Kelly Cutrone discusses what she does to make sure her daughter and other girls grow up feeling empowered and strong. Click here to purchase Kelly's ...
Posted 01.18.2012
Turkish photographer Nazif Topcuoglu is known for his highly stylized shots of young women. Some of his photos are macabre, some are nostalgic, but al...
Trey Anthony | Posted 02.19.2012
Lately, I've become overly aware of little black girls between the ages of six to eleven years old. Mostly they seem shocked that someone has even acknowledged them, much less dared to call them beautiful!
Forbes Women | Posted 11.21.2011
A month or so in, one of my female bosses called me to her office to tell me specifically to stop looking like an intern. She suggested I cut my hair....
Vivian Glyck | Posted 09.13.2011
It doesn't take long to see that there are few better ways to change the course of the world than to get girls into school and to keep them there. Fur...
Barbara Lee | Posted 08.02.2011
Even though 57 percent of students enrolled in college are women, the gender gap does not favor women once they leave campus. We must invest in young women after they leave the classroom.
Kate Fridkis | Posted 05.25.2011
Women have been having casual sex for a long time. But what kind of casual sex was Karen Owen having? She tells us in disturbing detail -- disturbing for reasons she clearly doesn't understand.
Jessica Massa | Posted 05.25.2011
Let's be honest: female teen idols have never been the most well-behaved bunch. So why do I find this latest crop so worrisome? What has me shakin...
Salon.com | Anika Anand | Posted 05.25.2011
This crop of books is laying out what it feels like to be a young, professional, economically and sexually independent woman, unencumbered by children...
Ann Shoket | Posted 05.25.2011
I've seen again and again that the drive to give back and make an impact on the world is in the DNA of this generation of girls.
Amy Goldwasser | Posted 11.17.2011
For those of us who have struggled with eating disorders, being home for this season -- the combination of food and family -- is an incredibly fraught scenario.
Dr. Irene S. Levine | Posted 11.17.2011
My conversation with Julie Kraut on her new book dealing with the nearly universal camper affliction: homesickness.
Lauren Melcher | Posted 05.25.2011
A government agency that can help organize the many groups that work on behalf of women and girls will be welcome (so long as it does not become mired in political gaming and showmanship).
Lisa Witter | Posted 05.25.2011
It's the women, stupid: Did mismanagement lose Senator Clinton's bid for the White House? Or was it Mark Penn's bad strategy to woo women? It's clear...
BlackAndBrownNews | Posted 05.25.2011
Young women don't believe the Democratic nominee must have a body like our own. We're looking beyond race and gender toward political vision, leadership style and basic values.
Posted 04.08.2012