Toni Geyelin: Give Madoff Some Cellmates
June 30, 2009 by Antoinette Geyelin

So, Mr. Bernard Madoff is going to jail for 150 years. Seems like a fairer sentence than the twelve his lawyers asked for. But you know what? I don’t think [...]
Read More »My Breasts Are Not Boobs, Thank You Very Much!
June 29, 2009 by Billie Brown

I do not, do not, understand the unfortunate predisposition of the American public to refer slangily to the mammary glands of the female as “boobs.”
So I looked up the word [...]
Jackson and Sanford: Consider the Women
June 28, 2009 by Laura Baudo Sillerman

Jenny Sanford and Katherine Jackson. Did we even know their names before last week? Can we connect them by anything other than the point size of the headlines surrounding the [...]
Read More »Dr. Pat, Hormone Therapy Gave Me My Life Back
June 27, 2009 by Patricia Yarberry Allen

Dear Dr. Pat,
I read your medical advice to menopausal women, and I have a sense that you are not a big fan of hormone therapy. I am now forty-nine years [...]
Poetry Friday, Iran Edition: Forugh Farrokhzad, “why should I stop, why?”
June 25, 2009 by Women's Voices For Change
These past two weeks, we’ve been as spellbound and horrified by events in Iran as the rest of the nation, paying special attention to the women often at its center. [...]
Read More »The Compass Rose: Living Incognito
June 24, 2009 by Ainslie Jones Uhl

One of the more surprising perks of our relocation from North Carolina to California has been the thrill of complete anonymity. I did not think I would ever see this [...]
Read More »Tenacious on Desolation Sound
June 23, 2009 by Lydia Chaverin McKenzie

The seventh season of our sailing odyssey along the coast of British Columbia has begun. My husband, Patrick, and I can’t seem to stop coming back to these waters; the [...]
Read More »After the Meltdown and Madoff, Back to Basics for Investors Like Us
June 22, 2009 by Antoinette Geyelin

I am delighted and indeed very flattered to have been invited to write for WVFC, joining this group of very talented women. The idea is that I will be able [...]
Read More »A Visit to Royal Ascot: Quail Eggs, Fascinators and a 17-year-old Hat
June 21, 2009 by Mary Kelly Selover

(Yesterday was the final day of the Royal Ascot, the British racing event run personally by the Queen of England. In our quest to bring you the freshest news from [...]
Read More »Dr. Cecilia Ford: When Is Enough Enough?
June 21, 2009 by Dr. Cecilia Ford

In response to Dr. Allen’s visual assault by an overexposed jogger the other morning, I have to say that it seems true: No lower limit has been discovered as far [...]
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