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Barbara Greenberg: Why I'm Glad May is Over

2012-06-01T11:22:33Z

In small ways, my friend and I had always been nurturing towards each other. I believe that this is something that motherless daughters sense about each other.

Read more: Stress, Marriage, Women, Depression, Stepfamily, Mother's Day, Abandonment, Grief, Nurture, Motherless Daughters, Childhood, Family, Death, Women News

WATCH: This Woman's $20 Million Franchise Started In Her Living Room

2012-06-01T07:57:03Z

At Marlothomas.com, we’re always talking about how important it is for women to continue dreaming, no matter how impossible their goals may seem. Sh...

Read more: Marlo Thomas, Reinvention, Women, Small Business, Women in Business, Business, Becoming-Fearless, Video, Healthy Living News

David Joslyn: G(irls)20 Summit: Women's Voices on Food Security Loud and Clear in Mexico City

2012-05-31T15:18:34Z

Between 18 and 20 years of age, delegates from each G-20 country and the European and African Unions participating in the summit are experiencing immersion into the important issues of global food security and abuse of children and women.

Read more: Food, Women, International Development, Food Politics, girls20-Summit-2012, girls20-Summit, Impact News

Barbara Greenberg: Worrying About What Our Teens are Reading? Really?

2012-05-30T14:22:59Z

When I was growing up, my mom's best gift to me was to take me to the library.

Read more: Women, Language, Children, Books, Daughters, Teens, Sons, Tweens, Public Education, Technology, Video Games, Cursing, Mothers, Fathers, Swearing, Parents News

Madeleine M. Kunin: Is There Really A War on Women or Are Men Just Being Stupid?

2012-05-29T12:51:00Z

When House Republicans stall on reauthorizing and expanding the Violence Against Women Act, they are blinding themselves to the everyday experiences of women's lives.

Read more: Women's Rights, Women, Congress, Violence Against Women, War on Women, Obamacare, Feminism, Roe v. Wade, Equal Pay Act, Politics News

Karith Foster: My Body Is Doing What? Oh, Hell No!

2012-05-29T12:07:52Z

Pregnancy is like stand-up comedy. When you watch people do it on TV it looks easy, every now and again it looks painful, but there's always some part of you that's thinking: Psh! I could do that.

Read more: Comedy, Pregnancy, Women, Birth Control, New York City, Moms, Parents, Pregnant, Parents News

Joyce S. Dubensky: The Real Muslim Problem

2012-05-29T11:19:32Z

When reading about the Afghanistan war, many people begin to conflate all Muslims with the radicals that we hear about on a daily basis. But what about this wonderful woman and her family and friends, who use Islam as a rich resource to promote peace?

Read more: Women, Islam, Peacemakers in Action, Afghanistan, Terrorism, Taliban, Muslims, American Muslims, Interfaith, Peacemakers, Religious Literacy, Quran, Gender and Religion, Religion News

Michelle Chen: Working With Your Rapist as Your Supervisor? The Widespread Sexual Abuse of Women in Farm Work

2012-05-29T11:03:48Z

It should be no surprise that on America's farms, so many women are treated as less than human, since not even the government sees them as worthy of respect under the law.

Read more: Women's Rights, Women, Labor, Undocumented Immigrants, Human Rights, Rape, Human Rights Watch, Agriculture, Mexico, Immigration, Farmworkers, Sexual Assault, Video, Politics News

It Ain't Over: They Ditched Their Jobs In The Stock Market For Pickles

2012-05-31T07:12:00Z

One of the reasons I started my website, is that I wanted a place for women to come together and dream. Women should know that they don't have to hang...

Read more: Marlo Thomas, Reinvention, Women, Small Business, It Ain't Over, Stock Market, Women in Business, Slideexpand, Business, Small Business America, Recession, Huff/Post50 News

Erika L. Sánchez: A Brief Reflection on Sex Work

2012-05-26T13:51:27Z

I never intended to look at sex workers as an othering voyeur, but rather as a woman who is both genuinely curious, empathetic, and outraged at the conditions that force them into this kind of work.

