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Was Mary a Template for Today's Feminism?

Petru Popescu | Posted 11.04.2009 | Living

Read More: Christianity, God, Feminism, Mary Mother of Jesus, Bible, Virgin Mary, Mary of Nazareth, Simone De Beauvoir, The Second Sex, Living News
Petru Popescu

The mother of Jesus became an icon a long time ago, and in many ways her icon is more powerful and haunting inside our psyche than the icon of her famed son.

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Dorothy Was a Feminist

Dr. Belisa Vranich | Posted 11.03.2009 | Entertainment

Read More: Documentary, Feminism, The Wizard of Oz, Entertainment News
Dr. Belisa Vranich

I knew it. Any chick capable of dealing with a tornado, juggling three men with lots of emotional baggage, a dog-lover and brave enough to confront wi...

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Will We Ignore Brooksley Born Again?

Katherine Spillar | Posted 11.03.2009 | Business

Read More: Financial Crisis, Commodity Futures Trading Commission, Feminism, Brooksley Born, Derivatives, Msmagazine, Business News
Katherine Spillar

Will the U.S. Congress listen to the echoes of Brooksley Born's voice when they tackle forthcoming legislation to better regulate the over-the-counter derivatives market?

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What is Work? Gail Collins: When Everything Changed

Sharon Glassman | Posted 11.03.2009 | Books

Read More: History, Women's Rights, Ella Baker, Nora Ephron, Civil Rights, Women's History, Little Brown, Ann Richards, American Women, Feminism, Madeline Kunin, When Everything Changed, Gail Collins, Sncc, New Books, Gail Collins New York Times, Gail Collins When Everything Changed, New York Times, Books, Author Interview, Books News
Sharon Glassman

The women in When Everything Changed are gutsy, goal-setting, game-changing, God-chatting, family-loving individuals who share a belief in Change - and an enduring, if irrational love of sexy shoes.

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The State Of The American Woman

Therese Borchard | Posted 11.02.2009 | Living

Read More: Gender Equality, Women's Rights, American Women, Feminism, Happiness, Gender, Living News
Therese Borchard

Women are much more powerful than they were forty years ago. But they are stressed, anxious, and not as happy. Why?

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Pink Taxis, Quotas, and Global Gender Equality

Michael Kimmel | Posted 10.28.2009 | Politics

Read More: Global Gender Equality, Pink Taxis, World Economic Forum, Women's Empowerment, Gender Equality, Women's Rights, Norway, Puebla New Mexico, Mexico Pink Taxis, Norway Cabinet, Mexico, Women in Business, Scandinavia, Gender Equality US, Feminism, Politics News
Michael Kimmel

A fleet of 35 pink taxis recently debuted in Puebla, Mexico, a colonial city halfway between Mexico City and Veracruz. These taxis are driven only by women, and they do not stop for male passengers.

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Helping Gloria Steinem Celebrate Her 75th Birthday

Kate Kelly | Posted 10.27.2009 | Politics

Read More: Gloria Steinem, Smith College, Archive Collections, Feminism, Social Activism, Womens Rights, Womens History, Politics News
Kate Kelly

Steinem was humble, displayed a wonderful sense of humor, and showed a strong dedication to continuing her work for social change. "Hope is a form of planning," she said.

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ReThink Review: Amelia -- Yup, It's a Biopic

Jonathan Kim | Posted 10.24.2009 | Entertainment

Read More: Ewan McGregor, Amelia Earhart, Amelia, Aviation, Richard Gere, Gay, Feminism, Mira Nair, Entertainment News
Jonathan Kim

I hardly knew anything about Earhart before seeing Amelia -- and I didn't feel like I knew much more when I left.

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Sexism and the Workplace: Have We Come a Long Way (Baby)?

