Women

Confessions of a 'Cat Woman,' or at Least One Arabian Mau

Rym Tina Ghazal | Posted 04.09.2012

Read More: Arab World, Women, Marriage, Cats, Men, Turtles, Spiders, Singles, Animals, Love, Dogs, Culture, Family, Culture News
Rym Tina Ghazal

Perhaps I am overreacting, but I don't understand why people give single women with cats that "oh, poor you" look, yet when they come across single men with pets -- whether they have cats, dogs, turtles, whatever -- they say: "How cute; he is so caring and sensitive."

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Women, Violence and Meditation: Transcending Traumatic Stress

Jeanne Ball | Posted 04.09.2012

Read More: Operation Warrior Wellness, Stress, Women, Violence Against Women, Brain, Children of the Night, Soledad O'Brien, Mindfulness, David Lynch, Meditation, Transcendental Meditation, Ptsd, The David Lynch Foundation, Post Traumatic Stress Disorder, Women News
Jeanne Ball

Deep within us is the silent, transcendental field of our awareness, which remains untouched by life's negative impressions.

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Wanted: Professional Soulmate

Dr Layla McCay | Posted 04.09.2012

Read More: Women, Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, Tedx, Africa, Public Health, Partnerships, Innovation, Ben and Jerry's, Development, Entrepreneur, Tedxchange, 'No Controversy' Campaign, Business News
Dr Layla McCay

It turns out that while I was spending my formative years coming up with brilliant ideas to change the world, I should actually have been screening my fellow students for their potential as my future business partners.

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Andrea Stone

Blight At The Museum: Why Washington Still Has No Women's History Museum

HuffingtonPost.com | Andrea Stone | Posted 04.13.2012

Read More: Women, Joan Bradley Wages, Video, Meryl Streep, Museums, Women's History, Nonprofits, Slideshow, Ann Stone, National Women's History Museum, Slidepollajax, Women's Museums, Ann e.w. Stone, Dc Museums, Politics News

WASHINGTON -- Sixteen years ago, a small band of women working on Capitol Hill launched a campaign to "Free the Sisters of the Crypt" and raised $85,0...

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It's Not Abortion Politics, It's Breadwinning Politics

Morra Aarons-Mele | Posted 04.06.2012

Read More: Elections 2012, Reince Priebus, Women, Rnc, Abortion, Reince Priebus Caterpillars, Women's Vote, Contraception, Politics News
Morra Aarons-Mele

I am not sure the Obama campaign understands fully that many women care more about their access to wages than their access to abortions, but Obama does understand the two issues are inextricably linked. And it's showing in his polling with all women.

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Amanda Terkel

Scott Walker Quietly Repeals Wisconsin Equal Pay Law

HuffingtonPost.com | Amanda Terkel | Posted 04.06.2012

Read More: Women's Rights, Women, Video, Wisconsin Equal Pay, Scott Walker, Scott Walker Equal Pay, Wisconsin Pay Equity, Scott Walker Wisconsin, Equal Pay, Politics News

WASHINGTON -- A Wisconsin law that made it easier for victims of wage discrimination to have their day in court was repealed on Thursday, after Wiscon...

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How Parenthood Affects Friendships Over Time

Suzanne Braun Levine | Posted 05.23.2012

Read More: Women, Women Friends, Children, Motherhood, Parenting, Jennifer Westfeldt, Jon Hamm, Friends With Kids, Baby Boomers, Parenting post50, Fifty News
Suzanne Braun Levine

I finally understood why a father-friend of ours was so outraged when, in our childless phase, my husband said he was getting interested in "having the experience" of parenting. As if that even began to describe it.

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Don't Think of a Baby! Reframing the Birth Control Debate

Vicky Kuperman | Posted 04.06.2012

Read More: Women, Women's Rights, Politics, War on Women, Rush Limbaugh, Women's Health, Health, Elections 2012, Birth Control, Feminism, Marlo Thomas, Politics News
Vicky Kuperman

At the end of the day, liberals can still tune into The Daily Show, and wonder why nobody has yet to put Rick Santorum in a straitjacket. But during the day, they need to play the frame-game. What's in a name? Everything.

