"work" Articles & Blogs:
New SNL Cast Member Braves F.C.C. on First Day of Work
| What‘s the best way to not impress your boss on your first day of work? By dropping an f-bomb, just like SNL’s Jenny Slate did on Saturday night.
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MOMA Honors Kathryn Bigelow
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Last week the Museum of Modern Art in NYC feted Kathryn Bigelow for her body of work. The event raised $1 million for the work of the film department.
There was not much press on the event which I find kind of strange since this could have and should...[Read on] |
Why employers should offer a running incentive
| I'm always amazed how running in the morning completely shapes the outlook on the rest of my day.Running (even the not so great ones) leaves me energetic and ridiculously happy all day a long. I'm probably 50 times more productive on days I run in...[Read on] |
Michelle Obama on Work-Life Balance
| Cross-posted at MotherTalkers.
Glad to see we have a first lady focused on the plight of working families.
In a recent speech before corporate executives, Michelle Obama addressed the internal conflict faced by many working parents trying to have it al...[Read on] |
Lindsey Vonn: "My success has nothing to do with weight"
| In her personal commentary in The Denver Post (with reference to Austrian newspaper stories about her weight), Lindsey Vonn wrote, "If adding weight was the key to downhill success, everyone would be stuffing their faces with food. It doesn't work...[Read on] |
Happy Birthday Meryl Streep
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Feminist actress Meryl Streep is 60 years old today. Here are some quotes which exemplifies why she is so beloved:
I think the most liberating thing I did early on was to free myself from any concern with my looks as they pertained to my work.
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Integr...[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] |
Joan Rivers: A Piece of Work
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Joan Rivers has not been at the top of many a feminist’s list because she has probably had more plastic surgery procedures than years she’s been alive — 77 as of this week. But don’t let your feelings about plastic surgery, or her obsession to...[Read on] |
Idol Speculation: Aerosmith Frontman Steven Tyler Likely Selection for American Idol Judge
| Before entering an after-party for Saturday’s concert in Las Vegas, Aerosmith lead singer Steven Tyler told reporters that he is “probably going to be [a] judge on American Idol.” Though there is little doubt that the show has suffered of late from ...[Read on] |
A Letter to My Life
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To the various things in my life that I would like to bitch about — because I can.
To my first condo: I cannot wait to move into you, I really can’t, but there are many things to do and buy and I lack either the knowledge or the time to accomplish e...[Read on] |
Theatre women create awards in honor of Lillian Hellman
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This year a bunch of very high profile theatre writers and others decided that they were tired of women’s work being constantly unacknowledged, so they created The Lilly awards which will honor 17 women theater artists, as well as Mary Rodgers who will ...[Read on] |
Kickboxing – Fun and Fitness Combined
| By Alyssa Dietris
If you are looking for a power packed workout that works on cardio and toning at the same time, kickboxing may be for you. A study released by the ACE, American Council on Exercise, stated that kickboxing can burn anywhere from 350 to ...[Read on] |
Bike to Work Day: On the Right Track
| It’s not a revolution, not yet anyway, but clearly more people are commuting by bicycle. Friday is national Bike-to-Work Day, drawing even more attention to the trend.
There are more bicycles on the road than there were a year ago, more than even a cou...[Read on] |
Today is Equal Pay Day!
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(I am not writing a transcript for this, but basically every man that interacts with this woman in the work place calls her a different derogatory term)
And why is it on a Tuesday? Because it is by ...[Read on] |
Women at the Box Office – June 11-13
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It was good weekend for women’s films at the box office. Both Winter’s Bone directed by Debra Granik and Joan Rivers: A Piece of Work directed by Ricki Stern and co-directed by Annie Sundberg cracked the $20,000 per screen average. At 7 theatres...[Read on] |
Academics Put Japan's Hostess Culture in Context
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Check out this interesting round up of responses to the controversial New York Times article on Japan's hostess culture. In the original article, the following phenomenon was explored:
with that line of work, called hostessing, among the most lucrative j...[Read on] |
ESPN The Magazine's Body Issue - Are my interests prurient?
| I have to say that the more I read about ESPN The Magazine's Body Issue the more I am looking forward to its release next week. And I am not the only one.I think many are intrigued by whether and how this naked stars/serious message thing is going to work...[Read on] |
Alice Munro Wins Man Booker International Prize
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Beating out lots of talented, towering literary figures including Mario Vargas Llosa, VS Naipaul, and Peter Carey, Munro was named the third recipient of the Man Booker International Prize.
This is what judge Jane Smiley said about Munro:
“Her work is...[Read on] |
Tribeca 2010 – Monica and David
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I was able to take in a couple of films at this year’s Tribeca Film Festival. I wish I could have seen more, but that’s life. The three films I saw were all female directed: Cairo Time by Ruba Nadda; Monica and David by Ali Codina; and Joan Rivers -...[Read on] |
Sisters Unite! Executive Order creates White House Council on Women and Girls…
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President Barack Obama signed an executive order today creating a White House Council for Women and Girls to focus the federal government’s efforts on advancing the interests of a group that has long done less well than men by a number of measures.
Oba...[Read on] |
Women directors breaking through in theatre
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Patricia Cohen seems to be on the gender and culture beat at the NY Times. She’s written two stories this week first the one on gender discrimination against women playwrights (full post on that coming) and now one on how women are having success as t...[Read on] |
Arbeit Macht Frei
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When the sign Arbeit Macht Frei was stolen last week from the gates of the Auschwitz in Poland, millions of people all over the world realized that we had lost something much more. We had lost one of the most recognized icons of injustice and cruelty ev...[Read on] |
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