Judy Blume

The Palin Trap: Meta Symbol of American Womanhood is a Dangerous Distraction

Morra Aarons-Mele | Posted 09.09.2008 | Politics

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Morra Aarons-Mele

Palin as a mom symbol is important to discuss, but there's too much at stake to get lost again in the gender wars, no matter how validating it feels to have our opinions asked.

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Women's Realities: What HuffPost Women Had to Say

Joyce McFadden | Posted 04.03.2008 | Living

Read More: First Periods, Menstruation, Talking to Girls, Body Image, Women's Health, Mothers and Daughters, Judy Blume, Our Bodies Ourselves, Sex Education, Living News
Joyce McFadden

Because of its ordinary nature, there's an almost mundane quality to menstruation. But what interested me in the responses from women (ages 19-105) was that 65% of them wished they'd been taught about it differently.

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Where Do Writers Send Their Political Contributions?

Nick Antosca | Posted 02.21.2008 | Entertainment

Read More: Walter Mosley, Michael Chabon, Christopher Dodd, Barack Obama, Mitt Romney, John Grisham, Judy Blume, Dean Koontz, Jonathan Franzen, Rudy Giuliani, Jonathan Safran Foer, Marilynne Robinson, Hillary Clinton, Entertainment News
Nick Antosca

How does someone you've never heard of have the liquid cash to contribute $4,600 if his/her occupation is "novelist"? And what about the "poets" who give thousands?

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Authors Get Political: Who Gives What

Huffington Post | Katherine Thomson | Posted 10.16.2007 | Entertainment

Read More: Anne Rice, Hillary Clinton, Amy Tan, Judy Blume, Barack Obama, John Grisham, Entertainment News

You read their books, but did you ever wonder their politics? Here's a look at what your favorite authors have given to the 2008 presidential candidat...

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