Read more: Women's Rights, Prostitution, Sex Work, Women, Sex Trafficking, Sex, Women Body, Latino Voices News

A Different 'Little Mermaid'

2012-05-26T08:44:43Z

Mark Moore Gallery describes Allison Schulnik's paintings as "distinctively textured," which may be the understatement of the year. Schulnik's painted...

Read more: The Little Mermaid, Women, Video, Mark Moore Gallery, Hans Christian Andersen, Impasto, Salty Air, Slideexpand, Female Artists, Painting, Ariel, Allison Schulnik, Arts News

Karen Schaler: WATCH: A Fabulous French Caribbean Gem

2012-05-25T07:00:00Z

When I first started looking into visiting the French Caribbean island of Martinique I admit it, I was surprised.

Read more: Resorts, Women, Hotels, Caribbean, Health, Beaches, Restaurants, Travel Therapy, French, Food, Travel, Martinique, Vacations, Culture, Karen Schaler, Video, Travel News

O'Brien Browne: Thoughts for College Dropouts: Love, Part II

2012-05-24T22:58:30Z

This is Part II of "Love," started on the 8th of last month. I didn't plan on a Part II because I thought this little blog should be pointed and pithy...

Read more: Togetherness, Women, Relationships, Hope, Romance, Men, Lord Byron, Love, Healthy Living News

Arianna Huffington: Help Me Nominate Five Glamour Women of the Year

2012-05-24T19:00:07Z

As an advisory board member of Glamour Women of the Year, I have the privilege of nominating five inspiring women -- or groups of women -- who have made an impact in 2012. And I'd love to hear your suggestions.

Read more: Ashley Judd, Jineth Bedoya Lima, Victoria Azarenka, Zaha Hadid, Women, Sheryl Sandberg, Women's Issues, Sandra Fluke, Women Entrepreneurs, Pat Summitt, Women in Business, Women in Sports, Virginia Rometty, Brittney Griner, Glamour Women of the Year Awards, Lena Dunham, Lindsey Vonn, Glamour, Ann Mckee, Maria Klawe, Women News

Shira Lazar: Jon Avnet and Virginia Madsen's WIGS YouTube Channel Creates Dynamic Roles for Women

2012-05-24T13:29:02Z

"On our show, the men are the eye candy," quipped Producer Jon Avnet.

Read more: Women, Caitlin Gerard, Wigs, Rodrigo Garcia, Virginia Madsen, Channel, Youtube, Premium, Jennifer Garner, Jon Avnet, Video, Women News

The Surprising Casualty Of The Financial Crisis

2012-05-24T16:43:00Z

By Michelle Conlin May 24 (Reuters) - The financial crisis and its aftermath have been brutal for Wall Street's riches...

Read more: Layoffs, JPMorgan Chase, Women, Wall Street Women, Wall Street, Lehman Brothers, Reuters, Bank of America, Financial Crisis, Women Wall Street, Compensation, Citigroup, Video, Business News

Leah Odze Epstein: What Do You Think of the Beer-Swilling Bride?

2012-05-23T16:37:18Z

When it comes to the idealization of weddings and brides, we can all benefit from loosening up and laughing at ourselves.

Read more: Women, Bridesmaids Movie, New Zealand, Bridesmaids, Beer, Weddings, Women and Beer, Alcohol Stereotypes, Women News

Judith Greenberg, Ph.D.: Learning to Drive Again

2012-05-24T16:28:36Z

I let my driver's license expire. For years, it didn't seem like such a big deal. Frankly, not driving had some nice benefits: Riding in the passenger's seat was the one time in my life I could relax.

