A Job, A Chore, A Hobby
By Rachel Rawlings
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Three words, redefined. A prose poem for our high-tech, high-speed lives.
Winter Driving: A Meditation
By Rachel Rawlings
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I finally learned to drive two years ago, at age 40. Sometimes, there's a kind of proud relaxation in being a late bloomer.
“The Social Network:” A Geek Woman Responds (VIDEO)
By Rachel Rawlings
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When I left Silicon Valley in 2000, women were a minority in most tech companies. But nowhere did I see the glaring lack of serious tech women that plagues "The Social Network."
Barbie Goes Geek, but Silicon Valley Women Lose Ground
The eternal blond has gone hi-tech geek, complete with Bluetooth headset and netbook. But in Silicon Valley, the news is not good.
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Women of the 2009-2010 Senate: Day 2
Last week, we introduced you to the newest women in the Senate as well as those who began serving late in the Clinton Administration. This week, we get to have–dare we say–a senior moment with the women who have been serving in the senate long enough to wield power on their committees, from recently re-elected third-termers Susan Collins and Mary…
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Women of the 2009-2010 Senate: Day 1
When Hillary Clinton left the U.S. Senate to become Secretary of State on the 21st, the Senate was briefly one woman short. However, with this weekend's appointment of Albany-area Representative Kirsten Gillibrand to replace her, there is once again a female Senator from New York, restoring us to a total of 17 women in the current Senate – the highest…
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Newsmix: In Israel, women managing pacifist towns, Orthodox shuls; Women less likely to go on kidney transplant lists as they age; “Grandma Joyce” Bamford-Addo takes charge of Ghanaian Parliament
In the third week since the Israeli military began attacking Gaza in “Operation Cast Lead,” the women of Neve Shalom / Wāħat as-Salām–a cooperative town in the “no man’s land” along the Israel-Palestine border–are making an impassioned and, we’ll admit, sexist cry for peace. In this intentional community of Jews and Arabs, whose name translates to “Oasis of Peace,” the…
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Friday NewsMix: Elizabeth Alexander’s Voice to Ring at Inaugural; SEC, Labor picks Bring in More Power Women; The Return of Betty Currie
Elevating with the human voice: One of WVFC’s own voices, poet Elizabeth Alexander, will present an original poem at the Presidential Inauguration next month. Alexander, who attended the 1963 March on Washington in a stroller, is only the fourth poet to read at an inauguration, continuing an on-and-off tradition established by Robert Frost’s appearance at the inauguration of John F.…
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Tuesday NewsMix: Women Form Power Security Trio; Two Napolitanos at 51; Annie Leibovitz Takes Time; Joss Whedon Fights Womb Envy
Women in the new administration protect the US: President-Elect Barack Obama formally announced his national security team on Monday, and women are poised to hold up half the nation. Secretary of State designee Hillary Clinton, United Nations Ambassador designee Dr. Susan Rice, and Homeland Security Secretary designee Janet Napolitano were three of the six appointments. Theirs will be the responsibility…
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Daily NewsMix: Old-School Cybergrrrl at BlogHer; New CEO Says Women’s Sports Foundation Still Got Game; “Untouchable” Indian Politico Wows Crowds
A Second Life for a pioneer: Among the dizzying number of speakers and panels at this weekend’s BlogHer conference in San Francisco (which included sessions titled “ Is MommyBlogging Still a Radical Act?“, Race and Gender: What are the lessons of 2008 and “Funding & Incubation Opportunities and Women Entrepreneurs, among many others) was Aliza Sherman, who was on the…
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