"letters-to-juliet" Articles & Blogs:
First came Katie Couric, and now we have Diane Sawyer. Is gender bias in television journalism a thing of the past?
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Joan Juliet Buck, Joan Ganz Cooney and Liz Smith reflect on whether men still dominate the network anchor chair
Question of the Day | Today 5:00 amJoan Juliet Buck | Today 12:00 amIs Joan Juliet Buck Convinced?It would be so nice to say yes.
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Women’s Weekend Box Office Report – July 4th Holiday
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To no one’s surprise, Twilight Eclipse opened big, almost as big as New Moon. Here are the numbers:
The first six days of Eclipse brought in $175 million domestic and another $100 million overseas. New Moon’s domestic gross was $178 in six days...[Read on] |
Sexism Watch: Hollywood Reporter’s List of Top Films of the Decade
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Now that we are about to enter 2010 everyone is looking back on the last decade and compiling lists upon lists. Here’s a list that caught my attention, The Hollywood Reporter’s Top Ten Movies of the Decade and not surprisingly, there is not a single...[Read on] |
Do you or did you ever earn more money than your spouse/significant other? Did it make a difference in your relationship?
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Joan Juliet Buck, Judith Martin and the wOw women talk about money and relationshipsQuestion of the Day | Today 12:00 amLiz Smith | Today 12:00 amLiz Smith Was Always the Breadwinner I always earned more money than my spouses and they were both glad of it...[Read on] |
On the anniversary of 9/11, what do you carry in your heart about this day?
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Julia Reed, Cynthia McFadden, Candice Bergen, Liz Smith, Joan Juliet Buck, Joan Ganz Cooney and Judith Martin recall what touched them — and what will never leave them from — that fateful day in 2001Question of the Day | Today 6:00 amJudith Ma...[Read on] |
Letters to Loved Ones Month
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I know, I know, you’re probably cocking your head to one side right about now and scrunching your face in confusion. Why in August — not February — am I choosing this theme, you might ask? Well, even with the heat bearing down on most of us and wil...[Read on] |
Katie Makkai - Pretty Amazing
| Katie Makkai makes a compelling statement in the reading of her poem “Pretty” at the 2002 National Poetry Slam.
This, this is about my own some-day daughter. When you approach me, already stung-stayed with insecurity, begging, “Mom, will I be prett...[Read on] |
Blind Allegiance to Sarah Palin and Her Campaign’s “Truth Optional” Mentality
| Courtesy of Howard Books.If being a campaign volunteer for Sarah Palin sounds like an unrewarding way to spend your free time, then you and Frank Bailey have something in common. Because, as he reveals in Blind Allegiance to Sarah Palin (Howard Books), be...[Read on] |
Dear So and So: Library Fines
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Dear Library Fines,
I write to tell you that you scare me. I know I don’t have the best memory. And when I do remember that you are overdue (thank you e-mailed notifications!) I am sometimes too lazy to return the books. Sorry.
But back to why you s...[Read on] |
Got One of Ralph Lauren's Opening Ceremony Hats? You Could eBay It for $200
| Shaun White, center, sporting Ralph Lauren gear at the Vancouver Winter Games opening ceremony. As Team U.S.A.’s first Olympic medalist, mogul skier Hannah Kearney, summed it up best when we saw her yesterday: “It’s been a good Olympics for swag,”...[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] |
2009 Pulitzer Prize-Winning Women
| Kudos to the women who now have a new bullet point on their résumés.
The 93rd annual Pulitzer Prizes in Journalism, Letters, Drama and Music were announced on Monday by Columbia University and here is information on the female recipients.
Alexandra Be...[Read on] |
Mother and Child
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Just in time for Mother’s Day, Mother and Child peels back the layers of three very different women all linked together through adoption. Karen (Annette Bening) gave away her daughter when she was fourteen and she has never fully been able to recover ...[Read on] |
America's Next Top Model Contestant Over 6 Feet Tall and Weighs Less Than 100 Lbs.
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Wow.
This isn't right: she's 6'2 , weighs less than 100 pounds, and shows up to audition for Tyra Banks' ANTM in a corset. Um...wat?
Time for this show, which has tried so hard in recent season to break color and beauty norms in the fashion industry (...[Read on] |
A savvy chick’s guide to applying for grad school
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First, I want to start off by sending out a big congratulations to all chicks about to begin their senior year. You have survived three years of term papers, 8 a.m. classes, all-night cram sessions, and a slew of co-curricular activities. It’s time for ...[Read on] |
Opening Ceremony Aces Fashion Week
| Solange Knowles and Dirty Projectors tell me if you want me, you really, really want me. From PatrickMcMullan.com. As a Seattle native with a weak spot for great taste—O.K., my taste—I knew the Ace Hotel had my number as soon as I saw the mini...[Read on] |
Whip It: A great female empowerment story
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Whip It is not deep. It's not complex. It's not going to revolutionize filmmaking. Whip It is just a great female empowerment story with a simple but strong message that's also a lot of fun. And at a time when a lot of mainstream movies targeted at young ...[Read on] |
Accidentally on Purpose – Why couldn’t she consider abortion?
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Accidentally on Purpose, the new sitcom on CBS starring Jenna Elfman is based on the real life story and memoir of Mary Pols a film critic who is writing now for Time.
The show is about a woman played by Jenna Elfman who after a one night stand with a yo...[Read on] |
Sexism Watch: Publishers Weekly Top Ten Books of 2009
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The editors of Publishers Weekly have thrown down the gauntlet picking the top 10 books of the year and SURPRISE they are all by guys.
Here’s what Louisa Ermelino said about how they chose the books:
From more than 50,000 volumes, we valiantly set out...[Read on] |
Just Wright
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On the surface, Just Wright is your typical romantic comedy. Girl meets boy, girl likes boy, boy likes her best friend, best friend dumps boy, boy and girl fall in love, boy hurts girl and tries to get back with best friend, boy realizes that he screwed...[Read on] |
Jane Campion gets screwed by the Academy
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You all know that I am a big fan of Jane Campion and Bright Star. I’m not hiding it at all. Here is a woman who made a really great movie after her last movie In the Cut got a devastating reception from all circles. She took some time, regrouped a...[Read on] |
Help little girls dream big
| Someone recently introduced me to Go! Go! Sports Girls - dolls that are symbols for what young girls should be doing - living at their own age (versus a 22 year old Barbie) with normal kids clothing on (not a sexy 2-piece) and getting out ...[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] |
Another Nicholas Sparks tearjerker: The dish on Dear John
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Whenever I first saw the trailer for Dear John, I was more than excited. Being an avid fan of Nicholas Sparks and his super easy to read and sometimes overly sappy novels, I was hoping that a movie would finally be made about one of his books that followe...[Read on] |
Dear soon to be graduates of Ms. Van Alstyne’s English Class:
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(Ed. Note: Writer Heather Dune Macadam is the author of Rena's Promise, a non-fiction account of the first transport of women into Auschwitz. The book is required reading in many high schools and colleges and this blog is devoted to some of the many ques...[Read on] |
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