POLITICS
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President Obama fills out women’s brackets for ESPN
We all know President Barack Obama is a huge hoops fans. In fact after last year’s NCAA title, Obama invited the UConn women’s team to a championship ceremony at the White House and even ended up shooting baskets with the players. At the time, he sa...more
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Reese stands up for women
Reese Witherspoon was in DC yesterday talking about the need to stop violence against women. She represents Avon which came to town to give a $500,000 grant to the State Department’s Fund for Global leadership.
One of her quotes:
I think when you ha...more
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Michelle Obama combats Obesity with Let’s Move
On February 9, first lady Michelle Obama spoke out against childhood obesity and introduced her new plan of action called Let’s Move. The goal of this nationwide campaign is to solve the issues surrounding the epidemic of obesity within this generation ...more
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Join the Women’s Sports Foundation in Washington
February 3, 2010 marks the 24th annual celebration of National Girls and Women in Sports Day, a day to celebrate and promote girls’ and womens’ participation and excellence in sports.
NGWSD is marked annually with events around the country and on Cap...more
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Roman Polanski Wants to Be Sentenced in Absentia
Seems that facing the music in a courtroom will most probably not be happening for Roman Polanski. From his house arrest in his Swiss chalet Polanski had his lawyers ask that he be sentenced in absentia. This looks a serious option and I’m betting ...more
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Hollywood Feminist of the Day: Cynthia Nixon
Nixon is speaking out about the anti-choice restrictions in the health care bill.
“It’s a very basic female right that we need to protect,” Nixon said. “What’s so frightening about this Stupak ban is that he’s found a backdoor way to basica...more
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Hollywood Women Speak Out
Three Hollywood women -- Glenn Close, Nicole Kidman and Heather Graham -- got into the political action this week each on a different issue.
Nicole Kidman went to Capitol Hill to talk about violence against women. No matter what she has or hasn’t don...more
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Giving Victims a Voice: The Miss Landmine Pageant
Morten Traavik wasn’t expecting much from his trip to Angola in 2003, but what he found there would change the future for women across the world.
During his time in Angola with his then girlfriend, Traavik immediately recognized two very important th...more
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Two women ceatives speak out about Polanski situation
Here are the women’s voices I promised. Please send me more:
This is director Sue Kramer’s comment that appeared on a NY Times article from Oct 1. It is reprinted here with her permission
I am a Hollywood screenwriter and director and must confe...more
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Car Allowance Rebate System - On and Off, and On Again!
When the Car Allowance Rebate System (CARS) program was finally officially enacted last week, car shoppers swarmed automotive dealerships to take advantage of the $3500 or $4500 rebates offered when trading in their less-efficient clunkers for more fuel-...more
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Top 10 Reasons for Sarah Palin Resignation
The following was written prior to cocktail hour on the west coast....
1) She thought that MJ was the King of the GOP not the King of POP
2) Test results were about to be released to show that her grandchild TRIP is really the son of TRIP (Sr.)
3) She ...more
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President Obama gives girls a chance
Ever since I was a little girl, I declared myself the equal of boys. I never believed that a boy could do something better than me, and it became my small mission in life to prove any boy wrong when he said that he was better.
So, when Hillary Clinton an...more
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Congrats to new grad Michelle Kwan
Michelle Kwan is the most decorated figure skater in U.S. history having won nine U.S. championships, five World Championships, and two Olympic medals.
With her focus and dedication, it’s no surprise she’s a good student as well. Kwan attended Solead...more
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Obama meets Phillies, What about National Pro Fastpitch?
On Friday, President Obama met the Philadelphia Phillies in Washington, DC. As a former resident of the Philadelphia area, I certainly found this intriguing and exciting.
However, I couldn’t help myself from asking… when’s the last time a President...more
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