New York City Takes Giant Leap Forward for Girls and Women (In the News)
“At last, a recognition that reproducing the human race is a necessity and not a taxable luxury!”
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Tag Archives : Gloria Steinem
Happy Birthday, Gloria Steinem, Unabashed Feminist! (In the News)
"Feminism" has become a controversial, loaded term. A corrective from proud feminist
Letty Cottin Pogrebin.
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The Wednesday Five
Older women and the pitfalls of looking for love online; Barbie gets an artsy update from 'Selma' director Ava DuVernay and the doll sells out in minutes; a moving company of men help victims of domestic violence begin new lives; Nordstrom wants women to custom-design their perfect shoes; and Gloria Steinem pens the best 'Top Ten Things I Want For Christmas' list.
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The Wednesday Five: Women Making a Difference
In this week's Wednesday Five, we pay homage to our own popular series "Women Making a Difference" with stories that are getting lots of traffic around the web about five groundbreaking women of our time—Elena Ferrante, Steffi Graf, Dr. Barabara Ross-Lee, Oprah Winfrey, and Gloria Steinem.
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The Wednesday 5: The Netflix Five—Wonder Women on Screen
Last week, Alexandra MacAaron wrote about the empowering Wonder Women coming this Fall to network TV's list of shows. In this iteration of The Wednesday Five, we are following suit and heading to the big screen. For the The Netflix Five, we share with you five films featuring compelling women (and girls) characters—all newly streaming on Netflix this month.
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Wonder Women: Fall’s Network TV Lineup Promises to Be Empowering
By Alexandra MacAaron
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Whether it reflects a renewed commitment to feminism, a sense that our society needs to be saved, or simply shrewd economics, all three broadcast networks are investing in super powerful females this fall.
Wednesday 5: Gloria Steinem, Arianna Huffington, and Aretha Franklin
Gloria Steinem shows us what 8o looks like in deeds and images; Arianna Huffington on her new book, "Thrive"; what happens when a mother gives back an adopted son; and happy birthday, Aretha Franklin.
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International Women’s Day: Nineteen Doses of Inspiration
And so it goes in the fight for women’s rights: There is, occasionally, a semi-step forward. And advocacy has a lot to do with it.
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Raising a Feminist Teen in the Age of Texting and Twerking
By Alexandra MacAaron
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To help a teenage girl focus on what really matters—like her brain, strength, passion, and conviction, her rights as a human and as a citizen of this country—is one of the most important jobs I have as the mother of a daughter.
Letty Cottin Pogrebin on 37 Years of the Feminist Seder
By Letty Cottin Pogrebin
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At the feminist seder, we don’t praise good girls, we praise rebellious women, wise women, quiet heroines, and brash leaders.
In Tough Season for Women in Film, Athena Film Festival Empowers
By Chris Lombardi
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"Most of us are creative because we saw another woman do it," Daily Show creator Lizz Winstead told the audience on opening night at the Athena Film Festival, where for four days you could watch that process unfold.
(VIDEO) 20 Years Later, Anita Hill Inspires
By Chris Lombardi
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After Anita Hill's testimony 20 years ago, sexual harassment complaints across the nation tripled. Years after, women still believe her with ferocity.
The Wednesday Five: Famous Faces, Iranian Poets, and What Anjelica Huston Now Knows
This week's blog assortment turned out purely aspirational, between Iran's greatest living poet, Ada Lovelace Day, the return of Linda Lavin, and Anjelica Huston talking about what she knows now that she didn't at 20.
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Video Pick: For HBO, Gloria Steinem Doesn’t Mince Words
At 77, feminist Gloria Steinem is the subject of an HBO documentary and is a woman who is looking ahead. She talks about her perspective in this Time interview.
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The Wednesday Five: Erykah Badu Bares Her Soul, Skin-Deep Safety and Life After Alabama’s Tornadoes (VIDEO)
This week from the blogosphere: a glimpse of Alabama after tornadoes, a new database to make sure our cosmetics are safe, and what a Forbes blogger realized when she met Gloria Steinem.
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