"faith" Articles & Blogs:
Rest in Peace Eunice Kennedy Shriver, Founder of Special Olympics
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Kennedys and Shrivers gathered at Special Olympics founder’s bedside, many recalling the heroic deeds done by JFK’s sisterEunice Shriver Dies | Today 9:05 am
UPDATED: 8:05 AM Tuesday: Eunice Kennedy Shriver has died at the age of 88.
Shriver died...[Read on] |
Car Care: Faith in Your Tech = Faith in Your Vehicle
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"I feel like such a fool," Sandra complained. "All I did was take my car in for an oil change and wound up paying for oil, an oil filter and an air filter. Plus, because he called to tell me my fan belt was shot, I had to get one of those installed.
"Ho...[Read on] |
Awards Watch: National Book Award Nominees
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Here are the women who were nominated for the National Book Awards. Winners will be announced on November 18,
Fiction
Bonnie Jo Campbell, American Salvage (Wayne State University Press)
Jayne Anne Phillips, Lark and Termite (Alfred A. Knopf)
Non-Fictio...[Read on] |
Mississippi River Project: Remembering Big Sandy Lake
| (Editors Note: Composer – and good friend – Eve Beglarian recently embarked on a year long odyssey kayaking the length of the Mississippi River from its source at Lake Itasca in Minnesota to the Gulf of Mexico. This is one in a series of journal en...[Read on] |
Early Oscar Prediction—Best Directress: Kathryn Bigelow
| Oscar season generally begins after the Toronto International Film Festival, once the bulk of prestige films have screened for critics and picked up distributors, leaving only a handful of latecomers to tip the balance. (This year, these known unknowns in...[Read on] |
The First Week of the New Year Has Passed: Did You Keep Your Resolution?
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Week one of 2010 is officially over. I’m pretty excited about this year, too. In 2009, I made two resolutions: to lose five pounds and get a serious adult job. Luckily for me, I kept both of them. So I’m feeling pretty confident about my resolutions i...[Read on] |
Five great movies for your next Girls Night In
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Every now and then it’s necessary to take some time out and put away the stilettos and short skirt and replace it with some PJs and a glass of wine. On nights like these it’s the perfect opportunity to call up the girls and get together for a girl’s...[Read on] |
New York Film Festival - Counting the women
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The NYFF released the lineup for its 47th edition earlier this week. Of the 29 films listed on its main slate only 4 (actually 3 and a half) are directed by women. Unacceptable. The list of women directed and women centric films is below.
The dates...[Read on] |
Why is there no male birth control on the market yet?
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Apparently because scientists think men won't take it. According to an article in Science Progress, outdated ideas of who's responsibility birth control and contraception is, has put the burden on women's shoulders.
Via Broadsheet.
Let's pretend you ...[Read on] |
Interview with Doris Yeung, Director of Motherland
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Motherland first appeared in the US at Outfest. The film is playing at the Berlin Asian Women’s Film Festival this weekend. The film tells the story of the price of the american dream.
Writer/director Doris Yeung answered some questions about her f...[Read on] |
A Favorite Fiction Chick: Jodi Picoult
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Most chicks have heard of Jodi Picoult, probably from the movie based on her book My Sister’s Keeper, but have you checked out her other books?
If you haven’t you should really consider it, especially if you liked “My Sister’s Keeper.” She cove...[Read on] |
Glee takes on abstinence and sex education
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I am loving Glee. As a kid I thought life was a musical (and I never grew up). This show feels like it was made for me. It's so gay. It's got Jane Lynch as a delicious villain who loves social hierarchies and is constantly claiming gender discrimination...[Read on] |
91 years old and 557,000 miles, and still going strong together
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Everybody is talking about this little old lady and her lifetime partnership with her Mercury Comet Caliente. She's more than 90 years old, and has been driving her "Chariot" since 1964.
Now with 557,000 miles on the odometer, the spunky pair has had th...[Read on] |
Women Directors respond to Kathryn Bigelow’s Oscar Nomination
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The last time a woman was nominated for a best director Oscar was in 2003 before blogs and way before Women & Hollywood.
I wanted to take the opportunity to hear the voices of women directors themselves as to what Kathryn Bigelow’s nomination means to ...[Read on] |
Mississippi River Project: Sure to be saved?
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(Ed. Note: Artist (and good friend) Eve Beglarian is paddling, biking and hiking the length of the Mississippi River in search of musical inspiration. This is one in a series of journal entries.)
This morning I went to the Joy Baptist Church in Fort Madi...[Read on] |
A Woman’s Quest to Be Someone of Her Own: Diane Von Furstenberg’s Journey
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Diane Von Furstenberg once said, “I wanted to be someone of my own, and not just a plain little girl who got married beyond her desserts.” This goal of creating a career of her own outside of that of her husbands led to the creation of one of the most...[Read on] |
Mississippi River Project: Darkness visible
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(Ed. Note: Artist (and good friend) Eve Beglarian is paddling, biking and hiking the length of the Mississippi River in search of musical inspiration. This is one in a series of journal entries.)
After all the adventures of the past few days, despite ...[Read on] |
Spotlight on Abigail Smith: 26-Year-Old Breast Cancer Survivor
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Although October is officially Breast Cancer Awareness Month, it is an important subject that deserves attentive recognition every month of the year.
Cancer is a word that no one ever wants to hear spoken about themselves, nor about a family member, a co...[Read on] |
Mississippi River Project: Mormons in Memphis
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The last week has been a very different experience from the whole river trip so far. Last Sunday afternoon, when I paddled in to the Shelby Forest boat ramp about twenty miles above Memphis, Mary had met a couple, David and Shawna, who live in Memphis a...[Read on] |
Spotlight on Nikki Roberti: Editor who is giving girls a reality check
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When “Lois and Clark: The New Adventures of Superman” aired on national television, audiences were quick to recognize the brazen young journalist portrayal of Lois Lane was far from the comic-book character depiction from decades before.
This Lois...[Read on] |
From the Editor’s Desk: How to beat confidence busters
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There are some days when opportunity is constantly knocking, our hearts are filled with so much hope we can barely stand it, and life seems to be falling into place exactly as we wished it would.
And then some days, we break our heel, the coffee shop is ...[Read on] |
Obama says "Jump!" Automakers say "How High?"
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President Obama's announcement on the Auto Industry may have helped clear up some concerns (most notably with tax credits and warranties), but it still has automakers scrambling for additional drastic change. It's a landmark time in our industry, identi...[Read on] |
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