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5 Places Guaranteed to Restore Your Soul
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An expert globetrotter shares the top destinations to revitalize the body and mindAdventure | Today 12:00 am
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After years of pursuing successful careers, which paid the bills but brought no joy, I was consumed with a spiritual emptiness that made...[Read on] |
Sister, Sister
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Everybody needs a sister– at least if the results of a new study from the University of Ulster in Ireland hold true. Researchers at the school recently asked 571 people ages 17 to 25 about their lives and discovered that the ones who grew up with sister...[Read on] |
Daily Dose of Inspiration and Adventure!
| “Twenty years from now you will be more disappointed by the things that you didn’t do than by the ones you did do. So throw off the bowlines. Sail away from the safe harbor. Catch the trade winds in your sails. Explore. Dream. Discover.”
~Mark Twai...[Read on] |
Vote today! 13 ways you can change the world through sports
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… as if you needed ideas.
Today is the last day you can vote for your favorites in the Sport for Change contest finalists run by Nike and Ashoka. This post contains links to the finalists, as well as some social media they’ve shared with the world.
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The Coal Tattoo- A Diamond in the Rough
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As everyone frantically finishes up papers and crams for exams this next week, I’d like to suggest a little light reading for your after-Thanksgiving naps. I love this book so much I’d really like to suggest it to anyone, anytime. Set in the 1950’s ...[Read on] |
Wimbledon drops ‘Miss’ from scoreboards
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Wimbledon has always been known for its strict standards of etiquette. Organizers of the tournament like things to be done just so, like insisting players wear predominantly white.
But nothing is sacred and some traditions have been scrapped in recent ye...[Read on] |
Two Ex-Girl Scouts Accuse the Organization of Promoting Abortions
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We’ve all heard it before: someone tries to inform young women about their options regarding an unwanted pregnancy, and they’re blamed for “promoting abortion” to young girls. But this time the attacks are coming from two Texan tee...[Read on] |
Nora and Delia Ephron — Love, Loss and What I Wore
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Nora and Delia Ephron
This week I spent some time in the world of the sisters Ephron — Nora and Delia. First, I saw their show – Love, Loss and What I Wore (which is breaking box office records at the West Side Theatre and it has been extended into...[Read on] |
Wino Wednesday: James Mays Road Trip
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I am SO sorry I didn’t catch onto this sooner, but if you like to laugh and are interested in wine you have to check out James Mays Road Trip on BBC America. They’re on season two and they’re touring California Wineries! Of course it took years for...[Read on] |
Is the Recession Over? People Are Partying Again
| Massimiliano Giometti, Euan Rellie, and Lucy Sykes Rellie. From PatrickMcMullan.com. Jessica and Janina Joffee.
"It feels like the season—we've seen the same faces for four out of the last five nights," remarked Euan Rellie at Massimo Ferragamo's di...[Read on] |
Tina Fey and What She Means to Women
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I’ve been watching this week at how Tina Fey has gotten bashed my my fellow feminist writers for her shtick on last week’s Saturday Night Live. Some of the criticism began even earlier with discussions of the “Liz Lemoning of TV” and her constan...[Read on] |
Katie Makkai - Pretty Amazing
| Katie Makkai makes a compelling statement in the reading of her poem “Pretty” at the 2002 National Poetry Slam.
This, this is about my own some-day daughter. When you approach me, already stung-stayed with insecurity, begging, “Mom, will I be prett...[Read on] |
Happy Tears for Demi Moore, Ellen Barkin, and Parker Posey
| The cast party. Parker Posey, Ellen Barkin, and Demi Moore. From PatrickMcMullan.com. Last night’s Cinema Society screening of Happy Tears took a sartorial turn when Demi Moore walked the red carpet in an ensemble pulled from host Donna Karan’s Fall 2...[Read on] |
Women & Wine - A Food & Wine Lovers Guide to A Gourmet Seder
| My husband has this fantasy - he's invited to a Seder for Passover and none of the food resembles anything from Seders past. No jarred gefilte fish - no hard as rocks matzoh balls, no overcooked brisket (have I whet your appetite yet?)
Actually, part of ...[Read on] |
Jaclyn Murphy’s “big sisters”: Northwestern women’s lacrosse team
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Jaclyn Murphy is no ordinary 14-year-old junior varsity lacrosse player. She’s got a great story, one which I’m thrilled to say the New York Times told the world this past weekend.
In short, Jaclyn, four years ago, was a frail 10 year old being treat...[Read on] |
HBO Finally Gets a Feminist Show
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HBO has long been known for its boy oriented shows. The Sopranos, Entourage and even Big Love. But now us girls are making headway first with the No 1 Ladies Detective Agency and now with Women’s Studies from my buddy Theresa Rebeck.
How awesome is i...[Read on] |
The legacy of Thirtysomething
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It’s been over 20 years since Thirtysomething went on the air and 18 years since it departed and now finally the first season will be released on DVD today. What I find so interesting about the show is how far reaching into TV and films — but mostly...[Read on] |
Barbie Turns 50 -- Does that Make her Car a Classic?
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Growing up with three sisters, the Barbie doll fascination just really escaped me. I wanted a Ken doll, he just seemed a bit more realistic as a role model for me. My sisters worried about nail polish and when they could wear nylons, I wanted a tree ho...[Read on] |
Nora and Delia Ephron New Off-Broadway Play
| Nora and Delia Ephron. From PatrickMcMullan.com. “It’s the Vagina Monologues without the vaginas” is how the Ephron sisters (writers Nora and Delia) describe their wise and witty little play Love, Loss, and What I Wore, based on the best...[Read on] |
Vintage Sexism: 1943 Guide to Hiring Women
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We covered this a couple of years ago, but a reader sent it in and it's just too good not to bring to light, especially when we have the original.
This gem is from the July 1943 issue of Transportation Magazine, written for male supervisors of women d...[Read on] |
Femme Pedals Mountain Bike Group
| Happy New Year!
If you are into mountain biking in the south Florida area, check out the recently formed Femme Pedal cycling club.
From the Femme Pedal Meetup Group Page
"Our mission is to provide all types of opportunities for women mountain
bikers ...[Read on] |
Serena's 'Signature' style
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makes Serena Williams more nervous: playing in a Grand Slam tournament or
appearing on HSN to hawk her fashion and accessories line? Well, neither
because the tennis star and style icon doesn't get nervous. But having fashion
design as an outlet has ...[Read on] |
Where are you Sela Ward?
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I am a big, big fan of Sela Ward. Loved her in Sisters. (how about someone remake that show now except without Julianne Phillips?) Double loved Once and Again which is where we first met Evan Rachel Wood.
Last time I saw Sela Ward she was doing a s...[Read on] |
Equality Watch: Women Missing from Great Directors Festival on TCM
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Got a press release from the folks at Turner Classics movies announcing their month long great directors festival in June.
This month long event will feature 350 films and not a single female director featured is included!
Here are some of the guys:
Fr...[Read on] |
A New Female Franchise?
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I don’t usually get excited about comic book character movies since most of them are about guys with superpowers that don’t appeal to me and the ones that star women usually stink, but this new one Frenemy of the State- that Universal has just acquire...[Read on] |
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