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Six Ways to Honor Women’s Equality Day
Today is Women’s Equality Day marking the ninetieth anniversary of the Nineteenth Amendment, which gave women the right to vote. It’s not an easy day to honor. Do we celebrate the tremendous work of the suffragettes who fought long and hard for women? Or do we note the irony of an equality day when... »
Do Men Cheat on Breadwinners?
Here’s a scary story to send women back to the kitchen: the more economically dependent a man is on his female partner, the more likely he is to cheat on her. A new study from the American Sociological Association is generating lots of coverage. My favorite headlines for this story so far are: from... »
Sex and the City No Match for Dirty Dancing
There’s a lot going on in the world of chick flicks. It is opening weekend for “Sex and the City 2” and I am looking forward to seeing it even though I found the first movie to be a disappointment. Even with a sub par story line, I love those ladies — their clothes,... »
Confession: Sexual Harassment, I Dealt With It
In the wake of Cindy Adams irresponsible New York Post column where she tells women who experience sexual harassment to “deal with it” I have a confession. Several years ago I took a job where I was the only women on the management team and the first female vice president at the company. One... »
What’s Feminism Got To Do With It? UPDATED
CNN recently aired a segment on “dirty girl” images in the media. They define dirty girls or bad girls as women who promote promiscuity and drinking, engage in “raunchy sex talk” and are sometimes violent. You can view the clip here. CNN attempts to make the case that some women view this type of... »
Steinem Endorses Coakley and Other News of the Week
It was another busy week and we are glad it is winding down. We’ve compiled some follow up reading for you on the topics we covered this week. But first, some news. Massachusetts Senate candidate Martha Coakley announced today the endorsement of Gloria Steinem, founding editor and publisher of Ms. magazine, co-founder of the... »
Welcome Ladies
I travel in two crowds. The first is a group of amazing women –feminists who are articulate, engaged and sometimes outraged by the status of women and women’s rights. They are activists, writers, and all around really cool chicks (although some of them might take offense at the term “chicks”). I don’t really spend... »
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