Is it Time for Barbie to Die?
Yes, I played with Barbies when I was a child. My Barbie always had her own job and apartment. When my daughter was old enough, she played (kind of) with Barbies. She preferred Bratz because […]
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The Choice: Women Fight for Respect
It’s so difficult to really predict what will incite public hatred and protest. Oddly, during the holidays, when we were enjoying time off, the world exploded with news that BBC News Magazine has dissed women […]
“I will respect myself and others” unless they are different, then I will spit on them and call them names.
I didn’t have a great experience as a Girl Scout. It was 1972, I was nine and I remember that Ellie Prescott’s mother was the Girl Scout leader. I don’t remember Ellie liking me very […]
Remembering the Women who made a Difference [click to watch video]
As the years go by, we will always remember the women who endured ridicule, arrest, and public shunning, thank you for lighting the path then and now. We will keep it burning.
Why do I love this Story? Woman Hurls Dead Raccoon at City Hall
I have had far too many days over the past few years when I wanted to hurl a dead raccoon at something or someone. I think it started with 9-11, has escalated with the recession, […]
GIRLFRIENDS OF THE WEEK: Vicky, Alice and Milly Pyne
When I was a girl, I watched my mother. She was from County Cork, Ireland, just five feet tall and maybe 105 pounds, but make no mistake, she could slay dragons. If I could pick […]
WOMEN: If you want to be happy, marry a man with over 10 letters in his last name
When my daughter starts dating, I’m going to pay special attention to the number of letters in his last name. Why? According to Uncommon Goods, one of my favorite stores, “People with very short last […]
WOMEN WHO DRINK MORE THAN 32 OUNCES OF COFFEE A DAY WILL LIVE FOREVER
Ok, so the headline is a little exaggerated, but the ridiculous implication that women who drink more than four cups of coffee a day have a “25% lower risk of endometrial cancer than those who consumed less than 1 cup per day,” is even more exaggerated. […]
BELIEVE IT: AIBA Wants Female Boxers to Wear Skirts in the Ring
The 2012 Summer Olympics in London will mark the Games’ debut of women’s boxing. For women who box, it’s an important step to equality…until the Association Internationale de Boxe Amateur (AIBA)”presented female boxers ‘with skirts, […]
Happy Thanksgiving thanks to a Woman!
Most people don’t know the history of Thanksgiving beyond the story of the Pilgrims and the Wampanoag Indians sitting down as friends to celebrate the harvest of 1621 after a long, difficult winter. [As an […]
Nudity Sparks a Revolution for Something or Other…
This past Friday, 139 years ago, Susan B. Anthony was arrested and charged with casting a vote illegally. Several weeks early, she and her sisters entered a barbershop where voters were being registered and demanded […]
Don’t Laugh. This is Serious Science Stuff!
Big news out of Georgia Health Sciences University this week. Apparently, two male physicians have found a “reliable, minimally invasive way to screen” for whether a woman has too much of a male hormone. They […]
GIRLFRIEND OF THE WEEK BANNED FROM 8 MCDONALDS FOR SANITIZING PLAY AREAS!
I think I’m going to cry. Can you imagine the people you have to irritate to recieve a “hand-delivered letter from a lawyer” listing eight McDonald’s locations where you are no longer welcome? Erin Carr-Jordan […]
SPOOKY: UNEXPLAINED DROP IN BIRTHS ON HALLOWEEN…
Can women really delay their baby’s birth by simply willing it? Yale researchers noticed an interesting blip in U.S. birth rates on October 31st. WaHaHaHa! [cue the scary music]. Lead author of the study, Becca Levy, […]
GIRLFRIEND OF THE WEEK: Blair Michaela Shanahan Lane
Blair Michaela Shanahan Lane may be our youngest GIRLFRIEND OF THE WEEK, but she exudes the integrity, character, kindness and GIRLFRIEND bossy boots that are reserved for our most special GIRLFRIENDS. She earned this award […]