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Upcoming Event: Brooklyn Blogfest
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For anyone in the NYC area mark down May 7th in your calendar for the annual Brooklyn Blogfest. The theme is:
Insight. Advice. Inspiration. Resources.
The main program is: WHY WE BLOG is a panel discussion moderated by BCAT’s Megan Donis and featuri...[Read on] |
Our Bodies Our Health Heroes
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You may have already seen information about the Our Bodies Our Health Heroes Contest, but I thought that it was great enough to post again for those who haven’t seen it yet, or for those who have a hero but need that extra reminder to submit (god kn...[Read on] |
Senate Confirms Sotomayor
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Awesome.
Sotomayor would not have been my first pick for a Supreme Court justice for a lot of reasons — chief among them her disturbing deference to law enforcement and her lack of regard for privacy rights. But she is undoubtedly a highly-quali...[Read on] |
Wesleyan women’s rights activist shot and killed
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Johanna Justin-Jinich, a Wesleyan student, was shot and killed yesterday by Stephen Morgan, a man who had been harassing and possibly stalking her. He walked into the bookstore where she worked and shot her. He has not yet been apprehended, and may be ta...[Read on] |
The Social Network: Actually Sexist, or an Unwelcome Reflection of Our Times?
| In terms of digital cocktail conversation about success, gender, and the way we live now, The Social Network is the gift that just keeps on giving. Aaron Sorkin finally felt compelled to emerge from the lonely screenwriter’s citadel (his office) and res...[Read on] |
Lost, Found: Abby Sunderland, Teenage Sailor
| Photo via Abby's Blog.Good news! A rescue plane made contact with Abby Sunderland, the 16-year-old California sailor who set out to complete a nonstop solo trip around the world. (Had she succeeded, she would have been the youngest person to do so.) On Th...[Read on] |
AskPatty Receives Top Women In Business Blog Award
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I'm excited to announce the Ask Patty Automotive Advice for Women blog has been chosen as a winner in the 2010 Top Women In Business Blog Awards, sponsored by Online MBA. I am so honored to be included with the other amazing women blogging winners. Th...[Read on] |
Part II: Clarifying the Myth About Exercise
| If you didn’t read the TIME magazine cover article which stated that exercise is basically a waste of time and doesn’t help people lose weight, my blog critique of the article, or the very insightful comments of blog readers (particularly Jenny Ev...[Read on] |
Columbia/Barnard Take Back the Night March
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On the night of Thursday April 16th, there will be a Take Back the Night March held in New York City. One of the event’s coordinators, Robin, said in her email to me that the march is “an empowering event for both men and women, survivors, ...[Read on] |
Another magazine another photoshopped woman
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Seriously, why do magazines think that we won’t notice? Or are they truly going with the “a photo is just the beginning of our art project” theory? Becuase if photos are just an art project for them, then just fucking say it.
This time ...[Read on] |
As Supreme Court Nomination Speculation Heats Up, Keeping Our Eyes on the Bigger Prize
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I have an article up on RH Reality Check today about the SCOTUS nominations. Check it out. A taste:
Few things excite politics junkies quite as much as an impending Supreme Court nomination - it’s the Kentucky derby for law nerds, with media-makers...[Read on] |
Planning for the Future: What Women Need to Know About Social Security
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Years ago, I attended a retreat held by the Woodhull Institute for Ethical Leadership for twentysomething women. One of the discussions was on financial literacy, and I remember of the twenty women there, I was one of very few with a mutual fund, an IRA, ...[Read on] |
Dear So and So: My Blog
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Dear Tipsyreader.com,
I haven’t had my morning cup o’ joe yet, so this could get ugly.
Sometimes I wish this were one of those blogs where I could write about my life at least a little bit. But there are two things wrong with this picture. One is ...[Read on] |
Sotomayor, identity and experience
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I have a piece up in the Guardian about how identity and experience shape the courts, and how Sotomayor’s professional and personal experiences add a necessary diversity to the Supreme Court bench. A taste:
Republicans and conservatives will arg...[Read on] |
National Women’s Law Center’s Blog to Rally for Girls’ Sports Day
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Are you a female athlete? Do you have a blog, Facebook or Twitter account? Do you have a great story about how sports positively impacts your life?
For the first time, the National Women’s Law Center (NWLC) is hosting Blog to Rally for Girls’ Sport...[Read on] |
National Women’s History Museum bill moves to the Senate
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This is pretty cool. The House of Representatives recently passed a bipartisan bill (HR 1700) that would set the stage for a National Women’s History Museum to be built on the National Mall. It now moves to the Senate. The House passed HR 1700 on a v...[Read on] |
Hartford paper rethinks idea to publish Auriemma’s daughter
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I grew up in Connecticut where women’s basketball rules.
Long before other women’s college teams got exposure and respect, the public TV station broadcast the UConn games. In fact, CPTV began its coverage of the university women during the 1993-94 ...[Read on] |
Domestic violence: one more reason for health care reform
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I just received this email from the Religious Coalition for Reproductive Choice. I’m embarrassed to admit that I didn’t already know this:
Eight states (Idaho, Mississippi, North Carolina, North Dakota, Oklahoma, South Carolina, South Dakota, and Wyo...[Read on] |
Right-wing shock jocks: Now attacking children
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This is reprehensible (trigger warning). I’m not going to quote from the piece because it’s really sickening, but the gist is this: Right-wing radio jocks in Sacramento attacked transgender kids, calling them horrible names and basically enco...[Read on] |
300 Women March for Rights in Afghanistan
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I’m sure that you’ve already seen this elsewhere, but it’s certainly worth posting again.
Yesterday, 300 women in Afghanistan marched in the streets to protest a new law which affects the Shia minority of the population. It says tha...[Read on] |
David vs. Goliath: NCAA one step closer to its champion
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As of last night, there are now two teams left in the greatest basketball tournament of the year: University of Connecticut Huskies and the Louisville Cardinals.
Yesterday, UConn seemed to easily handle Stanford, winning 83-64, and Louisville squeaked by...[Read on] |
A Warning: The 2011 True E-Book Challenge Story
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Thanks to Juju at Tales of Whimsy, I’ve joined a challenge! If you haven’t heard of it (or more rightly, guessed) it’s the 2011 E-Book Challenge which is totally right up my alley.
A lot of the freebies on Amazon are romance novels. And I personal...[Read on] |
Brittany Murphy- RIP
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Brittany in Clueless (she's on the left)
The death of Brittany Murphy at 32 is another one of those moments where you can see the toll that Hollywood takes on people.
I mean what 32 year old person has a heart attack?
People are saying drugs, but wha...[Read on] |
Women & Hollywood in the News
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Two things I wanted to bring to your attention:
I am quoted in a piece on male stars and weight issues in the Irish Independent.
The Real Box Office Heavyweights
We have an expectation of the type of woman that we want to see on screen. We want them to...[Read on] |
Why is it so strange that male critics like movies about women?
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I read this blog post yesterday What does this say about U.S. manhood: Male critics actually like ‘Eat Pray Love’ by Patrick Goldstein of the LA Times and it didn’t really get to me enough to blog about it. But while I was tossing and turning in...[Read on] |
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