New Moon is a film full of gender stereotypes -- testosterone-driven male aggression, females who pine away over lost loves, boys who fix motorcycles and the girls who watch them.
Jezebel | Posted 11.20.2009 | Living
One of the most salient qualities about the 51-year relationship between Christo and Jeanne-Claude is that they were true partners. Theirs was no arti...
Anushay Hossain | Posted 11.18.2009 | Green
It's the world's poor who will feel the impact of this change the hardest. And who exactly are the poor? Women, who make up approximately 65% of the world's poorest populations.
nytimes.com | Deborah Solomon | Posted 11.17.2009 | Living
Editor of the blog Feministing.com rates the effectiveness of online activism compared to old-style models of political engagement like rallies and ma...
Danny Miller | Posted 11.17.2009 | Entertainment
My feelings about Mad Men's Betty Draper were so strong during this season that I began to wonder if they were really about the TV character at all, and not my own mother.
Courtney Fortune | Posted 11.16.2009 | Living
I know Facebook is just a social venue - but it's also our obsession. And if Facebook is our main source of representation, shouldn't it be taken seriously?
Jessica Corry | Posted 11.16.2009 | Denver
As Michelle Obama touched down in Denver to promote her efforts to connect students with mentors, she declined to invite one population that could most benefit: our city's neglected boys.
forbes.com | Deepak Chopra | Posted 11.16.2009 | Living
Deepak Chopra picks the world's most powerful teachers....
Catie Lazarus | Posted 11.18.2009 | Comedy
My lady sensibility is limited to menstruation (hilarious), babies (adorable), and unicorns mating (adorably hilarious).
Janet Turley | Posted 11.10.2009 | Entertainment
The dashing and exciting bad boy ended up being a sh*t husband. Good for Betty. As far as other fans speculating that Henry Francis wants control over Betty, it's too soon to tell for me.
Petru Popescu | Posted 11.04.2009 | Living
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.
Dr. Belisa Vranich | Posted 11.03.2009 | Entertainment
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...
Katherine Spillar | Posted 11.03.2009 | Business
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?
Sharon Glassman | Posted 11.03.2009 | Books
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.
Therese Borchard | Posted 11.02.2009 | Living
Women are much more powerful than they were forty years ago. But they are stressed, anxious, and not as happy. Why?
Michael Kimmel | Posted 10.28.2009 | Politics
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.
Kate Kelly | Posted 10.27.2009 | Politics
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.
Jonathan Kim | Posted 10.24.2009 | Entertainment
I hardly knew anything about Earhart before seeing Amelia -- and I didn't feel like I knew much more when I left.
Vivian Norris de Montaigu | Posted 10.24.2009 | Business
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.
Lisa Solod Warren | Posted 10.22.2009 | Living
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.
Catie Lazarus | Posted 10.21.2009 | Entertainment
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.
wowOwow | Posted 10.21.2009 | Living
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...
W. Hunter Roberts | Posted 10.20.2009 | Living
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.
BJ Gallagher | Posted 10.13.2009 | Living
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.
Joyce McFadden | Posted 10.08.2009 | Media
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.
Katherine Spillar | Posted 11.23.2009 | Entertainment