"current-affairs" Articles & Blogs:
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] |
Depressing: Pay Gap Even Affects Lady Doctors
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According to an article in the Wall Street Journal's The Juggle blog this morning, the pay gap affects all kinds of ladies, including those who are highly skilled in saving lives. The Juggle reports that a new study published in the February issue of Heal...[Read on] |
A new low in coverage of Tiger Woods...in Vanity Fair?
| The cover on the latest Vanity Fair, which includes a story by Buzz Bissinger with sordid details about Tiger Woods' extramarital affairs, plays so baldly to racist stereotypes about black, male athletes that the infamous 2008 Vogue cover pales in compar...[Read on] |
Women & Hollywood in the News
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Women & Hollywood has been in the news twice this weekend. Thought I’d share:
From Ann Hornaday at the Washington Post:
Women & Film: With female characters, why does Hollywood fear that the stronger they are, the harder they fail?
This state of af...[Read on] |
Few Details on Detained Journalists From Al Gore's Current TV
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Whereabouts of Euna Lee and Laura Ling — sister of former ‘View’ co-host Lisa Ling — unknown; U.S. working with Chinese, Swiss on releaseAmerican Journalists Detained in North Korea | Today 11:00 am
Time may not be on the side o...[Read on] |
A woman gets her own theatre
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Great news. Rising star director Kate Whoriskey has been tapped by the Intiman Theatre in Seattle to take over as Artistic Director when current star director Barlett Sher leaves in 2010.
She will join a small club of female artistic directors in charg...[Read on] |
You know you are a REAL female rider if…
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You’ve broke a nail on your clutch or front brake
Your perfume smells like eau de exhaust
You have specific riding shoes so you don’t have shifter marks on your cute ones
Your helmet has makeup on the inside of it
You take the “windswept” hair lo...[Read on] |
One Step Closer to Stepford
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The New Beauty Magazine advocates plastic surgery as the sole way to become “beautiful”. In the current issue Megan Fox’s face is dissected using Leonardo da Vinci’s rule of thirds to summarize “why she is hot”. Essenti...[Read on] |
Mississippi River Project: Land of cotton
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Jim invited us to breakfast at Jen’s...[Read on] |
Lifetime orders three cop pilots
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I do think Lifetime needs to get back into the real drama business. The shows aside from Drop Dead Diva and Army Wives has not been very stellar or interesting of late. (Army Wives even at times veers into the way too mushy territory)
They’ve order...[Read on] |
Modern Lady Reports on Women-Workers V. Wal-Mart Class Action Suit
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A class-action suit has been filed against the Wal-Mart corporation on behalf of 1.5 million former and current Wal-Mart women workers. The plaintiffs claim that Wal-Mart promotes a work culture of patriarchy where women are constantly devalued in the wor...[Read on] |
The Late Night Dick Wars
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I don’t watch late night TV. The best I do is Tivo John Stewart and watch him when I get a chance. I don’t watch because I don’t stay up late, but more than that, I don’t watch because the shows don’t interest me. One of the big reason why...[Read on] |
Callista Gingrich’s Suits: Mood Rings Revealing the Soul of Her Husband’s Campaign
| Among the many delights of the misbegotten Newt Gingrich presidential campaign are the sartorial surprises of his current wife, Callista. Though Mrs. Gingrich’s love of pricy baubles is well documented, her fondness for vivid professional-wear is less w...[Read on] |
Could your pooch be the Luckiest Dog of NASCAR?
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I always enjoy seeing drivers pull up next to us at stoplights and do a double-take when they catch sight of Chaucer's happy face on one of our door magnets. Some read the words out loud ("Come Adventure with Me!" and Chaucer's website address). Others c...[Read on] |
Hollywood Feminist of the Day: Annette Bening
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Bening made the following statement about reproductive freedom while doing press for her current film Mother and Child:
Women have to have their own personal choice about reproduction; ultimately women have to make these decisions on their own,” Bening...[Read on] |
All the Uninsured/Underinsured Ladies- Put Your Hands Up
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Posted by WCF Fellow Trish Calvarese
After sharing their personal stories, three women devastated by the current state of the health care system sat beside First Lady Michelle Obama as she urged...
This is a content summary only. Visit Women and Politic...[Read on] |
Secretary Clinton to Launch Women’s World Cup Initiative
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Pretty Smart! On Monday June 6, Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton will launch the Women’s World Cup Initiative: Empowering Women and Girls Through Sports. The event, which will be streamed live on www.state.gov. will take place 9:30 am...[Read on] |
Sarah Palin's Dubious Ethics
| Have a newsworthy cocktail hour with VF Daily’s current-events-inspired concoctions. Today’s cocktail was mixed up by East Hampton’s Georgica Restaurant and Lounge (108 Wainscott Stone Road, 631-537-5603) in honor of ex-governor Sara Pal...[Read on] |
Hold That Line: Update on Abortion in Health Reform
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by Micole Allekotte, Health Fellow, National Women's Law Center
As the clock ticks down on a Senate vote on Health Reform, my high school cheerleaders’ rallying cry to the defense, “HOLD—THAT—LINE!” comes to mind. Health reform will ensure ...[Read on] |
Somali Pirates Don't Wear Eyeliner
| Have a newsworthy cocktail hour with VF Daily’s current-events-inspired concoctions. To celebrate the rescue of abducted captain Richard Phillips, mixologist Glenn Lucci of New York City’s Louis 649 (649 East Ninth Street; 212-673-1190) create...[Read on] |
Only the Lonely: Women on the Bench
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by Arlene Brens, Fellow, National Women's Law Center
Over the past three decades, an increasing number of women have joined the legal profession. In recent years, law schools have seen the number of female students increase, so that they now make up...[Read on] |
If we had more women in power…
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…what would be different? Probably a lot.
Just some food for thought—if women had an equal voice in our country’s leadership, would we:
Be in our current financial crisis?
Have started...
This is a content summary only. Visit Women and Pol...[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] |
Judith Ivey is busy
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Judith Ivey as Ann Landers
Judith Ivey has had a long TV career, but lately I haven’t seen her in many things. The good news is that it looks like she’ll be quite visible here in NY as she follows the path of many female actors as they get older ...[Read on] |
An Interview With Randee Heller, Mad Men’s Mrs. Blankenship
| Randee Heller as Don Draper’s indiscreet (and now dead) secretary, Mrs. Blankenship. Photograph by Mike Yarish/AMC. The break-out performance of the current TV season has been Randee Heller’s as Mrs. Blankenship, Don Draper’s atypically mature secre...[Read on] |
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