Read more: Spring, Women's Rights, Women, Driving, Depression, Mental Health, Feminism, Renewing Driver's License, Women Drivers, Expired Driver's License, Learning to Drive, Women News

Bruce Kluger: The GOP's War on Children

2012-05-23T01:56:38Z

As in most presidential election years, noisy battles have been raging as the nation's political armies gear up for what promises to be an even nois...

Read more: Fundamentalism, Gop, Dog on the Roof!, Children, Obamacare, Conservatism, Obama, Children?S Health Insurance Program, Politics, 2012 Presidential Election, Colleen Clapp, Bruce Kluger, Women, Rush Limbaugh, Budget, Bullying, Mitt Romney, Medicaid, Mormonism, Parenting, Pell Grants, War on Terror, Education, Michele Bachmann, Wall Street, Rolling Stone, On the Road With Mitt and the Mutt, Head Start, Paul Ryan, Republicans, Gays, Utah, David Slavin, Jack Denton Reese, Politics News

Jeff Biggers: Mountain Mourning: Appalachian Women Lead Dramatic Protest Against Mountaintop Removal: Interview With Marilyn Mullens

2012-05-23T12:15:43Z

After serving her country as a major in the U.S. Army for 22 years, Marilyn Mullens is now leading a group of her fellow Appalachian women to the West Virginia state capitol on Memorial Day to protest the growing humanitarian crisis of mountaintop removal mining.

Read more: Appalachia, Women, Dirty Coal, Mountaintop Removal, Green Energy, Coal, Protest, Mountaintop Removal Mining, Mountaintop Removal Mining Protest, Mountaintop Removal Protest, Green News

Dora Levy Mossanen: On the Merits of an Arranged Marriage

2012-05-23T09:59:49Z

Was theirs an arranged marriage? It certainly was. Were they different in every imaginable way? You bet. Yet they managed to build a relationship based on love and trust. I wonder whether that was possible only because divorce was not an option at the time.

Read more: Tradition, Arranged Marriage, Marriage, Habib Levy, Iran, Dora Levy Mossanen, Divorce, Women, Jewish Quarter, Farsi, Historian, History, The History of the Iranian Jews, Tehran, Courtesan, Superstition, Harem, The Last Romanov, Mahaleh, Culture News

Anushay Hossain: 1971 Rapes: Bangladesh Cannot Hide History

2012-05-22T18:52:46Z

The one thing we did not hear about as much as we heard about the passionate fighting that defeated the Pakistani Army during the Bangladesh Liberation War were the rapes that took place in 1971.

Read more: War Crimes Tribunal, Bangladesh Independence War, 1971, Pakistan, Bangladesh, Women, Womens Rights, Rape as Weapon of War, World News

Nedda Alammar: A Cautionary Tale: When Your Boss Wants to Become Your Friend

2012-05-22T18:22:34Z

When my boss wants me to just roam around his office/cubicle and talk about whatever until he's ready to leave and maybe go out for drinks with him, my defenses are up.

Read more: Men, Women, Small Business, Employees, Unemployment, Workplace, Boss, Unemployment Rate, Values, Ethics, Small Business News

Alexis Sclamberg: Taking on Your 20's -- What You Need to Know Now

2012-05-22T17:40:08Z

In these final years of our restless 20's, we're wrestling with some big ticket items -- getting married, finding better jobs, moving, settling down, having kids.

Read more: Women, Self Help, Mindfulness, Personal Growth, Self-Awareness, Personal Development, Twenty-Something Advice, Self-Improvement, Twenty Something, Development, Emotional Intelligence, Wellness, Self-Help, Women News

Dr. Logan Levkoff: Breasts, Bras and a RHONJ Parenting Fail

2012-05-22T17:33:47Z

Teresa made fun of her daughter's body. She turned an intimate event into a public one, bringing an entire television audience's attention to her daughter's breasts and burgeoning sexuality.

Read more: Women, Puberty, Teresa Giudice, Parenting, The Real Housewives of New Jersey, Sexuality, Parenting Advice, Sex Education, Parents News