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San Francisco, Seattle and Portland Top Chart of Leading Cities for Female Entrepreneurs

VisualNews.com | Posted 05.09.2013 | Small Business
VisualNews.com

Amongst 48 of the most populated cities in America, San Francisco ranks as the #1 city for female entrepreneurs based on education levels, unemployment rates, income, population and the percentage of businesses owned by women in each city.

On Being a Woman in Comedy and Podcasting

Alison Rosen | Posted 05.01.2013 | Comedy
Alison Rosen

I think people are really getting at when they ask me about my experience is why aren't there more women in these fields. There are a lot, to be sure. Probably more now than ever. But the perception is that comedy and podcasting are still heavily male, and I do have some thoughts about that.

Why The TSA Targets Women

Christopher Elliott | Posted 03.19.2013 | Travel
Christopher Elliott

On her last four trips through U.S. airport security, Anita Nagelis says she's been pulled aside and subjected to a more thorough search by TSA agents, including an aggressive pat-down. Nagelis, who works for a nonprofit organization in Washington, D.C., doesn't know why.

LORI Connexion: Supporting Female Entrepreneurs

Ekaterina Walter | Posted 03.06.2013 | Small Business
Ekaterina Walter

Women supporting other women might still be an issue, but men supporting women is no longer just a dream. I recently met a young guy who created the w...

Vote for Abigail

Josh Tetrick | Posted 01.16.2013 | Impact
Josh Tetrick

We live in a complex world. And having an impact is not always simple. This is. Here's why educating one girl changes, well, everything.

We'd All Be Better Off if There Were More Female Entrepreneurs

Olivia Chapman | Posted 12.26.2012 | Small Business
Olivia Chapman

I started my own business, natural skincare company Oleo Bodycare, at the age of 49 -- a time when most people start to look seriously at their retirement plans not becoming an entrepreneur!

Setting a New Female Ideal: Fit Instead of Fat or Thin

A.J. Walkley | Posted 12.25.2012 | Women
A.J. Walkley

We are barraged in the media with "skinny" and "fat," but the "fit" is missing, and that's a problem.

Iran's War on Female Doctors and Male Nurses

Shirin Sadeghi | Posted 10.22.2012 | World
Shirin Sadeghi

The announcement that 36 universities across Iran have banned 77 fields of study to women is just the latest example of the Iranian government's particular disdain for the progress that women have made in education.

Is Science a Girl Thing?

Mary Ann Rankin | Posted 09.09.2012 | Home
Mary Ann Rankin

The European Union recently put out a music video to encourage girls to go into science -- and recalled it after a chorus of complaints. The video was a viral disaster.

Ack, My Friend Dumped Me

Karen Bergreen | Posted 06.25.2012 | Women
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 | Home

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 | Home

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 | Fifty
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 | Arts

"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 | Home
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 | Home
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 | Women

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 | Healthy Living
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 | Travel
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 | Home
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 | Home
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 | World
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 | Arts
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 | Healthy Living
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 | Business
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?