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Automotive Association to honor outstanding women industry achievers
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The Women's Automotive Association International (WAAI) will present its prestigious Professional Achievement Award to three automotive industry women during its annual awards dinner. This year's honorees are Robin Pisz, national interactive marketing ma...[Read on] |
Toyota recalls and temporarily suspends sales of selected vehicles
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In September 2009, Toyota announced that it would recall 3.8 million vehicles to adjust floormats that could cause accelerators to get stuck and lead to a crash. And just a few days ago, Toyota announced it would be recalling 2.3 million vehicles to corr...[Read on] |
Why police the border between women's and men's sports?
| In 2004, Mexican National Women's Team superstriker Maríbel Dominguez was signed to a two-year contract with Celaya FC, a second division men's team. FIFA stepped in with an official prohibition and the assertion "There must be a clear separation between...[Read on] |
Dearth of Female Support for GOP
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The GOP falls 22 points behind the Democrats in terms of women’s allegiancePost | Today 9:50 am
The Republican Party needs to find a way to attract more women, because a recent Gallup Poll shows that only 27% of women identify as Republican. Meanw...[Read on] |
Disney’s Princess Half Marathon
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A couple weeks ago, I wrote a post about Endurance Races for women. In compiling a list of races specifically for those with a xx chromosome I can’t believe we overlooked last weekend’s Princess Half Marathon! C’mon. Who can resist a fairytale week...[Read on] |
Roman Polanski Wants to Be Sentenced in Absentia
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Seems that facing the music in a courtroom will most probably not be happening for Roman Polanski. From his house arrest in his Swiss chalet Polanski had his lawyers ask that he be sentenced in absentia. This looks a serious option and I’m betting ...[Read on] |
Alice in Wonderland – First $200 Million Movie of 2010
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So the first big hit of 2010 is a movie about a girl. Uh oh. Remember yesterday’s post about Degenderizing Disney? Funny thing is Alice in Wonderland over the last two weeks has made $221 million in the US and $221 million overseas is a Disney mov...[Read on] |
Fair pay and athletics: The gender disparities continue to loom
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This post is part of an initiative by the National Women’s Law Center in honor of Equal Pay Day — “voices are rising up across the web in support of fair pay for women.” All day, they’ll be promoting blog posts about fair pay and tweets with the...[Read on] |
NCAA career development program for women
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University of Minnesota women's softball coach Julie Standering / Photo credit: Gophersports.com
The NCAA is holding a career development program that’s targeting women, announced today. It’s going to be held on December 17 in conjunction with the ...[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] |
Bridget Sloan and Kyla Ross Crowned USA Gymnastics National Champions
| Post Olympic year national championships are always interesting. Will a new star emerge? Will someone who was in the shadows of previous stars claim the spotlight? Or will the whole event be, well, uneventful? When it comes to the 2009 Visa National Champ...[Read on] |
See Amy Run: Meet record-breaking athlete Amy Palmiero-Winters
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I came across this amazing woman on Bust and was intrigued by the opening paragraph.
The word ’superwoman’ is thrown around way too often, but here’s an athlete who completely deserves the description. Amy Palmiero-Winters is a 37-year-old mother o...[Read on] |
LJ, Cappie & Catch dominate All-WNBA team voting
| LJ, Cappie & Catch Dominate All-WNBA Team Voting
The WNBA today announced the All-WNBA teams, and it was an extremely close race for top vote getter, much like the MVP award itself was. Again, it came down to Seattle Storm star (and MVP winner&...[Read on] |
Drop Dead Diva - Premieres Sunday on Lifetime
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I remember not too long ago when Sunday nights were reserved for some strong Lifetime dramas. Remember Strong Medicine and The Division? I really liked both those shows. After both shows left the air, Lifetime struggled and, to me, got a little too ...[Read on] |
"Just your average college girl who's played ball with the President" - Glamour
| Maya Moore was named to Glamour’s Top Ten College Women list. Although they describe the 10 women as “amazing women you haven’t heard of yet” and I’ve obviously heard of her, that’s a pretty cool honor!
Here’s what they had to say about...[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] |
WNBA’s economic struggles
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The economy isn’t just hurting the everyday blue- collar workers, it’s also hurting the future of professional women’s basketball.
It was brought to my attention by a friend to take a look at an article released on ESPN.com today, in regards to the ...[Read on] |
Why Can’t DIII Football Be Co-Ed?
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By Laura Pappano
The phrase “college football” evokes testosterone-charged pre-U.S. Marine-style intensity and mammoth bodies colliding at ridiculously odd angles and high speeds.
That may accurately describe DI teams o...[Read on] |
College Hoops: It’s The Girls’ Turn
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Who’s in? Who’s out? The NCAA Division I Women’s Tournament field was announced this evening as 64 teams waited to hear where they’ll be playing their first round games starting March 21.
March Madness & Final Four is a phenomenon that grips the ...[Read on] |
Movie Review: Made in Dagenham - Striking a blow for women
| I had the chance to attend a screening of Made in Dagenham last night at the Raleigh Studios and recommend it to anyone with a social conscience who might have trouble remembering that women didn't always have equal rights.
In fact the film should be req...[Read on] |
WB sells Supergirl the brand but not the movie
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Usually when you read a story in Variety about merchandising, it’s about how a studio is going to create merchandising tie-ins for an upcoming film.
Now it looks like Warner Brothers’ consumer products division is going to by-pass the theatres and se...[Read on] |
Champion of diversity and academic reform: NCAA President Myles Brand dies at 67
| Myles Brand, the first university president to head the NCAA and a champion of academic reform died Wednesday after battling pancreatic cancer this past year. Brand, a former Indiana University President, championed academic reform, fiscal responsibility ...[Read on] |
To bee or not to bee
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ESPN usually airs football, basketball, ice hockey and occasionally a NCAA Division I championship — but kids pushing around vowels and consonants? America’s youngest and most celebrated letter bearers were featured today on the station generally me...[Read on] |
An athlete who refuses to act her age
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Just because you grow up doesn’t mean you have to give up sports. Next weekend the 2009 World Masters Games kick off in Sydney (for those that don’t know, that’s a comp for athletes 40 years of age and older.)
One athlete preparing for the Ga...[Read on] |
United Nations creates new body on women and gender equality
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Ann mentioned this in our Weekly Feminist Reader, but I thought it deserved a bit more attention.
The New York Times announced the launch of a new agency developed out of the United Nations dedicated to promoting women's rights and gender equality, al...[Read on] |
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