A BIG thank you to the women who took on the U.S. political establishment last night and secured historic victories. Of note is an incredibly telling victory in New Hampshire, which is now the first […]
When women see Joe Paterno, they see a football coach. Apparently, when the Penn State campus police, the Penn State Athletic Director, its President and a graduate assistant see him, they see legend. Or at […]
I think it’s time to introduce a new conspiracy theory. Mine involves the Violence Against Women’s Act that was signed by President Bill Clinton in 1994. The Act is a U.S. federal law […]
October is Breast Cancer Awareness Month. It is also Domestic Violence Awareness Month as well as more than a dozen other designations: Adopt a Shelter Dog Month American Pharmacist Month Apple Jack Month Awareness Month […]
“Women are also more active in their use of these sites, with more than half of female internet users using social networking sites on a typical day (54%), compared with 42% of male internet users.” […]
By 2018, women entrepreneurs will create more than half of all small business jobs! Via: OnlineBusinessDegree.org
Jennifer Bennett, 23, must have been excited for her first date with Thomas Bray. He was good looking, a doctor and a teacher at the local community college. None-the-less, she had met him online […]
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Yesterday, one of my daughter’s friends posted: ‘8 inches. 25 minutes:)’ on her Facebook status. The boys in her class kept commenting and trying to figure out what it meant and with every comment, the […]
This image of high school students from Coral Springs, Florida says it all: Playing right into the stereotypes of dumb cheerleaders, this protest photo was posted online in the UK and on television and […]
My morning routine typically includes tuning into Good Morning America (#teamrobin), which provides me with just enough in current events to keep me connected to America’s subcultures. One particular story caught my interest today on […]
This infographic needs no introduction. Thanks to the 4th Estate for putting it together. When it comes to issues about women’s rights and birth control, “men are 4 to 7 times more likely to be […]
This story is seven years old, but it definitely deserves retelling. Before Mkombozi had her given name, she was barely known in a small village just outside Nairobi, Kenya. She lived inside a shed, having […]
“Women can make the impossible possible.” – Asma Deis, 38 and recently widowed, said she’s opening a small cleaning materials factory on her own to support her five children. source: AP via NPR.org Mark your […]
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