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News Brief;Gwen Ifill Moderates the Debates; Pelosi Explains It All For You
Gwen, we love you – and we want more of you! Now that the moderators for the 2008 Presidential debates have been chosen, including 53-year-old Gwen Ifill, Maggie at Second Innocence discusses the...
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Woot for new Yahoo! CEO; Bullying a threat to old-girl network; UNICEF chief...
Cut ‘er some slack: Your opinion may vary, but Mixer gets a happy little tingle when a woman in the spotlight cuts loose with a little coarse language. Tuesday, in her first public statement since...
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Women and Health Care: Uninsurable at 50?
As the health-insurance-reform battle rages in Washington, new research confirms what we already knew: women over 45 face unique challenges when it comes to paying for our health care.
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Post-Election Roundup: Scorecard, Sexism, and Why YOU Should Run
Election 2010's winners and losers, the Media Sexism Awards (what was David Letterman thinking?), and a challenge to over-45 women:Why don't you run?
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On the State of the Union: Swings, Hits, and Misses
By Diane Vacca “We do big things,” President Obama said. Here’s hoping we do more of them in 2011.
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Sneak Preview: Miss Representation Asks, Where Are the Women? (VIDEO)
By Elizabeth Willse A standing-room-only audience joins director Jennifer Siebel Newsom in grappling with the issue of women and the media.
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Video Pick: Politicos vs. News Hounds on the Softball Diamond
It wasn't "Casey at the Bat" on Wednesday night in Washington. Instead, it was congresswomen at the plate and in the field, taking on women from the news media in a charity softball game.
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Debt Ceiling Update: Did Obama Sabotage Talks With GOP?
By Diane Vacca Troops in Afghanistan may have jolted the politicians into action when they asked Adm. Mike Mullen if they would be paid if a deal isn't reached on the debt ceiling.
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Fat Chance: What If An Overweight Woman Ran For Office?
By Janet Golden and Roz Warren Can you imagine what would happen if a woman as heavy as Chris Christie ran for President? Press coverage about her size would be nonstop. Her eating and exercise habits...
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(VIDEO) Can’t Miss Movies: “The Mighty Macs” and “Miss Representation”
By Elizabeth Willse Two of the films we loved at last spring's Athena Film Festival are now in theaters: "The Mighty Macs" and "Miss Representation." Here's our reviewer's take on both movies.
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TV Review: ‘The Women’s List’ Is a Dose of Encouragement for All Women
By Carla Baranauckas The tone of the documentary is not “I am woman hear me roar.” Instead, it is a collection of revealing mini-memoirs in which the pain of rejection, longing and loss, and the stress...
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The Women Who Were First by Grit and Grace
“What does it take to be the first female anything? It takes grit and it takes grace,” Meryl Streep says. We agree.
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