Why is “Shouts & Murmurs” Off Limits to Women?
August 31, 2007 by Women's Voices For Change
Catherine Price of Salon’s Broadsheet reads the "Shouts and Murmurs" section of The New Yorker, but she doesn’t find it very funny.
Nor does she find amusing Benjamin Cohen’s findings [...]
Read More »News Mix: Forbes Most Powerful Women; Argentina May Elect Female President; Listening to Chicago’s All-Women KCR Ensemble; Women Missing From Movies
August 31, 2007 by Women's Voices For Change
Forbes has released its annual list of the world’s 100 most powerful women, and for the second year in a row, Angela Merkel, chancellor of Germany, is ranked No. 1. [...]
Read More »A Friendship Recovered After Decades, With Little Time Lost
August 30, 2007 by Agnes Krup
by Agnes Krup | bio
I was 15 when I first came to the United States in 1978. I was in an exchange program where a bunch of kids from my [...]
News Mix: Bottled Blondes Breaking Free; The Push Continues for ERA; “Goodnight Moon” Turns 60; and Are Older Runners Faster Runners?
August 30, 2007 by Women's Voices For Change
Anne Kreamer, a contributor to More magazine and Yahoo.com, stopped coloring her hair three years ago and has written a book about it, which The New York Times dissects in [...]
Read More »Lessons Learned: Sunday at the Airport
August 29, 2007 by Women's Voices For Change
by Sara Lukinson
The crowded, sticky-chaired airport lounge in Seattle filled with cranky passengers was about to be my entire Sunday until I met Shirley. The [...]
Wednesday News Mix: Women’s Recovery Efforts After Katrina; Study on Housework and Married Men; Openly Lesbian Priest Finalist for Episcopal Bishop
August 29, 2007 by Women's Voices For Change
On the anniversary of Hurricane Katrina, Sara Gould, president and CEO of the Ms. Foundation for Women, and
Cynthia Schmae, chief operating officer of the Women’s Funding Network,
say a focus on [...]
“A Little Repartee, A Lot of Listening”: Friendship Dating in an Online Age
August 29, 2007 by Women's Voices For Change
by Mary Ann Smorra
In an effort to honor and heal from a rather lengthy and tumultuous engagement, I contemplated the best course of action for a year and thought a [...]
Tuesday News Mix: Sexist Comments Online; Duke Names Nancy Andrews to Lead Medical School; Aretha Franklin Sounds Off at Althea Gibson Tribute; The New “Bionic Woman”; and the Latest on Low-Dose Hormone Therapy
August 28, 2007 by Women's Voices For Change
Have you ever read a comment board discussion about women and wanted to bang your head? You’re not alone. Rekha Basu, a columnist for the Des Moines Register, has written [...]
Read More »Ask Dr. Pat: Should I See a Doctor for Postmenopausal Bleeding?
August 27, 2007 by Women's Voices For Change
Have a question about women’s health or menopause? Dr. Patricia Yarberry Allen may have the answer. Click here to send in your question to be posted on WVFC.
Question: I’m 56 [...]
Read More »Monday News Mix: Tribute to Althea Gibson; Robin Morgan on Grace Paley; Ellen Goodman’s Equal Rites Awards; the Candidates’ Wives; and a New American Girl
August 27, 2007 by Women's Voices For Change
Tonight at the U.S. Open in New York, Jackie Joyner-Kersee, Nikki Giovanni, Carol Moseley Braun, Phylicia Rashad and other pioneering African-American women will be on hand to celebrate the legacy [...]
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