Women and Media

Orgasmic Birth: The Natural Reality Behind The Hype

Lee Stranahan | Posted 02.02.2009 | Living


Lee Stranahan

Orgasmic Birth certainly is a grabber of a title. Those aren't two words normally found close together in a sentence. In our culture, other adjectives are more common such as Painful Childbirth.

The Britney Show: A Pop Princess and American Womanhood

Sarah Seltzer | Posted 01.14.2009 | Entertainment


Sarah Seltzer

Britney Spears' pop-tart image was created as a fantasy for the average man, but since her brush with the ugly side of fame, she's been subjected to the average female nightmare.

SNL Star Amy Poehler on Her New Online Show "Smart Girls"

Marianne Schnall | Posted 01.02.2009 | Entertainment


Marianne Schnall

AP: The idea came out of us wishing we could go back in time to the younger versions of ourselves and let them know it was gonna be ok. My goal is to be the Edward R. Murrow of girls.

Gender, Politics and Media Redux

Marcia G. Yerman | Posted 12.21.2008 | Media


Marcia G. Yerman

Last week, New York Women In Communications presented The Spin Room: Gender, Politics & Media in the 2008 Election.

The New Power Girls: Inside the Hot New Trend Among American Girls and Women

Patricia Handschiegel | Posted 12.20.2008 | Business


Patricia Handschiegel

Women aren't just interested in taking a slice of the corporate pie, but owning the pie, the bakery and the manufacturing company that supplies it -- and are making it happen.

What Do Undecided Women Want?

Joel B. Schwartzberg | Posted 12.04.2008 | Media


Joel B. Schwartzberg

There are roughly eight million more female voters than male, and more women than men say they are still undecided. Senator Hillary Clinton and Govern...

Fortune's Most Powerful Women Summit Highlights: Arianna, Meredith Whitney, Melinda Gates (VIDEO)

Fortune | Pattie Sellers | Posted 11.08.2008 | Business


Here on Postcards, you'll find a trove of video segments from last week's Fortune's Most Powerful Women Summit. Click here to watch a riveting take on...

Insulted Women Sound Off On Campaign Politics

Marlene H. Phillips | Posted 10.11.2008 | Home


Marlene H. Phillips

My email roared out the response of women who wanted their opinions on this election to be heard. "Insulted," was one word they used, and enraged with John McCain's underestimation of them.

Isabel Allende, Loung Ung and the Power of Memoir

Marianne Schnall | Posted 08.08.2008 | Living


Marianne Schnall

At an upcoming Women & Courage conference Isabel Allende and Loung Ung will demonstrate that the most direct and powerful way to comprehend human suffering is through compelling, first-hand accounts.

Russert's Legacy: A Woman Meeting the Press?

Marie Wilson | Posted 06.28.2008 | Media


Marie Wilson

Visibility is viability, and wouldn't it be great to have Meet the Press, the most prestigious and hard hitting show on the Sunday circuit, feature a woman host?

The Over-Exposure of Danica Patrick

Dave Zirin | Posted 06.27.2008 | Entertainment


Dave Zirin

Danica Patrick has revived a debate as old as Sonia Henie skating figure eights at the 1926 Olympics: Does sex sell -- or perhaps more aptly phrased, does sexism sell -- women's sports?

Sex and The City Jumps the Shark

Thelma Adams | Posted 06.05.2008 | Entertainment


Thelma Adams

Call Sea World: Sex and the City has jumped the shark. Since the HBO series exited with tears and orgasms in 2004, we've all moved on even if Carrie, Miranda, Samantha and Charlotte haven't.

Tim Meets The Ladies

Huffington Post | Rachel Sklar | Posted 03.28.2008 | Media


It's not that there are never women on Meet The Press, and it's also not rare for the opening panel to consist homogeneously of one sex. It's just damned rare for that one sex to be female.