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New Study finds that Societal Attitudes are Preventing Women from Pursuing...
A new study out of the University of Connecticut shows that it is larger societal attitudes, not just those of men, that are preventing women from pursuing their hobbies and career interests,...
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MI5 Launches Recruitment Drive for Women: Because Violence of TV Show Spooks...
MI5, Britain’s top intelligence agency, today begins a recruitment campaign targeting women – because the violence and murder of TV show Spooks is reportedly scaring away would-be female intelligence...
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Actor Michael Brea Commits Matricide … With a Sword
I guess if you’re a little-known actor, one approach to getting your name in print is to kill your mother with a sword. I’m not trying to be flip, either … I mean, killing your mother is bad enough....
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Katie Roiphe Might Have Gotten It Right This Time About Parenting
In the feminist community, Katie Roiphe is known for a number of things. She’s one of several famous mother-daughter feminist pairs (her mother is Anne Roiphe, the writer). She wrote The Morning...
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Media Uses Amber Alert in Sort of Disingenuous Way
When I got home from teaching summer school one day last week, I turned on the news to decompress. The first thing I saw was an Amber Alert running across the screen, which naturally grabbed my...
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Chelsea Clinton Knows the Value of Family … Do You?
There is no question that Chelsea Clinton is a poised, articulate, admirable young woman. Somehow, against all odds when you consider other children that grew up in the White House glow, she has...
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‘Peace, Love, & Misunderstanding’: A Film Review
It’s been a while since there’s been a good, strong, well-done feminist film and I’m excited to say that ‘Peace, Love, & Misunderstanding’ is one of them. It stars Elizabeth Olsen, Catherine...
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Being Brad Pitt’s Mom Means You Can’t Have an Opinion
Before joining forces with Angelina Jolie, Brad Pitt was known primarily for being hot, an endeavor he was remarkably good at. He has moved from eye candy to political awareness, though, and he has...
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Letting Go Online
I don’t even know where to start with this one. My first cousin, a childhood and adolescent best friend, passed away very suddenly this week. She lived in Brooklyn, and I in southern Delaware, and we...
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Thank Yew: My Thanksgiving
So, I’m not going to rant about how half of the history that they teach in elementary schools is horrifying lies. Or even really complain about how when Lincoln founded the US’ Thanksgiving as an...
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