"female-friendly" Articles & Blogs:
Meghan McCain: Republican Party Has to Become More Gay Friendly
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Young blogger seemingly has no qualms about taking her party to task on
traditionally taboo topics; new gay Republican group launches this weekMeghan McCain on Gay Republicans | Today 1:25 pm
Meghan McCain makes no apologies for being a Republican and p...[Read on] |
Does sex sell women's sport? (and is it worth the trouble to find out?)
| Originally, I had tried to put down some thoughts so I could comment on a post at WTS. But they have grown too numerous for a comment, apparently, so I share them here. (Note: You may want to listen to the interview before reading on.)
In the int...[Read on] |
Do you love sports? Are you a member of Blogher?
| Did you know that 94% of girls in U.S. play sports?
Unfortunately, there is a lack of female athletes being represented in mass media and that is the cultural image of female athletes being absorbed by the majority of young girls who choose to play.
Fo...[Read on] |
Girl-Powered Chicago Film Festival
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</object> The 45th Annual Chicago International Film Festival kicks off today, and this year, organize...[Read on] |
Iraq Trains Female Cops; HIV Top Threat to Women
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(WOMENSENEWS)--
Cheers
In Iraq, 50 women became the first female graduates Nov. 9 of the country's police officer training academy, The New York Times reported.
"Everyone says men are able to do everything, but that's not true," First Lieut...[Read on] |
Sexism & Horse Racing: The Preakness
| I’m watching the pre-race coverage of the Preakness horse race right now on NBC. I’ve been following the media coverage of this race all week. Drama and debate rage on “should fillies race with stallions” due to the recent success of filly Rachel...[Read on] |
For Earth Day I bought an Eco-Friendlier Car!
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It's Earth Day and this celebration is virtually the holy grail of holidays for environmentalism so in honor of the importance of going green and being earth friendly I bought another brand spanking new eco-friendly car!
I did a lot of research (both o...[Read on] |
Hollywood Feminist of the Day: Lauren Tracy
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Lauren is a 21-year-old young director and has started a film fund for female filmmakers called X-Factor Filmmakers. Her next step is to launch a contest: The Best Female Directed Picture where you can win a netflix subscription to make people aware o...[Read on] |
Women Use Peer-To-Peer Car Shopping To Avoid Dealer Sales Environment
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A growing number of women are using the company's peer-to-peer (P2P) marketplace as a way to shop for a vehicle lease, reports LeaseTrader.com, the nation's most popular online lease swap marketplace for car leases.
A significant portion of feedback col...[Read on] |
Ask Patty Female Friendly Blog Carnival: August 12, 2009
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There's so much happening in the automotive world, whether it's exciting reports about automotive safety, fun car news, or information about our Certified Female Friendly dealers and retailers, we've got something here for everyone. Have you got female fr...[Read on] |
Video games give girls "life lessons" on how to achieve their social beauty standards
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Check out Wired's take on new games for girls released in 2009, in which all but one ("The Daring Game for Girls") is about fashion, boys, princesses, modeling, and more fashion. Well, there is a detective game, but you solve mysteries using your "femin...[Read on] |
Film Gender Gap: More stats on women working behind the scenes in film
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Dr. Martha Lauzen at San Diego State University has for the first time drilled deeper into women’s representation on films looking into the numbers of women production designers, production managers/production supervisors, sound designers, supervising s...[Read on] |
Female Celebrities Warp Our View of Real Women
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(WOMENSENEWS)--Are celebrity stories the new narrative of American life? Have the people we see on reality shows and "Entertainment Tonight" replaced characters created by novelists and filmmakers as the lives we most relate to?
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Become an Eco-preneur
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This fall I had the chance to write an article about three eco-preneurs. Rianna not only started her own holistic beauty line, Organic to Green, she also launched ReuseCycle, a program where she collects, sanitizes, and reuses glass bottles from local re...[Read on] |
Media coverage of Serena Williams' outburst emphasizes gender norms
| Serena Williams, in her outburst at the U.S. Open, stepped outside the box of what is considered acceptable behavior for female athletes, according to the most recent report from the John Curley Center for Sports Journalism. We analyzed article from both ...[Read on] |
A first hand report from Comic-Con
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Abigail Tarttelin attended Comic-Con with Schrodinger’s Girl a film she is in. Women & Hollywood asked her to write up her impressions of the offerings that we will be seeing on our TV screens this season.
Hello Women and Hollywood Readers,
This is ...[Read on] |
What happens when a women wants to buy a car?
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Women consumers influence 80% of all vehicles purchased in the United
States, and buy approximately 50% of all new and used cars and 40% of
all trucks sold in the US. And yet, according to Marketing2Women, 74% feel misunderstood by automotive marketers...[Read on] |
Iran OKs Female for Games; Vancouver Fails T-Test
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(WOMENSENEWS)--
Cheers
For the first time in Winter Olympics history, an Iranian woman will compete for her country, reported CNN on Feb. 10. Marjan Kalhor, 21, will head the Iranian team in Vancouver, Canada, as the Olympics kicked off Feb. 12.
read...[Read on] |
AP nominates two horses for "Female Athlete of the Year"
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It's the end of the year, aka the merry season of top ten lists. The Associated Press recently published the vote tallies for its Female Athlete of the Year, in which 158 sports editors around the country weigh in on which of these ten female athletes des...[Read on] |
New Female Troops Patrol South Bengal Frontier
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BONGAON, India (WOMENSENEWS)--The clear blue sky with twirls of white clouds rises above lush green fields while a soft wind blows.
It is a quiet and picturesque spot in the southern region of the eastern Indian state of West Bengal.
But Rita Chakla, 23...[Read on] |
Female Creative Partnerships
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Julie White (l) and Theresa Rebeck
I am so sick and tired of all the stories about how women compete against each other (lots of them bullshit designed, I believe, to keep women from working together) that it’s important to acknowledge and celebrate wh...[Read on] |
Palin, Clinton Comic Sell Out
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Bluewater Productions can hardly believe that their ‘Female Force’ series has done so wellPalin, Clinton Comics | Today 1:00 pm
Sarah Palin is hugely popular among comic-book readers.
Bluewater Productions, a graphic-novel company, yeste...[Read on] |
Which line…male or female?
| Yesterday I was fortunate enough to be able to attend the first-ever University of Minnesota Gopher Football game at the new TCF Stadium. The stadium is spectacular and the Gopher’s managed a win over Air Force–a fitting way to christen the stadium. W...[Read on] |
Marketing To Women..... Some Common But Costly Mistakes
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Women account for 85% of all consumer purchases including everything from Autos to Health Care and they spend about $5 Trillion annually which is about half of the USA GDP. It is predicted than over the next decade women will control two thirds of co...[Read on] |
Is America Ready for a Female President?
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The author of a provocative new book on presidential politics, Notes from the Cracked Ceiling, explains why gender mattersA Friend Stopped By | Today 3:00 am
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Editor’s Note: Anne Kornblut, the White House correspondent for The Washington Pos...[Read on] |
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