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Women's Writing Fires Up Summer Reading Lists
| This year's literary output by women offers plenty of heft for the summer tote bags. From sensational memoirs to serious sociology, check out what women are writing about and the prizes they've been snapping up so far in 2009.
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Mad Men gets more male writers
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Robin Veith
Remember when everyone was heralding Mad Men as the second coming for women writers and I didn’t buy it for one minute? I’m not saying the show doesn’t write great female characters. It does. It just doesn’t employ many women ...[Read on] |
Book Review: The Pleasure of My Company
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Author: Steve Martin
Pages: 176
Date Started: 2/7/11
Date Finished: 2/10/11
Simple Summary: Due to various fears and neuroses Daniel Cambridge is confined to his one bedroom Santa Monica apartment… and a very strange route to the Rite Aid. Through vario...[Read on] |
Hollywood Feminist of the Day: Nell Scovell
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photo credit: Colin Summers
While you might not know her name, you’ve probably watched a show she has written on. She created Sabrina, the Teenage Witch, and wrote for Coach, Newhart, Murphy Brown and many others.
In this absorbing and brave Vanity ...[Read on] |
Mel Greenberg says goodbye to the Inquirer but not to women’s basketball
| Twitpic from @jtannenwald: Farewell party for @womhoopsguru
He is known as the Guru. He is a walking encyclopedia of women’s basketball history, mostly because he witnessed, chronicled and helped shape it for four decades.
I first met Mel Greenber...[Read on] |
Sexism Watch: The Jay Leno Show- Where are the Women Writers?
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Jay Leno does a lot of good things with his piles of money. He funds very important work being done to support women and girls in Afghanistan through the Feminist Majority, but as Nancy Franklin pointed out in a recent New Yorker story on his new show, ...[Read on] |
So whatever happened to the Equal Rights Amendment?
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Kamala Lopez is adamant. And we all should be. Just last Thursday was Women's Equality Day, but the thing is, we're still not equal. The fact is, the Equal Rights Amendment (ERA) has still not been ratified, and we need this shit in writing.Ms. Lopez rece...[Read on] |
Happy Birthday to the Yeah Yeah Yeahs
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Please allow me to introduce myself. My name is Lauren and I recently quit my job in music marketing to return to my first love: writing. BUST has been so kind as to allow me a venue for this time of rediscovering that music can actually be awesome and no...[Read on] |
Patti Smith wins National Book Award!
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Congratulations to my favorite artist of all time, Patti Smith, who won the National Book award last night for her memoir, Just Kids. If you have not read this book, go get it! It's thoroughly entertaining and very inspiring. Here's a quote from the Times...[Read on] |
The Democratic WNBA - Women's Basketball and Politics
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When I write "Democratic" I'm not writing that the WNBA advocates an egalitarian political system characterized by equal participation and representation. Rather, I'm writing about the political party that WNBA ...[Read on] |
Interview with Vendela Vida: Novelist and Co-Writer of Away We Go
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I knew nothing about Vendela Vida before I spoke with her a couple of weeks ago in conjunction with the release of her first film Away We Go which she co-wrote with husband Dave Eggers. (The film opens Friday and I liked it very much.) I very much enjoy...[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] |
Sarah Palin Invokes World’s Least Creative Excuse to Explain Tour Suspension
| Writing on Facebook, Governor Sarah Palin (R-the Internet), argued that “reports of tour demise are greatly exaggerated,” referring to a Real Clear Politics scoop that Palin’s One Nation cross-country publicity stunt has been summarily truncated. We...[Read on] |
Interview with Jenna Milly Co-Creator of TBS’ Micro Series Gillian in Georgia
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Jill Marie Jones as Gillian
Here’s a look at an aspect of the business we have never covered before. Microseries. Writer Jenna Milly (who I had corresponded with previously when she interviewed my for an article) takes us behind the scenes about how ...[Read on] |
Christine Lahti on Law & Order SVU
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I have been watching Law & Order SVU since its inception. Since Jay Leno began screwing up TV as we know it SVU has suffered since it is now on at 9pm on Wednesdays up against many strong shows. I’ve been tivoing it when it repeats on Saturday night...[Read on] |
Five writing exercises to get the creative juices flowing
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Looking for a way to kill time on your lunch break? Need something occupy your time on a long car, train or plane ride? Want to do something that will stimulate your mind and be fun at the same time? Tap into your creative side and try your hand at writin...[Read on] |
The Top 5 Classics Every Chick Should Read Before She’s 25
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In the age of HDTV, DVDs, shows online, and iPods, it’s hardly a wonder that the reading of actual books has been on the decline. While the idea of chugging through a thick classic novel may seem daunting and uninteresting, I’ve compiled a top five co...[Read on] |
Spotlight on Isobella Jade: A real fashion warrior
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Tyra Banks may think she’s got the upper hand when it comes to giving petite models a chance to make it in the fashion industry, but someone’s already beat her to it. Isobella Jade is a real-life fashion warrior as well as the author of the memoir, Al...[Read on] |
NY Times book review discovers women writers
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Everybody knows that women are the ones that buy books. I’ve heard statistics that say that women buy upwards of 60% of all books. But the NY Times Book Review has always been a boy’s club. Happily, this week the section was actually readable an...[Read on] |
Mississippi Riber Project: Putting it together
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I think most of you know that I’ve pictured this river journey as happening in three phases: the first phase is the human-powered journey I’ve been taking down the river, having adventures on the river and near it, meeting people, camping in parks, re...[Read on] |
Interview with Mary Kay Place Emmy Nominee from Big Love
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Mary Kay Place is nominated for an Emmy for her work as Adaleen Grant on the HBO show Big Love. The ceremony for her category — guest actress in a drama series — takes place this weekend on August 21st.
Women & Hollywood: Congrats on the Emmy nomi...[Read on] |
WTS Podcast Series: Pioneer Sports Journalist Christine Brennan, Part 2
| Welcome to the second podcast in a 3-part series of interviews with Christine Brennan, renowned sports journalist, best-selling author and commentator. Brennan was a pioneer as a female sports journalist and is still today the most widely-read femal...[Read on] |
Frances McDormand Takes on a New Role – Producer
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Actress Frances McDormand can add an new title to her resume – producer now that she has optioned two books.
The first is the Pulitzer Prize winning book Olive Kitteridge by Elizabeth Strout. She purchased the book before it won the Pulitzer. Jan...[Read on] |
Author Interview (and Book Blurb!): Julie Moffett
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Joining us today to celebrate the release of her new book No One to Trust is Julie Moffett! Yay! She has kindly taken the time to answer a few questions, but first a tasty blurb of Lexi #2 to whet your appetite:
“SWFG: Single, White, Female, Geek.
Tha...[Read on] |
5 Places Guaranteed to Restore Your Soul
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An expert globetrotter shares the top destinations to revitalize the body and mindAdventure | Today 12:00 am
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After years of pursuing successful careers, which paid the bills but brought no joy, I was consumed with a spiritual emptiness that made...[Read on] |
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