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Jeffrey Young

Ann Romney Wouldn't Find Free-Market Health Care Without Mitt Romney's Millions

HuffingtonPost.com | Jeffrey Young | Posted 04.06.2012

Read More: Women, Video, Obamacare, Health Care Reform, Mitt Romney, Regulation, Breast Cancer, Health Insurance, Cancer, Massachusetts, Romneycare, Health Care, Money News

If Ann Romney weren't wealthy, she might have even more in common with Kelly Gaeckle. Both women suffer from multiple sclerosis, a chronic neurolog...

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No Experience? Think Again! Confessions of a Female Entrepreneur: Street Cred

Michele Colucci | Posted 04.05.2012

Read More: Resume Advice, Social Startups, Green Jobs, Empowerment, Building a Business, Life Lessons, Jobs, Joblessness, Cbs, Resume Building, Experiences, Female Entrepreneurs, Women's Empowerment, Women CEOs, Ceos, Qualifications, New Business, Women, Starting a Business, New Jobs, Resume Tips, Self-Empowerment, Womens Empowerment, Resume, Female CEOs, Job Market, Obama Jobs, Amy Levin-Epstein, Womens Issues, Startups, Ceo, Female Empowerment, Resumes, Entrepreneurship, Job Creation, Job Search, Women News
Michele Colucci

We women spend a lot of time working for our family, for our friends and for our passions. We need to take ownership of our successes, experiences, and accomplishments in our "other" jobs.

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Theater's Audiences Are Mostly Female: Why Not the Roles?

Lauren Gunderson | Posted 04.05.2012

Read More: Women, Theatre, Broadway, Theater, Playwrighting, Regional Theater, Arts News
Lauren Gunderson

Theater should be in the complex and necessary business of illuminating the human condition, of inspiring empathy and community. You know what helps that? Telling everyone's stories.

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Ageless Beauty

Karen Cummings-Palmer | Posted 04.05.2012

Read More: Women, Beauty, Anti-Ageing, Ageing, Health, Women and Aging, Aging Gracefully, Aging Well, Women News
Karen Cummings-Palmer

Another year is another opportunity to step or dance toward a better version of yourself and those little marks of humanity -- that's humility. I call it Ageless Beauty and that's worth fighting for.

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The Daily Mail Woman

Anna Blundy | Posted 04.05.2012

Read More: Women, Mean Girls, Pippa Middleton, Video, Samantha Brick, Daily Mail, Women and Beauty, Insecurity, Women in the News, Baby Weight, Beauty, Jealousy, Women News
Anna Blundy

A former employee told me that to get a feature into the Daily Mail you have to assure the editors that the female subject is photogenic.

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Surgery Bias Based on Gender? It Could be True!

Dr. Mary I. O'Connor | Posted 04.05.2012

Read More: Women, Gender Bias, Total Knee Replacement Surgery, Surgery, Women's Health, Osteoarthritis, Arthritis, Personal Health, Medical Care, Health Care, Healthy Living News
Dr. Mary I. O'Connor

Physicians need to increase their awareness of the biases that may be influencing their recommendations to patients, especially those who are female or from a different racial or ethnic background.

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Why I Love Being Single

Lauren Jacobs | Posted 04.04.2012

Read More: Single Life, Women, Dating Advice, NY Culture, Women and Happiness, Living Alone, Single Woman, Why I Love Being Single, Women News
Lauren Jacobs

For some reason -- perhaps the impending marriages of three of my close friends -- I feel the desire, and even the need, to say this: I am truly happy as a single person.

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Turning Wheelchairs Into Hot-Rods

Lori Sokol | Posted 04.05.2012

Read More: Family Caregivers, Disabled, Women, Caregiving, Loreen Arbus, Social Responsibility, Loreen-Arbus, People-With-Disabilities, Philanthropy, Cerebral-Palsy, Philanthropists, Disabilities, Cerebral Palsy, United-Cerebral-Palsy, Disability, Caregiver Support, Home Caregiver, United Cerebral Palsy, Impact News
Lori Sokol

Loreen Arbus has made it her mission to honor the work of the caregiver, 'the unsung heroines," whose kindness comes in all manners of form to help transform lives, yet who are still so severely unappreciated.

