"ms-society" Articles & Blogs:
The Anatomy of a Cinema Society Affair
| Guest sprawled out on the roof deck of the Gramery Park Hotel for a party celebrating the new movie Easy Virtue.
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Is Bill O’Reilly’s Feud with Jennifer Aniston His Oddest Ever?
| Bill O’Reilly and Jennifer Aniston are now in a public feud. (In case you had any bets riding on whether/when this match-up would come to fruition, now is the time to collect.) In conjunction with her new film about sperm donation and pregnancy, Ani...[Read on] |
On Being Unapologetically Fat
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I am unapologetically fat. In this new age of weight-loss everywhere, of low-fat, low-carb, no-carb food, I refuse to stoop to the level everyone else seems to want me to. Fat is the last acceptable form of discrimination in American society. "Thin" has a...[Read on] |
Jennifer Aniston is not destructive to our society
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A big Friday fuck you to Bill O’Reilly for calling Jennifer Aniston destructive to our society and diminishing the role of dads when making comments in promotion of her new film The Switch.
The film is about a woman who decides to get pregnant with a...[Read on] |
Hilary Swank Talks About Meeting the Woman She Played in “Conviction”
| From PatrickMcMullan.com Last night, buzz at a Cinema Society gig for Conviction, the upcoming legal drama, was palpable as industry insiders flocked to fete Hilary Swank and her co-stars Sam Rockwell and Juliette Lewis. But the real stars of the evening ...[Read on] |
Horoscope Horror: The earth's rotation changes zodiac signs
| If you're the type of person who relies on the stars to determine your personality and outcome in life, get ready to be shocked.
The field of astrology, which rules horoscopes, felt a major disruption this week when astronomers, who are concerned with ac...[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] |
Feminism, fathers and valuing parenthood
| Cross posted on PhD in Parenting.
On May 17, I participated in the Fem 2.0 chat on twitter. The topic of discussion was mommies and feminism. We talked about a lot of things, but one thing I said towards the end of the chat seemed to resonate with a l...[Read on] |
Bill O'Reilly Is (Still) An Asshole
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I know its never good to take to heart the words of a bigot- so I won't . Yet I can't help sharing this clip: a despicable piece within which O'Reilly claims Jennifer Aniston's honest words on single parenthood, are "destructive to society".
Watch are...[Read on] |
Ridiculous Study Claims Plus Size Models Equal Obese Society
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A new study from The London School of Economics and Political Science claims that plus-size models will increase obesity in the United States and Europe. Authors, Dr. Davide Dagone and Dr. Laura Savorelli, write that, “Given that people are on avera...[Read on] |
Afghan Women Would Rather Talk About Recovery
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(WOMENSENEWS)--As the world waits for President Barack Obama to announce next week his plan to send up to 30,000 additional U.S. troops to Afghanistan, three female leaders of civil society efforts focused their concerns on nation building.
The trio want...[Read on] |
Keeping your car cool when the heat is on
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It is one of those 90-plus-degree days, hot, hazy and humid. Isn't it great to be able to get in your vehicle and enjoy the comfort your air conditioning system provides for you and your passengers?
The Mobile Air Conditioning Society (MACS) Worldwid...[Read on] |
In the Heart of the Muslim World, Obama Delivers a Message to Women Everywhere
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by Debra Eichenbaum, Legal Intern, National Women's Law Center
When President Obama spoke at Cairo University last week, press outlets from around the world covered his overtures of peace and reconciliation to the Muslim world. Without doubt, it was an...[Read on] |
Good and Bad Literary News
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Let’s start with the good news.
Women dominate the long list for the Canadian award the Scotiabank Giller Prize. (The prize is named for former reporter Doris Giller.) On the list of 12, women make up 10 of the nominees.
The list includes:
Margare...[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] |
The Tempest picked as NY Film Festival’s centerpiece
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The pedigree for The Tempest directed by Julie Taymor keeps growing. It will have its world premiere as the closing film at the Venice Film Festival in September, and now it has been tapped as the centerpiece film for this year’s NY Film Festival.
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This just in: The measure of a female candidate isn’t in her measurements
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I never understood the toxic level of sexism in our society until I experienced it firsthand. And then I realized something else: Politics remains one of the most rampant breeding grounds for...
This is a content summary only. Visit Women and Politics fo...[Read on] |
Sarah Palin and the Celebrity of Politics
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Joni Evans, Judith Martin, Liz Smith and Mary Wells talk about a new
breed of celebrities, Palin’s political future and more in the wOw
Conversation
Conversation | Today 12:00 am
LIZ: Do you know there’s no celebrity news to speak of? That&...[Read on] |
Surgeon “Very Optimistic” About Representative Gabrielle Giffords’s Condition
| Gabrielle Giffords, 40, a Democratic congresswoman from Arizona, was shot in the head this morning in Tucson during a meet-and-greet with constituents. According to The New York Times, 12 people, including Giffords, were injured. As of this afternoon, Gif...[Read on] |
Move Over 'Housewives of New Jersey,' Bravo Looking for DC Women Now
| Bravo looking for high-society women in nation’s capital for new ‘Real Housewives of DC’ reality show; will it make the cut?Bravo's Real Housewives of DC | Today 11:25 am
For better or worse — Bravo’s "Real Housewives&...[Read on] |
Gisele Bündchen at the Annenberg: “I Am My Worst Critic”
| Photographer Nino Muñoz (L) and model Gisele Bündchen pose at the opening night of 'Beauty Culture' at the Annenberg Space for Photography on May 19, 2011 in Los Angeles, California. (Photo by Kevin Winter/Getty Images)Last night in Los Angeles,...[Read on] |
Happy Tears for Demi Moore, Ellen Barkin, and Parker Posey
| The cast party. Parker Posey, Ellen Barkin, and Demi Moore. From PatrickMcMullan.com. Last night’s Cinema Society screening of Happy Tears took a sartorial turn when Demi Moore walked the red carpet in an ensemble pulled from host Donna Karan’s Fall 2...[Read on] |
On the Women of 'Slumdog Millionaire,' by Vishakha N. Desai
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‘Seeing so many Indian faces on the stage of the Kodak Theater in Los
Angeles was in itself a sight to savor. But the more I watched, the
more uncomfortable I became about one particular element’A Friend Stopped By | Today 12:05 pm
Editor’...[Read on] |
Tobacco Companies Target Women, Say Foes
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Antismoking groups are taking on tobacco industry for targeting womenPost | 02/26/2009 4:15 pm
The tobacco industry has never been known for subtlety — and that’s no less true in their marketing toward women, say antismoking groups.
The ...[Read on] |
Rooney Mara to Play With Fire as Lisbeth Salander
| Rooney Mara in 2009. Photo courtesy of PatrickMcMullan.com. If you are like me, or, for that matter, like just about every other free citizen with functioning eyeballs and a rough grasp of phonics, you have been eagerly awaiting the news of which young ac...[Read on] |
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