"a-womans-nation" Articles & Blogs:
Engineer Says Robotics Can Use a Woman's Touch
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(WOMENSENEWS)--Robin Murphy's robots don't look human. Nor do they act like R2D2, or Rosie from "The Jetsons."
Instead they are small and flexible; built to slither through collapsed buildings, fly over wildfires or floods, and check the integr...[Read on] |
Obama creates women's council
| President Obama signs an executive order that establishes the White House Council on Women and Girls.
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Al Qaeda's Latest Jihadist Women's eMagazine
| Tips on how to meet a terrorist husband? Ideas for keeping your skin beautiful underneath a niqab? Poetry about the Holy War? Enter the bizarre world of Al Qaeda's newest Cosmo-like magazine for women.
Al Shamikah--The Majestic, features stories on pleas...[Read on] |
Helen Mirren shows a real woman’s body
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Speaking of real women’s bodies — you gotta love Helen Mirren who at almost 65 is not afraid to show us a real woman’s body.
Photo by Juergen Teller
She’s got a new flick – Love Ranch – directed by hubby Taylor Hackford opening next week...[Read on] |
Stereotypical media representations of female athletes starts early
| Today I was preparing for a WeCoach workshop and was looking for some images on IStock.com. Pictured here is a classic example of how the (re)production of gender stereotypes starts early and in ways we might not even notice because they seem so i...[Read on] |
Tribeca Winners: It's All About the Art
| David Salle, "Untitled" 2008. Awarded to Carlos Chahine, for his film The North Road, which won best narrative short. Emitting a collective, satisfied, post-coital sigh after a week and a half of building tension, the nation learned the results of...
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Withdrawing Resignation, Iraq's Minister of Women's Affairs Blasts Government
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Nawal al-Samarrai isn’t happy with the way Iraq handles women’s issues, but she also isn’t ready to give up entirelyPost | Today 11:45 am
Former Iraqi lawmaker Nawal al-Samarrai is speaking out against the government’s apparent l...[Read on] |
Kim Mulkey: Class Act
| Coach Kim hits all the right notes in discussing her program's upset of Tennessee, noting that she takes no pleasure in defeating one of the game's legends in Pat Summitt. Also in this same round-up, Geno points out that he doesn't give a damn about the...[Read on] |
Ted Stevens Was Guardian Angel of Women in Sports
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(WOMENSENEWS)--Published remembrances of my friend and sometime colleague Sen. Ted Stevens, who perished last week in a tragic plane crash in Alaska, haven't said much about his dedicated support of legislation that changed so much for women and girls in ...[Read on] |
Afghan Women Would Rather Talk About Recovery
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(WOMENSENEWS)--As the world waits for President Barack Obama to announce next week his plan to send up to 30,000 additional U.S. troops to Afghanistan, three female leaders of civil society efforts focused their concerns on nation building.
The trio want...[Read on] |
Saudi Women Arrested for DWF - Driving While Female
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"We did not break the law. We were not driving on the road,” one Saudi woman said after being arrested for practicing her driving skills. Today five women were arrested for driving in three cars in an empty lot in the Hettein district in...[Read on] |
Sarah Palin Invokes World’s Least Creative Excuse to Explain Tour Suspension
| Writing on Facebook, Governor Sarah Palin (R-the Internet), argued that “reports of tour demise are greatly exaggerated,” referring to a Real Clear Politics scoop that Palin’s One Nation cross-country publicity stunt has been summarily truncated. We...[Read on] |
Argentinian soccer, not just for boys...
| I thought everyone in Argentina was practically born dribbling a soccer ball between their feet. Silly me, what I meant to say was that everyone who is a boy is weaned on soccer. Girls, it turns out, are not necessarily welcome in the sport in that soccer...[Read on] |
Liz Cheney Is the New Dick
| Who’s the most venomous and pernicious person in American life today? That person who, without an iota of irony or self-dramatizing exaggeration (Rush Limbaugh, in that sense, is rather a kitten), really believes the nation has descended into a malignan...[Read on] |
"Here she is, world!" Celebrate Gypsy's 100th Birthday with The New York Public Library
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To celebrate the 100th birthday of perhaps the most iconic burlesque performer Gypsy Rose Lee, the New York Public Library has planned an event that is sure to be spectacular. Karen Abbott, author of the acclaimed biography American Rose, A Nation La...[Read on] |
Besides Japan, Where Else Is Paris Hilton Unwelcome?
| Photo by Glenn Francis.The Asian nation of Japan has prohibited Paris Hilton from crossing its borders, citing her recent guilty plea on drug possession charges. “Hilton was to appear Wednesday at a news conference in Tokyo to promote her fashion and fr...[Read on] |
Coskata powers vehicles with fuel made from trash
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With gas prices continually in flux, interest in domestically produced bio-fuels like ethanol (E85) is on the rise. These flex fuels have been gaining popularity not only for their lower cost, but also their lessened impact on the environment. Flex Fuel ...[Read on] |
Women Are the Labor Force, Where is Our Political Force?
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By WCF Fellow Trish
A study released today, The Shriver Report: A Woman’s Nation Changes Everything, focuses on a national landmark: for the first time in the history of the United States,...
This is a content summary only. Visit Women and Politi...[Read on] |
Soccer: Remembering the women
| I have not watched one second of the men's World Cup. And yet it seems to be the only thing I can blog about these days. (I do have a post coming about working out in skirts--so stay tuned for something non-soccer. Not that there's anything wrong with...[Read on] |
Translating Obama's (Socialist) Speech to Schoolchildren
| President Obama’s much-anticipated speech to America’s schoolchildren has come and gone. So in the end, was it in fact an attempt to brainwash the nation’s youth into becoming communists and/or Nazis, as many conservatives suggested it w...[Read on] |
These Days, Men Are the Gold Diggers
| Lately, I’ve noticed that more and more single men are openly discussing their desire to marry rich women. The trend is worth noting because it represents an inversion of gender roles in the traditional approach to marrying for money, which, over the co...[Read on] |
Egypt Rebels Against Mubarak’s Royal Arrogance
| Egyptian demonstrators hold up a placard in Cairo on February 1, 2011. Photo by Patrick Baz/AFP/Getty Images.
Whenever frantic political instability erupts in a nation, members of the local ruling class stand to lose both money and influence. Right now, t...[Read on] |
Vermont's Gay Marriage Decision Reignites Right
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After Vermont lawmakers pass gay marriage, opponents vow to fight onGay Marriage | Today 9:10 am
Gay rights advocates celebrated across the nation yesterday, when the Vermont legislature overrode the Governor’s veto and legalized same-sex marriage...[Read on] |
The 10 Wealthiest Women in Congress
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These women prove that public servants are anything but plebeiansPhoto Essay | Today 1:00 amPoliticians don’t go into their line of work for the money — most congressional lawmakers make $165,000 annually — but that doesn’t mean th...[Read on] |
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