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Why Women Know They Can Count on Obama

BJ Gallagher | Posted 04.04.2012

Read More: Strong Women, Girls, Women's Rights, Women, Michelle Obama, Dr. Pat Allen, Women's Health, Reproductive Rights, Middle Class, Marian Robinson, Hillary Clinton, Obama, Planned Parenthood, Malia and Sasha Obama, Politics News
BJ Gallagher

These are but a handful of reasons why Obama is the right man for the job of president. Obama takes good care of his women, his children, and his animals. He is a man of character -- he is a real mensch. Women can trust him... and men can trust him, too.

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Hollywood's Female Trouble: Part 1, The Writers

Xaque Gruber | Posted 04.03.2012

Read More: Women, Television, Women's Issues, Hot in Cleveland, 50 Shades of Grey, Sexism, Kristin Wiig, Shonda Rhimes, Grey's Anatomy, Mad Men, The Killing, Tina Fey, Film, Writers Guild of America, Video, Entertainment News
Xaque Gruber

A female friend recently said to me, "Sexism in the entertainment industry is so prevalent that most people are blind to it, and barely notice it anymore." This friend has been a Hollywood insider for decades, and Emmy nominated for her writing -- twice.

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Men and Their Demons

Ken Solin | Posted 04.03.2012

Read More: Women, Men, Emotion, Relationships, Battling Demons, Inner Demons, Act Like a Man, Men's Emotional Health, Men's Health, Men's Groups, Ken Solin, Fifty News
Ken Solin

Strength of character is developed through facing adversity -- not avoiding it.

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Take Your Menopause to Work Day

Ellen Dolgen | Posted 04.26.2012

Read More: Hot Flashes, Women, Depression, Aging, Employees, Absenteeism, Economy, Perimenopause, Menopause, Presenteeism, Workplace, Work, Health, Insomnia, Menopause Symptoms, Book on Menopause, Health Care, Productivity, Fifty News
Ellen Dolgen

Without a daycare program where women can leave their hot flashes and discomfort, the best step companies can take is to educate their employees and employers.

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Recruiting and Supporting Women and Girls in Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM) Careers

Wendy Pollack | Posted 04.03.2012

Read More: Women, Math and Science Education, STEM Education, Science Education, Stem, Illinois, Chicago, Gender Parity, Women in Engineering, Women in Science, Illinois Pathways Initiative, Chicago News
Wendy Pollack

Gender bias in STEM fields inhibits many talented women and girls from entering STEM careers, which keeps the U.S. from remaining economically competitive in the world.

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Women and Girls of California Need a Voice. Governor Brown, Are You Listening?

Lindy DeKoven | Posted 04.03.2012

Read More: Women's Rights, Women, California Commission on the Status of Women, California, Women's Issues, Los Angeles News
Lindy DeKoven

Who is going to be the dedicated advocate for the women and girls in California if the Women's Commission is eliminated under Governor Brown? No one.

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A Sisterhood of Inner Beauty

Carre Otis | Posted 04.03.2012

Read More: Yoga, Women, Self-Esteem, Beauty Disrupted, Self Image, Health, Beauty, Confidence, Carre Otis, True Inner Beauty, Aging Gracefully, Health and Beauty, Inner Outer Beauty, Inner Beauty, Women's Health, The Inner Beauty, Healthy Living News
Carre Otis

For me, having two young daughters has not only expanded my access to joy and deepened my sense of gratitude, but it has heightened my concern for the dangerously subversive messages they've already started to receive.

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When You Can't Remember Where You Hid Stuff

Linda Durnell | Posted 06.02.2012

Read More: Role Models, Friendship, Women, Friends, Menopause, Girlfriends, Aging Gracefully, Aging, 50s, Aging Naturally, Fifty News
Linda Durnell

However we choose to live our lives in our 50s, whether through true grit, humor or acceptance, it seems to me that it is a personal lifestyle choice.

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They Said WHAT to You?

Linda Durnell | Posted 06.02.2012

Read More: Women's Empowerment, Women's Rights, Women, Psychology, Verbal Abuse, Self-Esteem, Self-Help, Authentic Abuse, Bullying, Women News
Linda Durnell

I was seventeen when a man came up to me and said, "You know, you would be attractive if your nose would stop growing." A comment he would likely not recall making today, yet they stung me.

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