Tons of laughter, and the secret behind all those fairy tales.

As the health-insurance-reform battle rages in Washington, new research confirms what we already knew: women over 45 face unique challenges when it comes to paying for our health care.

Rebecca Skloot, author of “The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks,” discusses the controversial issues of medical research and ethics surrounding HeLa, the research cells originally from Henrietta Lacks.

With the election of Laura Chinchilla as president of Costa Rica, Latin America now has three female heads of state–and possibly a fourth to come.

This week, we’re continuing WVFC’s Nine Women to Run the World campaign, first with Monday’s piece about Liberian president Ellen Johnson Sirleaf. Now, our friends at On The Issues Magazine [...]

I’m listening to Bigelow’s speech now. Thanking the people in Jordan and those in uniform felt real.
On Twitter, though: “And the first woman director should have been MEEEEEE — f**k [...]

Vera Farmiga on Clooney was wonderfully complex (though I kept being distracted by her bad hair day). Oprah’s tribute to Gabourey Sidibe felt just right, and reminded us that she’s [...]

@ebertchicago’s comment five minutes ago: No Farrah Fawcett in the memorial tribute? Major fail. A few minutes later: No Farrah in the memorial. They have a whole lot of ’splaining [...]

I was rooting for Farmiga, but that clip had me choked up.
I’m getting a sense that Precious may clean up tonight.

Latifah looks incredible. Glamor and class combined. And the sight of her and Lauren Bacall sharing a stage is so potent on so many levels. Talk about women who could [...]