"2000" Articles & Blogs:
Gender: Your chance to learn more
| Since the issue of intersexed individuals has arisen lately, I thought I would share these two opportunities to learn more. Especially because the Caster Semenya situation revealed just how little people seem to know. Granted, because intersex is an umbre...[Read on] |
Jolie gets Scarpetta franchise
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Angelina Jolie is teaming up with Patricia Cornwell to play Kay Scarpetta in what will hopefully become a long term franchise says Variety. Women are not known to lead franchises, Jolie had a previous one with Tomb Raider. Other I can think of include...[Read on] |
1930's fashion predictions for the future
| We've come a long way baby! A following clip depicts what designers around the 1930's thought fashion in the year 2000 would look like.
Any predictions for fashion trends fifty years from now???
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India's Single Women Resist Stigma, Demand Rights
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NEW DELHI (WOMENSENEWS)--When relatives barred Kamal Pathik from her son's wedding because the presence of widows is considered inauspicious, the Association of Single Strong Women stepped in. The group, willing to take on her family, advocates for single...[Read on] |
Carrie Underwood Rules Country Music Awards
| For the first time in almost a decade, a woman wins the top honor in the boys club of the ACMsCarrie Underwood | Today 10:55 amCarrie Underwood won Entertainer of the Year at last night’s Academy of Country Music Awards, the first woman to win the t...[Read on] |
Childbirth a barrier? Not when five of six top NYC Marathon winners are moms
| By Laura Pappano
It has become a provocative theme: Marathons and motherhood. Five of the top six women to cross the finish line in the 2009 ING New York City Marathon are moms.
1. Winner Derartu Tulu, 37, of Ethiopia – an two time Olympic gold ...[Read on] |
Does Prop 8 Decision Prove 'California Supreme Court Lost Its Way'?
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Brenda Feigen can’t understand why the California Supreme Court doesn’t support same-sex marriageA Friend Stopped By | Today 1:00 am
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Editor’s Note: Brenda Feigen is counsel to Kenoff & Machtinger,
LLP, where she practices anti-...[Read on] |
Reese Witherspoon and Nora Ephron to team on Peggy Lee Biopic
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Looks like Reese Witherspoon will be singing again now that she has secured the rights to Peggy Lee’s life story after meeting with her granddaughter. She then approached Nora Ephron and got her to agree to write and direct.
I like how Reese is taki...[Read on] |
Proposition 86ed: California Overturns Ban on Gay Marriage
| Photo by AJ Alfieri-Crispin/Flickr.Just a few minutes ago, U.S. District Court judge Vaughn Walker ruled that California’s Proposition 8 is unconstitutional, thereby repealing the state’s ban on gay marriage. Proposition 8 was approved by slightly mor...[Read on] |
Lunafest Coming to the NY Area on May 23rd
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For those uninitiated, Lunafest is a short film festival by and about women founded in 2000 by the folks that bring you Luna bars.
It’s a traveling festivals and appears in communities across the country hosted by different organizations. You can fin...[Read on] |
Sexism Watch: Women missing on A.O. Scott’s list of great films
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This is just another reason why I have such trouble with the NY Times reviews. A.O. Scott put his subjective look at the “great” films from 2000 to now, and not surprisingly, only a lone female filmmaker (Claire Denis), and not one female centric ...[Read on] |
Seven hot vampires to sink your teeth into
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Thanks to a little movie called Twilight, vampires have become a bigger pop culture phenomenon than ever before. But Edward Cullen isn’t the only good looking vampire on the scene. There were many others before him who were equally attractive and powerf...[Read on] |
Danica Patrick: Hot or Not?
| by Ethan Austin.
Ethan Austin is a blogger for Play City, a website that encourages young people to use sports as a catalyst for positive social change
Danica Patrick is moving to NASCAR! Woohoo!!!! She'll be the first woman ever...[Read on] |
2011 Empire State Building Run-Up
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The 34th annual NYRR Empire State Building Run-Up is set to take place on Tuesday, 1 February 2011. Who knew there was such a thing as a tower climbing competition? Apparently quite a few people.
The most famous stair race and, according to the organize...[Read on] |
What is a Turkey Trot?
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It’s the time of year for Turkey Trots. So, what exactly is a Turkey Trot? On Thanksgiving Day, or very near it, runners across the nation lace up their shoes for some version of the trot. And if you anticipate indulging in a huge Thanksgiving f...[Read on] |
Sexism and ageism in the soap opera world
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I used to be a big fan of Days of our Lives. Big fan. Watched it on and off (mostly on) for about 15 years. A couple of years ago I went cold turkey. But soaps are in distress, Guiding Light was canceled and cost cutting is the mantra. Days of Our...[Read on] |
Theatre Awards
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The arrival of marks the end of the theatre season here in NY so it’s awards time. The Tony Awards just deal with Broadway plays and there are other awards that include both Broadway and off-Broadway. I always find the mixed awards so fascinating be...[Read on] |
Catching Up With Single Mothers
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by Katherine Gallagher Robbins, Senior Policy Analyst, National Women's Law Center
In today's NY Times Bob Herbert highlights the increasing economic anxiety American families are facing. New analysis shows that economic security, the knowledge that yo...[Read on] |
Volleyball star Megan Hodge and basketball standout Maya Moore both win 2010 Honda-Broderick Cup
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The Collegiate Women Sports Awards today announced that for only the second time in its 34-year history two female athletes have tied for the annual Honda-Broderick Cup, its top honor designating the Collegiate Woman Athlete of the Year.
This year’s wi...[Read on] |
The Elle Power List – 2010
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For the second year in a row, Elle Magazine asked Nikki Finke to put together a list of the most powerful women in Hollywood.
Personally, I liked the days when the list was 1-100 and it was straightforward. The list seems to have lost its bite (if it ...[Read on] |
Maria Sharapova signs record-breaking contract with Nike
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If you’re an up and coming sports superstar, you may be interested to know a bit about the business of sports.
This week it was announced that Russian tennis champ Maria Sharapova has renewed her sponsorship agreement with Nike for $70 million (yikes) ...[Read on] |
Honda Award Winners - Best Female Collegiate Athletes
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For the 24th consecutive year, Honda has honored the most outstanding female collegiate athletes in the nation with the Collegiate Women Sports Awards.
Winners are selected in each of the 12 NCAA-sanctioned sports by a panel of more than 1,000 NCAA a...[Read on] |
Mountains and mounds
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After the Easter trip to Mississippi, I ended up first in Sarasota, FL, at the Hermitage, then home to NYC for a minute, then back to Montalvo to retrieve my car and kayak and bike, and then I drove to northeastern Wyoming, where I am spending May at an...[Read on] |
Interview with Sandra Laing - Real life subject of Skin
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Sandra Laing and Sophie Okonedo
Skin is the heartbreaking true story of Sandra Laing (played by Sophie Okonedo) as a woman with black skin born to white parents in apartheid S. Africa. She is a white girl who looked black. As a young girl she rea...[Read on] |
Sia: An artist that captures your soul
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You probably haven’t heard her music on the radio or seen her playing around your town, but Sia has been in music game for 12 years now.
Born as Sia Kate Isobelle Furler in Adelaide, Australia, the artist started her musical career in acid jazz and ind...[Read on] |
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