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Ack, My Friend Dumped Me

Karen Bergreen | Posted 04.25.2012

Karen Bergreen

I don't exactly know what to take from this story. Maybe it's how vulnerable we all are to those we love, how a break-up doesn't have to be with a lover to knock the bejeezus out of you.

Beltway Influencers Still Mad Men

The Huffington Post | Catherine New | Posted 03.29.2012

If the worst-kept secret on Capitol Hill is that top lobbying groups actually control the show, then the best-kept secret is that the whizzes behind t...

'The Richer Sex': Women Are Bringing Home The Bread

The Huffington Post | Catherine New | Posted 03.21.2012

Forget equality for women, the fairer sex is on pace to outrun men when it comes to making money. In remarkable shift from even a decade ago, the m...

The Battle Over the Thermostat or the Winter of My Big Hot Flash

Nancy Wurtzel | Posted 04.29.2012

Nancy Wurtzel

I've taken to signing my emails and other correspondence "Warmly, Nancy." Sadly, it's all too true. Even though it is cold outside, I am warm much of the time. Hot, actually.

PHOTOS: Artists And Their Mentors Show Together At 'The Influentials'

Posted 10.26.2011

"The Influentials" exhibition features the work of some of the School of Visual Arts' most distinguished female alumni. Everything from photography to...

Grotesque Perfection: The Photography Of Petrina Hicks (PHOTOS, VIDEO)

Anne B. Kelly | Posted 04.13.2012

Anne B. Kelly

A fleshy tongue licks a supernatural, waxy pink flower in slow motion. Upon second notice, teenage girls clustered together invoke Caravaggio's penetr...

I Just Need to Check My Female

James Napoli | Posted 08.02.2011

James Napoli

I've been male my entire life, and there are things you get used to. Like knowing that your nipples just aren't that exciting to anybody. Or the fact that you project your male identity onto anything that doesn't already have a gender. Like words.

Female Anatomy 101 with Health Expert Dr. Oz!

Posted 08.09.2011

Think you know everything there is to know about a woman's body? You may be surprised. Here's a rundown of female body parts and how they work, fro...

Secretly Videotaping Sexual Encounters With Unsuspecting Girls

George Sachs, Psy.D. | Posted 11.17.2011

George Sachs, Psy.D.

Dear Dr. George: I am a college student at USC. My boyfriend of two-years is in a fraternity, and I like many of his brothers. However, my boyfriend ...

Expert Packing Guide for Women

Jasmine Moy | Posted 05.25.2011

Jasmine Moy

To me, there are few things worse than overpacking. I would rather have all my toenails ripped off than to check my bags, no matter how long the trip.

Antigirl -- Graphic Design's Bad Girl Tiphanie Brooke

Anne B. Kelly | Posted 04.13.2012

Anne B. Kelly

Tiphanie Brooke wavers between calling herself a graphic designer and calling herself a "graphic artist who does fine art." Perhaps by breaking the rules, the titles no longer matter.

Smolder And Shoot: Photographer Tasya Van Ree

Anne B. Kelly | Posted 04.13.2012

Anne B. Kelly

If Ellen von Unwerth and Helmut Newton had a love child the result could be photographer and rising art star Tasya Van Ree. With heart and soul laid b...

An American Doctor Packing Scrubs for Afghanistan

Seema Jilani | Posted 05.25.2011

Seema Jilani

After many experiences in global health in Lebanon, Egypt, Israel and Palestine, and the Balkans, I am older, but only mildly wiser. I am now plunging head first into a medical trip to Afghanistan working with CURE International.

Painting Femininity

John Gascot | Posted 05.25.2011

John Gascot

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.

Can a mother be a daughter's best friend?

Dr. Irene S. Levine | Posted 11.17.2011

Dr. Irene S. Levine

A recent article in the Wall Street Journal by Amy Chozick, How Parents Became Cool, describes the parental paradigm shift (as seen on TV) from loving...

The Secret of the Female Systems Thinker: Why Your Business Needs Her

Andrea Learned | Posted 05.25.2011

Andrea Learned

Let's face it. Sustainable business development is a complex pursuit that can seem a tad touchy-feely in its woo-woo focus on people, planet and profit. What's going on? Could you use a little help about now?

Power Dressing Tips for Women

Charlotte Safavi | Posted 05.25.2011

Charlotte Safavi

The key for women is to look professional, yet retain their femininity. Here, some basic power dressing rules.

It's An Honor Just to Be Nominated

Gena Grish | Posted 05.25.2011

Gena Grish

I always tell people that dating is a numbers game, just like being in sales. You have go out on X amount of bad dates in order to get one good date.

Open Letter to Kathleen Parker: You Went There

Charles D. Ellison | Posted 05.25.2011

Charles D. Ellison

The title of your Washington Post column from Wednesday ("Obama: Our first female president," 6.30.10) was a bit misleading at first glance. Before c...

Friendship in a Box: What's going on?

Dr. Irene S. Levine | Posted 11.17.2011

Dr. Irene S. Levine

QUESTION Dear Irene, I haven't seen anything like this on your blog, so maybe others have the same question. I have a close friend I met about two ...

Male-to-Female Dating Dictionary

Mark C. Miller | Posted 05.25.2011

Mark C. Miller

Much of the reason dates often turn out so disastrously, especially first dates, is, in a word, communication. Yes, communication - or, as we men refer to it, Kryptonite.

Metrosexual, Schmetrosexual

Lloyd Garver | Posted 11.17.2011

Lloyd Garver

The line between what is male and what is female continues to blur. The latest woman-man crossover is the girdle for men. It was bound to happen, wasn't it?

An Environmentalist's View of Alice in Wonderland

Avital Binshtock | Posted 05.25.2011

Avital Binshtock

In Tim Burton's Alice in Wonderland, those depicted as being fully themselves tend to convene or live outside, amid the vividly rendered trees, mushrooms, and wild things.

Friendship: The importance of showing up

Dr. Irene S. Levine | Posted 11.17.2011

Dr. Irene S. Levine

QUESTION Dear Irene, I have been friends with Amy since high school, and we are now mothers in our 30s. I have a 10-year-old and another baby on th...

Transgender Prison Inmates Have Right To Hormone Therapy, Rules Federal Judge

AP | RYAN J. FOLEY | Posted 05.25.2011

MADISON, Wis. — A federal judge has struck down a unique Wisconsin law that prohibits transgender inmates from receiving taxpayer-funded hormone...