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'The Operating System of the 21st Century': John Gerzema on Femininity and The Athena Doctrine

Laura Cococcia | Posted 04.10.2013 | Books
Laura Cococcia

Athena's broad range of qualities and skills are a symbol and namesake for best-selling author John Gerzema and Michael D'Antonio's new book, The Athena Doctrine: How Women (and the men who think like them) Will Rule The Future. A more apt title would be hard to find.

Censorship, Eros and Assplay

Traci L. Slatton | Posted 04.23.2013 | Books
Traci L. Slatton

iTunesconnect ticketed my new novel The Love of My (Other) Life, denying it access to the unlimited pleasures of worldwide distribution through iTunes. The reason: the cover art was deemed "inappropriate."

Husbands Who Extinguish Their Wives' Libidos

Rabbi Shmuley Boteach | Posted 04.19.2013 | Women
Rabbi Shmuley Boteach

Modern wives often lose the sensuality of womanhood. They are feminine when they marry but are quickly relegated to the roles of caretaker, wage-earner, housekeeper, and waitress. Paradoxically, the grand extinguisher, often, is the wife's own husband.

What's Wrong With This Cover?

Foz Meadows | Posted 04.04.2013 | Books
Foz Meadows

I'm not impressed with the near-universal acceptance of "chick lit" as a pejorative.

Women Should Choose Miracles Over Fear in 2013

Sheila Kelley | Posted 03.12.2013 | Healthy Living
Sheila Kelley

Gabrielle Bernstein is a bright and shining light, a feminine voice of great impact. When Gabby mentioned her new book, May Cause Miracles, I asked if we could sit down together and chat about our parallel missions to elevate the feminine in 2013.

My Unsolicited Advice for the 113th U.S. Congress

Jessica R. Dreistadt | Posted 03.09.2013 | Politics
Jessica R. Dreistadt

Like most Americans, I am ready for politics unusual. We all need to take bold risks to unite our country and to move us forward. I challenge the new Congress to embrace some of these ideas about being open, holistic, and relational. I know that I will.

Princess Butterfly Sparkle Pants: What Toys Are Telling You About the Girl on Your Holiday List

Sheila Moeschen | Posted 02.13.2013 | Parents
Sheila Moeschen

Maybe the LEGO princess is also a firefighter who plays in a rock band when she's not putting out fires and sailing around on her pirate ship.

How Fattening Up Will Save Ballet

Deirdre Kelly | Posted 12.18.2012 | Women
Deirdre Kelly

If the ballet world is as riddled with perils, then why is it I continue to allow my own daughter to participate in an art form with a well documented history of putting females at risk?

Doing This to Your Husband Does Not Make Him More of a Man

Kate Gale | Posted 12.05.2012 | Women
Kate Gale

I woke with a sickening thud. The thud was my heel, coming down on something strange and unnatural. I heard a scream and woke completely. I had stomped on my husband's balls. In my sleep.

Looking for the Divine Feminine in Israel

Rochelle Schieck | Posted 11.24.2012 | Religion
Rochelle Schieck

I didn't see the Goddess honored in the Holy Land of Jerusalem, but I did feel her in the Holy Land.  I felt her swimming in the sea, in the clouds at sunset, with the flow of the river that goes through Tel-Aviv, in the peaceful quiet of the desert, and in the salt of the Dead Sea.

My Feminist Perspective? Knowledge Is Power

Naomi Wolf | Posted 11.12.2012 | Books
Naomi Wolf

If we are to have intellectual integrity we must not flee from new insights but engage with them. I for one prefer to look at the new evidence directly, not avert my eyes from it -- knowing that the truth always empowers -- and meanwhile to keep up the age-old fight for women's freedom.

Maybe a Wrinkle Would Do Me Good

Leigh Greaney | Posted 10.21.2012 | College
Leigh Greaney

New York City can ruin your day when you're a semi-decent looking 20-something, hoping for a little respect on a friendless subway ride.

