One of the most painful and confusing passages in the lives of women is when dad is there, but changing. The rock in their lives, who they desperately want to please, is suddenly different -- and so is the bond they shared.
Emme | Posted 10.15.2009 | Style
The controversy around ex-Ralph Lauren model, Filippa Hamilton's ungainly distorted advertising campaign image this week has caused quite a stir. Sad to say, It's nothing new.
Aaron Glantz | Posted 10.15.2009 | Home
More than 30,000 single mothers have deployed to Iraq and Afghanistan. The Army, the most heavily deployed branch of the military, gives women just four months to stay stateside with their newborns.
Paul Rieckhoff | Posted 10.15.2009 | Politics
After honorably fighting overseas, female veterans shouldn't have to wage new battles once they get home. And they should be treated like heroes, not candy stripers.
Lys Anzia | Posted 10.15.2009 | World
If you're from the US, you might be someone who's keenly interested in global politics or international justice. But what about the majority of other people? Do enough people really care?
Lotta Alsen | Posted 10.13.2009 | Living
What if you were the chosen one? How would that affect every decision you made, and every step you took?
2morrowknight | Posted 10.13.2009 | Politics
Could a female candidate be the answer for Democratic longevity in 2016? If so, Debbie Wasserman Schultz, with her toughness and ability to net the Dems Florida might be that female.
Human Rights Watch | Posted 10.13.2009 | World
Despite National Commitment, Many Unable to Access Services By Aruna Kashyap, South Asia Researcher in the Women's Rights Division (Lucknow, India)...
Holly Robinson | Posted 10.12.2009 | Living
Our first morning at Berkshire Vista Resort, my friend Mandy sleeps late while I muster the courage to leave our room. The question isn't so much what to wear, here, as what not to wear.
Peggy Drexler | Posted 10.12.2009 | Living
If you're like most women, you probably don't know as much about your dad as you think you do. He can be a mentor, a cheerleader and a friend. But all relationships take work -- especially this one.
Beverly Wettenstein | Posted 10.15.2009 | Entertainment
The Primetime Emmy Awards showed that women writers on a comedy or variety series are a rare and endangered species. Only seven of the 81 writers were women.
Georgianne Nienaber | Posted 10.10.2009 | World
Frustration in the face of this humanitarian tragedy is understandable. Where is SOS Hillary Clinton in the face of this, especially after her courageous meetings with Congolese President Joseph Kabila?
Julie Menin | Posted 10.09.2009 | Entertainment
The question that commentators such as Maureen Dowd aren't asking is: was there a "hostile work environment" for the women who Letterman did not bed?
Lori Sokol | Posted 10.08.2009 | New York
Green is becoming the new pink for working women striving to balance their work and family responsibilities.
Jacob M. Appel | Posted 10.07.2009 | Politics
An unlikely alliance of trial lawyers and Christian fundamentalists continues to defend the prerogative of jilted spouse to turn love triangles into quadrangles--with the state judicial system as a fourth wheel.
Dr. Irene S. Levine | Posted 10.06.2009 | Living
Harboring resentment towards someone has a way of bouncing back like a boomerang to hurt you (including raising your blood pressure). Let go of the disappointment.
treehugger.com | April Streeter | Posted 10.05.2009 | Green
Dedicated bike commuting is grew about 38% in the last eight years. But if women are truly the indicator species for a successful bike infrastructure,...
Dr. Sasha Galbraith | Posted 10.06.2009 | Business
The higher the amount of testosterone, the more willing people are to take risks. Women, with considerably less of the male hormone coursing through their bodies, are more risk averse.
Susan Davis | Posted 10.06.2009 | World
After two years of support -- asset transfers, skill training and social linkages -- over 90% of our program women "graduate" into becoming successful microfinance members.
Naomi Wolf | Posted 10.05.2009 | World
The Muslim women leaders I've spoken to do not say, "Please tell the West to save us." They are too busy making egalitarian, modernist new worlds of their own, with an Arab, and often Islamic, imprimatur.
Dr. Elsbeth Meuth | Posted 10.05.2009 | Living
Happiness is a state of being! And how did I arrive at that state of being? For me it occurred through two major life experiences that woke me up.
Taylor Marsh | Posted 10.05.2009 | World
Afghanistan is now up to Obama, with his decision fateful on many fronts. Biden's got it wrong, no matter how learned his position to be. But so does John McCain.
Dr. Irene S. Levine | Posted 10.05.2009 | Entertainment
Although many people were surprised before I explained why, deciding to have my launch party at Donna Hair Design in Chappaqua was a no-brainer
Daoud Kuttab | Posted 12.02.2009 | World
Four documentaries recently screened in Jordan give a rarely seen view of the Arab world and the lives of young Arabs searching for answers to philosophical questions of who they are and what they want.
reuters.com | Posted 12.02.2009 | Living
Older women may complain about their sleepless nights more than men do but Dutch research shows they're actually catching more sleep....
Peggy Drexler | Posted 10.16.2009 | Living