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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] |
Kristin Scott Thomas opens in Leaving (Partir) tomorrow in the UK
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Leaving aside the fact that she signed the Roman Polanski petition for his release, I still jump for joy whenever Kristin Scott Thomas is in a new film.
Her new film Partir (Leaving) directed by Catherine Corsini opens tomorrow in the UK and I hope som...[Read on] |
Celebrate Bike to Work Week!
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This week's Bike to Work Week! In case you're just hearing about the eco-commuting celebrations now, don't feel left out. Take a glass-half-full attitude and bike to work the rest of this week! And get inspired to green your commute all year long:
&g...[Read on] |
Variety honors a variety of Hollywood women
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Yesterday while I was taking editor in chief Peter Bart to the woodshed for his sexist comments about Jane Campion and Kathryn Bigelow the paper that he runs, Variety, was about to honor a plethora of women (including both Campion and Bigelow) for their c...[Read on] |
Women and (March) Madness
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It's that time of year. Yes, the birds are starting to chirp and the crocuses are peeking their little colorful heads up through the dry, brittle grass. This, I am very excited about. But what has me even more excited at this exact moment is a different k...[Read on] |
When the Web Knows Too Much: Cyberstalking
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With Facebook and MySpace status updates, mobile tweets, blogs and IM away messages, the Internet makes it easy to stay in touch. But what happens when staying in touch goes too far?With the increased activity on the Internet, cyberstalking is become more...[Read on] |
Nora Ephron to Women Directors and Writers: Stop Whining and Just Do It
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Ariel Levy who has been kicking some serious ass in writing profiles in the New Yorker of late, spent some time with Nora Ephron as she readies Julie & Julia for release next month. (You can only read the article online if you have a subscription to the...[Read on] |
The Olympics 2010: Spotlight on Lindsey Jacobellis, Snowboarder
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Editor’s note: ChickSpeak will cover the Winter 2010 Olympics through highlighting inspiring and incredible women who are going for gold. Please check back every Monday for new profiles, compiled and written by Maxine Frendel.
Lindsey “Lucky” Jacob...[Read on] |
Ultimate Frisbee takes off for women
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In the last 10 years, Ultimate Frisbee has become one of the world’s fastest-growing sports. It is played in more than 42 countries. Ultimate’s success at the college level, attracting traditional athletes from other sports like soccer and football to...[Read on] |
Female athletes who paved the way for women in sports
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Male athletes usually take the sports spotlight, for both their looks and their athletic abilities. But they’re not the only ones competing.
Even before Title IX became law in 1972 and helped women gain access to equal opportunities in sports, women w...[Read on] |
The power of the telephone: feminism, sports and social change
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Billie Jean King. Photo credit: Blog.taragana.com/sports
I’ve been blogging the past couple of weeks about social media and its impact upon women in sport – mainly due to my own personal interests but also to fulfill a class requirement. This week,...[Read on] |
Female Athletes: Here comes everybody
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Clay Shirkey's book: Here Comes Everybody. Photo credit: Aworkinglibrary.com
This blog post is part of my ongoing weekly series discussing the role of social media and female athletics. My latest reading is Here Comes Everybody by Clay Shirkey. This...[Read on] |
Penske backs out; General Motors to stop Saturn's orbit
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In a shocking last-minute decision made just a day before contracts were to be finalized, the Penske Automotive Group has announced that it has ended its discussions with General Motors to acquire the Saturn automobile brand. This very disappointing ne...[Read on] |
After the WNBA draft: Who's ballin' now?
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After a weekend of festivities, media training and photo ops, the WNBA draft was held Monday at the ESPN headquarters in Connecticut. Girls who have been dreaming of this day since they first dribbled a basketball in a school gym were a bundle of nerves...[Read on] |
Women’s HerStory Month on ESPN
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Billie Jean King made history 35 years ago by beating Bobby Riggs in a tennis match in an iconic moment in the history of women’s sports. Today, a new generation of female athletes make their own history on playing fields across the country.
This month...[Read on] |
Best of ‘09: Forming a community, WomenTalkSports.com
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This post is the start of a series this week in the WomenTalkSports.com network titled “Best of ‘09.” Throughout this week, our community will be posting about their favorite moments in women’s sports in 2009.
There’s no doubt, 2009 was an exci...[Read on] |
Against the odds: Girls in urban areas face unique challenges in playing sports
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.Katie Thomas has written two parts of a series for the New York Times looking at the unique challenges facing urban girls who want to play sports
Her first piece, about a middle school basketball team in Brooklyn, highlights challenges facing the gir...[Read on] |
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