Vivian Norris de Montaigu | Posted 10.24.2009 | Business

Read More: Fiancial Crisis, Microcredit, Elinor Ostrom, Workplace, Financial Services, France, Elizabeth Warren, Sexism, Obama Administration, Sheila Baer, Feminism, Mad Men, Ann Dunham Soetoro, Business News
Vivian Norris de Montaigu

The reality is that, even if you are a female executive at Goldman Sachs, you will never be part of the "boys' club" -- and guess what, it's still a boys' club.

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Who is Kidding Whom? The Shriver Report on Women

Lisa Solod Warren | Posted 10.22.2009 | Living

Read More: Maria Shriver, Women, Housework, Feminism, Inequality, The Shriver Report, Living News
Lisa Solod Warren

Our children and our husbands or partners might benefit from reading the report. Maybe then, they would take us seriously when we say we just can't handle any more on our plate right now.

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TV Review: The Good Wife Goes to Better Heights

Catie Lazarus | Posted 10.21.2009 | Entertainment

Read More: Governor Sanford, Chris Noth, Julianna-Margulies, Christine Baranski, Senator Edward Kennedy, Obama Prime Time, Julianna Margulies, Josh Charles, Cbs, Feminism, Eliot Spitzer, Procedural-Drama, Good Wife, Elizabeth Edwards, Alicia Florrick, Hillary Clinton, Former Senator John Edwards, Hilda Spitzer, Senator Ensign, The-Good-Wife, Entertainment News
Catie Lazarus

The Good Wife is closer than any Oprah or Barbara Walters special will ever be to bringing this viewer to understanding why Hilda Spitzer, Elizabeth Edwards (until recently), and Hilary Clinton stood by their men.

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No Slacks In The Office: Gail Collins And Lesley Stahl Relive the Birth of Feminism

wowOwow | Posted 10.21.2009 | Living

Read More: Women's Rights, Women, Relationships, Gender Inequality, Lesley Stahl, Power, Feminism, Gail Collins, Inequality, Gender, Living News

With the release of When Everything Changed, Gail Collins's new book, Lesley and Gail recount the amazing revolution of American women from 1960 to th...

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Reclaiming Femininity

W. Hunter Roberts | Posted 10.20.2009 | Living

Read More: Women, Disappointment, Feminism, Femininity, Sleep Deprivation, Family, Happiness, Sleep, Living News
W. Hunter Roberts

As we probe, we begin to find answers to Freud's age-old question: What do women want? It is not, as Freud suspected, exactly what men want. Beneath their achievement-oriented lives, most women crave passion, beauty, connection, and a sense of the sacred.

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Sexual Harassment: Just The Facts, Ma'am

BJ Gallagher | Posted 10.13.2009 | Living

Read More: Power Dynamics, Career, The Late Show, Sexual Harassment, Workplace Romance, BJ Gallagher, Power, Feminism, Sexuality, David Letterman, Living News
BJ Gallagher

The issue of sexual harassment is fraught with ambiguity. It's emotionally loaded because it is so personal and intense - involving both sex and power.

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Sexism in America: Alive, Well, and Ruining Our Future

Joyce McFadden | Posted 10.08.2009 | Media

Read More: Reproductive Health, Obama, Backlash, Living News, Feminism, Reproductive Rights, Sexism, Media News
Joyce McFadden

While reading Barbara Berg's Sexism in America: Alive, Well, and Ruining our Future, I felt energized and eager to be a part of this third wave of feminism.

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Sisters, Unhook!

Stephen Bayley | Posted 10.05.2009 | Books

Read More: Writers, The Guardian, Feminism, Woman as Design, Books, Germaine Greer, Books News
Stephen Bayley

Greer, who regards the bra as "ludicrous", has had her polemic reflexes tickled by my new book Woman as Design, devoting an entire page of splenetic "comment" in London's Guardian.

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The Feminist's Dilemma

Ari Solomon | Posted 10.20.2009 | Green

Read More: Land O'Lakes, Animal Cruelty, Animal Rights, Peta, Cows, Dairy, Health, Vegan, Green News, Feminism, Green News
Ari Solomon

I'm a proud feminist, as anyone who cares about the plight of women on our planet should be. In many parts of the world, women are still treated as pr...

