Womens’ Night at the Convention… Or Not
What a speech. It was warm and persuasive and smart, and only a troll like Dick Morris could have failed to be moved when she talked about her commitment to the working folks of America. And yes, while...
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What’s So Bad About Being Sexy?
Pawlenty aide says Michele Bachmann has sex appeal. Whoa! Get the ropes! Light the torches! Someone dared to say the obvious! About a woman! TOTALLY UN-PC! Probably for the only time ever – I agree...
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What Women Really Want for Valentine’s Day: Reproductive Health
Valentine’s Day has long celebrated love with caring notes, decadent chocolates, and romantic arrangements of flowers. But this Valentine’s Day, perhaps it’s time to celebrate with a gift many of the...
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Women Rule the Internet: What People Are Talking about Online This Week
Actually, make that women and our supporters (which means men who truly love women) clearly rule the Internet. For the second time in a month, a controversial threat to women’s health, our bodies and...
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Fire in the Theater & Rush Limbaugh: Happy International Women’s Day
The woebegone tale of radical right-wing radio host Rush Limbaugh has hung around long enough to coincide with International Women’s Day. That’s more than serendipitous to some, considering Limbaugh...
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Crackpot Rape Comment in Missouri & Other Election Schtuff
When Republican Todd Akin, an anti-abortion Republican candidate for Senate, made a bizarre statement on a local Missouri Sunday news show that women who have suffered a “legitimate rape” rarely get...
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Isabel Allende’s Inés of My Soul, a 1500′s Tale of Powerful Women & Chile’s...
In the early years of the conquest of the Americas, Inés Suárez, a seamstress condemned to a life of toil, flees Spain in the early 1500′s to seek adventure in the New World. As Inés makes her way to...
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Betty Friedan’s The Feminine Mystique: A Look at Progress 50 Years Later
This week marks the 50th anniversary of the publication of “The Feminine Mystique.” It’s hard to underestimate the earthshaking effect Betty Friedan’s book had on American women’s lives back then. Many...
View ArticleWomen Rule the Internet: What People Are Talking about Online This Week
Actually, make that women and our supporters (which means men who truly love women) clearly rule the Internet. For the second time in a month, a controversial threat to women’s health, our bodies and...
View ArticleCrackpot Rape Comment in Missouri & Other Election Schtuff
When Republican Todd Akin, an anti-abortion Republican candidate for Senate, made a bizarre statement on a local Missouri Sunday news show that women who have suffered a “legitimate rape” rarely get...
View ArticleIsabel Allende’s Inés of My Soul, a 1500’s Tale of Powerful Women & Chile’s...
In the early years of the conquest of the Americas, Inés Suárez, a seamstress condemned to a life of toil, flees Spain in the early 1500’s to seek adventure in the New World. As Inés ..... The post...
View ArticleBetty Friedan’s The Feminine Mystique: A Look at Progress 50 Years Later
This week marks the 50th anniversary of the publication of “The Feminine Mystique.” It’s hard to underestimate the earthshaking effect Betty Friedan’s book had on American women’s lives back then....
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Reflections on the Proposed Cut of America’s Planned Parenthood
As I listened to the discussion over the new Administration’s proposed $250 million cut of Planned Parenthood on NPR this week, I thought “is this a throw-back Thursday show?” This de-funding proposal,...
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Reflecting on International Women’s Day
Today is International Women’s Day and there’s no greater woman in my life than one who isn’t alive anymore. Here’s a toast today to my grandmother, a resilient yet loving woman who was born in ........
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Mother of Yoga Yogmata Keiko Aikawa & International Womens Day
On Friday, March 9th, 2018 and in honor of International Womens Day at the Women’s UN Peace Summit, visionary Ms. Yogmata Keiko Aikawa will speak and inspire. For those not familiar with Yogmata Keiko...
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5 Powerful Women Who Are Changing the World
When we think of powerful women, we often think of women CEO’s or politicians, but what about the women who are shaking things up in controversial areas, such as homelessness, spirituality,...
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