How Women Olympians Deal With The Pressure To Be 'Feminine'

Salon | Posted 08.06.2012 | Women

Athleticism in women has generated social unease going back at least as far as the Greek myth of Atalanta, the princess who refused to marry a man who...

The Feminine Renaissance

Rochelle Schieck | Posted 09.29.2012 | Healthy Living
Rochelle Schieck

In many women, including myself, there is a deep call to explore the feminine within themselves. And for many, it feels like a strong magnetic attraction. For some, it feels like the whole reason we are here.

LOOK: Florida's Lt. Governor's Clueless 'Lesbian' Comment Sparks Outraged And Inspirational Response On Twitter

The Huffington Post | Kevin Burra | Posted 08.10.2012 | Gay Voices

"The problem is that when you have these accusations that come out," Florida Lt. Governor Jennifer Carroll told Tampa 10, "it's not just one person yo...

When You're Not What You Wear

Lauren Cahn | Posted 08.19.2012 | Style
Lauren Cahn

So, what WOULD happen if Linda shucked off her jeans, clogs and spaghetti-strap tank top and put on a strapless Lily Pulitzer dress and a pair of strappy sandals and headed out on a date? My best guess? It wouldn't turn out well.

Treating Men Like 4-Year-Olds

Yashar Ali | Posted 08.18.2012 | Women
Yashar Ali

Excusing men from explicitly apologizing or expressing emotion is equating trying with doing. The two are not equal.

When You Realize You're a Lesbian

Sasha Lotrian | Posted 08.03.2012 | Gay Voices
Sasha Lotrian

The coming-out process can be an overwhelming experience. It is most definitely an emotional rollercoaster as one goes through the self-realization that they are gay all the way to admitting it to the world. But how much of the 'when you come out' affects how you identify within the gay community?

The Princess and the Power: A Fairy Tale for Modern Women

Kristin Boekhoff | Posted 07.23.2012 | Women
Kristin Boekhoff

As a businesswoman, I learned to think and act like a man because to rise to the top. Now, twenty years later, successful but single at the age of 37, I no longer feel comfortable in my "female skin."

PHOTO: 1948 Quiz Asks If You're Feminine Or Masculine Enough

The Huffington Post | Tara Kelly | Posted 05.17.2012 | Women

Socially constructed gender roles can pretty much sum up the late 1940s. Need proof? Look no further than the"PsychoQuiz" from 1948. The quiz, whi...

The War on Women... and the War Within Women

Elizabeth Debold | Posted 07.15.2012 | Politics
Elizabeth Debold

"Femininity" is women's past, and "feminism" is our present. What I mean by this is not what you might think -- I'm not pitting family and children against career and culture, or wanting a push-up bra versus wearing no bra.

A Call to Rewrite the Scripts in the Gender Drama

Warren J. Blumenfeld | Posted 07.09.2012 | Gay Voices
Warren J. Blumenfeld

While Rev. Harris describes "gender distinctions" as God-given, he betrays his own assertion by demanding that parents break their children early of any forms of gender transgression.

The Secrets of Powerful Women

Monika Mitchell | Posted 07.01.2012 | Women
Monika Mitchell

Do you see yourself as forceful, controlling and competitive? Or powerful, capable and driven? Words matter, beliefs matter. Take care what you say; it shapes the way you think.

Game of Thrones and the Many Faces of the Goddess

Graham Milne | Posted 06.24.2012 | TV
Graham Milne

The infinite and mesmerizing complexity of the feminine was embodied by the incredible women of Game of Thrones in this past episode, "Garden of Bones."

In Good Taste: Lee Miller in Fashion and Food

Elizabeth Nicholas | Posted 06.04.2012 | Arts
Elizabeth Nicholas

The dark undercurrent to this mastery of haute couture and cuisine is often a self-flagellating obsession with quality control. Underlying both disciplines is the illusion of control.