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Women, Men, and Happiness: We're All in Transition

Morra Aarons-Mele | Posted 09.24.2009 | Living

Read More: Joan Williams, Marcus Buckingham, Happiness, Women, Gender Roles, Workplace, Employment, Feminism, Gender, Living News
Morra Aarons-Mele

The huge societal shift brought about by women's move into the workforce has only begun to play out, and its consequences are truly complex. So when telling this story, we should be careful not to isolate our focus to just women.

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She's Out There! Her Name Is Fiona Lowenstein!

Amy Sewell | Posted 09.11.2009 | Politics

Read More: Politics, Hillary Clinton, First Female President, Feminism, New York, President Obama, Politics News
Amy Sewell

My interest in politics was first sparked by the 2000 election. I decided, at age six, that I wanted to be a news reporter.

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Women's Rights and Human Rights

Judi Jennings | Posted 09.26.2009 | Politics

Read More: Globalization, Women's Rights, US History, Social Justice, Feminism, Women's Equality Day, Politics News
Judi Jennings

By understanding the history behind Women's Equality Day, we can clarify the interconnectedness of the forces that maintain global systems of oppression by denying human rights, and we can shape new strategies effective in countering those global forces.

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Jeanne Dielman Comes to DVD

Mike Miley | Posted 09.25.2009 | Entertainment

Read More: Andy Warhol, Jean-Luc Godard, Jeanne Dielman, Orson Welles, Dvds, Feminism, Chantal Akerman, Criterion Collection, Entertainment News
Mike Miley

This film sticks to its guns, audience expectations be damned, and delivers to the audience the most devastating depiction of the housewife's confined life in cinema.

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Breast Implants, Yes or No?

Irene Rubaum-Keller | Posted 09.24.2009 | Style

Read More: Gloria Steinem, Marilyn Monroe, Women's Rights, Heidi Montag, Women's Issues, Feminism, Pamela Anderson, Breast Implants, Style News
Irene Rubaum-Keller

Very, very thin women with big breasts do not exist in nature.

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The SELF You Never Were

Joyce McFadden | Posted 09.17.2009 | Media

Read More: The Today Show, The New Yorker, Photo Retouching, Health, Sexism, Christy Turlington, Fashion, Kelly Clarkson, Airbrushing, Lauren Collins, Feminism, Self Magazine, Lucy Danziger, Photography, Magazine Retouching, Photo-Retouching, Emme, Photoshop, Media News
Joyce McFadden

SELF takes the focus off her talent by making us focus on what they see as the money shot... a version of Clarkson that doesn't exist.

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Carrie Prejean to Pose for "Political" Calendar

Stephanie Green | Posted 09.12.2009 | Entertainment

Read More: Models, Carrie Prejean Same Sex Marriage, Great American Conservative Women Calendar, Miss California Carrie Prejean, Carrie Prejean, Feminism, Great American Conservative Women, Calendar, Entertainment News
Stephanie Green

The blond bombshell will be one of 11 conservative women to pose for the 5th annual Great American Conservative Women calendar put out by the Clare Boothe Luce Institute.

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South African Women Still Second-Class Citizens

Alex Matthews | Posted 09.10.2009 | World

Read More: South Africa, Rape, Sexual Abuse, Gender Discrimination, Feminism, Patriarchy, Misogyny, Sexual Violence, South-Africa-Democracy, Nozizwe Madlala-Routledge, African National Congress, Mbeki, International Women's Day, Sexual Assault, Pretoria, South Africa Aids, Sexual Harassment, Africa AIDS, Status Quo, World News
Alex Matthews

South Africa has a crisis of values in which men are brought up to believe they are entitled to treat women as objects to abuse, hurt, exploit, rape, harass, control and patronize.

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