

Alice Hoffman | Posted 09.26.2011

Read More: Women, Holocaust, Women Writers, Women Heroes, Anne Frank, Books We Love, Books News

For a young Jewish girl who wanted to write, Anne Frank was the only voice that spoke directly to me both as a reader and as a person. She was not an icon to me, but an example, and my feelings about writing echoed hers.

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Hillary Rodham Clinton: That "R" Is for "Resilient"

Lauren Lise Baratz-Logsted | Posted 05.25.2011

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If Hillary Clinton weren't already Secretary of State, she'd probably make one heck of a novelist. She's certainly got the spine for it.

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Byline Gender Gap: Why Women's Voices Are Underrepresented... And How We Can Change That

The Poynter Institute | Mallary Jean Tenore | Posted 11.17.2011

Read More: Writing Gender Gap, Writers Gender Gap, Publishing Gender Gap, Female Writers, Gender Gap Byline, Women Journalists, Gender Gap Writers, Women Writers, Female Journalists, Men Women Writers, Byline Gender Gap, Male Female Writers, Women's Empowerment, Healthy Living News

By Mallary Jean Tenore The Poynter Institute Women have made the case for years that there aren't enough female voices in the opinion pages. The root...

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Scribd Editor's Pick: Eat Pray Drive by Helen Winslow Black

Tammy H. Nam | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Authors, Scribd, Independent Writers, Memoirs, Women Writers, Essays, Eat Pray Drive, Scribd Editor's Pick, Helen Winslow Black, Video, Books News

I'm surprised Black hasn't been picked up by a major publisher already, not just because she's an incredibly talented writer, which she is, but because her stories are so universally appealing and... well... human.

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