Amy Poehler’s Speech Will Make You Love Her More
I'm almost through reading Amy Poehler's charming, hilarious and honest auto-biography, "Yes, Please." I may like it even more than - as she puts it - her 'work wife,' Tina Fey's book "Bossypants."...
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7 Reproductive Rights Issues to Watch in 2015
Photo courtesy of Debra Sweet by Nina Martin ProPublica, Jan. 16, 2015, 3:50 p.m. To say abortion opponents are feeling fired up in 2015 would be a massive understatement. In their first week back at...
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‘Orange Is The New Black’ Is Reality For Thousands Of Women
According to the International Center for Prison Studies, one-third of the women incarcerated in the entire world are in the United States. That's more that 200,000 women. In the infographic below...
View ArticleSNL Gets A Jump On Feminist Critique Of Super Bowl Ads
SNL was really on point with the feminist content last night. There was the send-up of beauty pageants with Miss Trash 2015, though I suppose you could make a counter argument that there was some slut...
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Our Favorite Oscars Tweets & Quotes
NPH opens the show: "Tonight we honor Hollywood's best and whitest--I mean brightest". #Oscars2015 #NPH — LipstickAndPolitics (@LipstiknPolitks) February 23, 2015 Ask her about the causes she...
View ArticleAussie Mom Does Make-Unders Of Glamour Dolls
I loved Barbies as a kid. I didn't think they were supposed to be realistic, I thought they were more like the characters on "Dallas" -- selfish, vain, petty and extraordinarily pretty. We had more...
View Article“A League of Their Own” SNL Parody Takes on Sexism and Racism
The Taraji P. Henson SNL episode last night had many winning sketches (the GoT parody to name one), but I was particularly taken with this little parody of "A League of Their Own." It simultaneously...
View ArticleSNL Spoofs Rom-Coms and Lack of Female Superhero Movies
Saturday Night Live gave Black Widow her own movie this weekend. Scarlett Johansson (Black Widow in the Avengers) hosted the show and SNL used the opportunity to parody by-the-numbers romantic...
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Lessons Learned from a Mom, Muslim and Powerhouse Entrepreneur in Nebraska
Entrepreneur, Project Manager, Agilista, Coder, Change Agent, Immigrant, Muslim, Wife, and Mom...any and all of those titles could apply to Sally Elatta. She’s the president and founder of Agile...
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Madeleine Albright Campaigns To Make Hillary The First Woman President
Photo courtesy of the Commonwealth Club of California I’ll admit it. I geeked out a little when I heard that the first woman Secretary of State, Madeleine Albright was going to be in Iowa campaigning...
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Substantive Debate In Des Moines. Iowa Takes Its First-In-The-Nation Role...
People lining up in Des Moines to get photos w @billclinton pic.twitter.com/wksSZXVMvB — Annie Linskey (@AnnieLinskey) November 14, 2015 It was a crisp November day on Saturday as the Democratic Party...
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Two Presidents In One Week. It’s Caucus Season.
Ostensibly President Obama was in Omaha -- nicknamed “Obamaha” for the day -- last Wednesday to tout his economic record, highlight the city’s low unemployment rate and re-cap his State of the Union...
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