"seventh-generation" Articles & Blogs:
Million Baby Crawl
| Oh baby! Seventh Generation has teamed up with noted advocate Erin Brockovich and Safer Chemicals, Healthy Families in an effort to overthrow the old chemical legislation and require tougher standards and more testing.
A kick-off event took place yester...[Read on] |
Girls and the Social Network
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Remember that moment in your Facebook life when Dad joined up? (I know you’re on there, Frank Magee, but I’m not ready to talk about it.) What about your 14-year-old cousin (when did she start wearing eye...[Read on] |
No one is invincible without health care
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I wrote about this group when they first got started, but I continue to be impressed by what the Young Invincibles are doing to send the message that folks of our generation (18 to 34 year olds) care about health care reform, and have a lot at stake in th...[Read on] |
WOMEN OF COMICON : DAY ONE
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Day one. Adriana and I caught the 7:20am Amtrak to San Diego. Before reaching the entrance to the convention, we collected enough schwag to cloth a classroom full of Scott Pilgrim fans. I must admit the first day can be overwhelming. It's very hard for th...[Read on] |
Carrie Underwood Rules Country Music Awards
| For the first time in almost a decade, a woman wins the top honor in the boys club of the ACMsCarrie Underwood | Today 10:55 amCarrie Underwood won Entertainer of the Year at last night’s Academy of Country Music Awards, the first woman to win the t...[Read on] |
Mindy Kaling of 'The Office' Wants To Write Romantic-Comedies For A New Generation
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We all love Tina Fey, don’t get me wrong, but wouldn’t it be nice to have more than one path set for women writing comedy? She has really has set a new standard for what it means to be a female comedy writer and I’m sure it’s...[Read on] |
Made in Dagenham trailer
| I can’t embed this trailer on the site because it is exclusive to Times of London, but I had to share because this is a really cool movie.
This trailer so reminded me of Norma Rae and the awesome strong female women who we saw regularly in the movies i...[Read on] |
Kurt's dad takes on the "new generation of dude"
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Get your hankies handy.
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If anyone has time to write a transcript in comments, I'd be very appreciative.
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Susanna White makes her feature film directing debut at 49
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I remember exactly when I first heard her name. It was in the summer of 2008 and I was walking through the park listening to a podcast of Elvis Mitchell’s show The Treatment. The guest was director Susanna White who was out plugging her new HBO war fo...[Read on] |
Dee Dee Myers: President Obama Cannot Afford to Get His Deficit Plan Wrong
| Obama in September 2010. Photograph by Joshua Roberts/Bloomberg via Getty Images.This afternoon, President Obama will lay out his plan for deficit reduction and entitlement reform. Finally. Substantively, the plan will likely borrow a number of important ...[Read on] |
Lending a hand to the next generation of women leaders
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It is with the utmost pride that tonight WCF, Chiefs of Staff, elected officials, and even some very special celebrity bartenders toast to the women staffers on the Hill—the Rising Stars of the...
This is a content summary only. Visit Women and Politic...[Read on] |
Ana Ivanovic Discusses Life on the Tennis Tour
| Ana Ivanovic. By Manuela Davies/doubleXposure.com.Professional tennis players might lead the ultimate jet-set life. From Sydney’s Australian Open, in January, to New York City’s U.S. Open, which ends in September, the men and women on the tenn...[Read on] |
Equality Watch: Women Missing from Great Directors Festival on TCM
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Got a press release from the folks at Turner Classics movies announcing their month long great directors festival in June.
This month long event will feature 350 films and not a single female director featured is included!
Here are some of the guys:
Fr...[Read on] |
Geena Davis goes to the UN
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Geena Davis seems to be one of the only women in Hollywood consistently speaking out on the issues of women and girls.
Yesterday, she was at the UN talking about the media and its effects on girls.
The money quote:
If we have such devaluing and disem...[Read on] |
Why police the border between women's and men's sports?
| In 2004, Mexican National Women's Team superstriker Maríbel Dominguez was signed to a two-year contract with Celaya FC, a second division men's team. FIFA stepped in with an official prohibition and the assertion "There must be a clear separation between...[Read on] |
Killing Me Softly: Images of Women in Advertising
| In this new, highly anticipated update of her pioneering Killing Us Softly series, the first in more than a decade, Jean Kilbourne takes a fresh look at how advertising traffics in distorted and destructive ideals of femininity. The film marshals a range ...[Read on] |
Inequity Alert: TCM’s 15 most overlooked directors
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I really don’t know how these things get done but to create another list of directors and this time having it be overlooked directors and not to include any women just blows me away.
From the press release: Turner Classic Movies unveiled the network’...[Read on] |
Hollywood Feminists of the Day: Eva Longoria-Parker and Rosario Dawson
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Kudos to Eva Longoria-Parker and Rosario Dawson for standing up and using their voices to protest the new immigration law in Arizona.
Here’s what Longoria-Parker said to Us Magazine:
I haven’t made it a secret that I’m strongly opposed to the Ar...[Read on] |
The legacy of Thirtysomething
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It’s been over 20 years since Thirtysomething went on the air and 18 years since it departed and now finally the first season will be released on DVD today. What I find so interesting about the show is how far reaching into TV and films — but mostly...[Read on] |
Obama welcomes UConn women’s team to White House
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President Barack Obama welcomed the University of Connecticut’s national champion women’s basketball team to the White House Monday, and it was a reunion for many of the players and the Prez.
The UConn women won their second straight NCAA championsh...[Read on] |
Why Obama Can’t Make Kids Healthy (a different take on the nutrition bill)
| Pens don’t make change, actions do. A few days ago, President Obama signed a nutrition bill. Also known as the Healthy, Hunger-Free Kids Act 2010. People ooh & awed. Yay! We have ANOTHER bill. This will make the obesity crisis diminish. And we won...[Read on] |
Only the Lonely: Women on the Bench
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by Arlene Brens, Fellow, National Women's Law Center
Over the past three decades, an increasing number of women have joined the legal profession. In recent years, law schools have seen the number of female students increase, so that they now make up...[Read on] |
"In one generation, young girls have gone from hoping there's a team to hoping they can make the team." -Mary Jo Kane
| In America, we’re all about the scores, the highlights, and the numbers…. So let’s take a look at some Title IX numbers:
In 1972, the average number of women’s sports teams offered per school was about 2… now, 38 years lat...[Read on] |
Madonna Turns The Big 5-1
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In celebration of Madonna’s big birthday, BB King is having its eighth annual Madonnathon, a live performance/dance party for the living legend. Every girl has been influenced by Madonna in some way or another. She’s affected every generation...[Read on] |
DC shakeup. The ugly paradox.
| DC shakeup. No, not that DC. I refer here to DC Comics, which now has a new name—DC Entertainment—and a new president. This overhaul by parent company Warner Bros. bodes well for a forthcoming Wonder Woman film. Another sign that things are looking up...[Read on] |
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