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Ann Richards, the sharp-tongued trailblazer from Texas, died on Wednesday at the age of 73. Though she served only one term as governor, Richards left her mark on Texas and the nation. Known for a keen wit, Richards also accomplished an unprecedented promotion of minorities and women to positions of influence.
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Southern women are turning away from the Republican Party, due to the president?s handling of the war. As one Southerner put it: ?As a mother you worry, ‘Am I going to lose my baby boy?’ A mother’s view about war is often going to be a lot different than dad’s is.? (h/t: AMERICAblog)
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Angela Merkel, Germanys chancellor and beloved podcaster, overtook Condoleezza Rice as the world’s most powerful woman, according to Forbes magazine. The No. 3 spot was filled by ChinaҒs vice premier, Wu Yi, also known as the Iron Lady.Ӕ How did someone known as the Iron LadyӔ lose out to Angela Merkel?
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From wallpaperbase.com
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Read about a day and night in the life of a guy who paid $1,600 to learn how to interact with women.
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Photos: Christopher Wray-McCann, illustrations: Miguel Valenzuela / L.A. Weekly
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Former Hollywood madam Heidi Fleiss wants to build the nation’s first brothel for female customers in the Nevada desert. To get the story, journalist (and Truthdig contributor) Steven Kotler had to survive roadside breakdowns, barren deserts, abandoned towns, a brothel war, and an assortment of cowboys, pimps and angry locals.
Posted on Jul 7, 2006
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From the BBC
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Every year, 1.5 million Chinese women attempt to take their own lives—and 150,000 succeed. Experts say that 70% to 80% of the suicide attempts have to do with husband-wife issues; in a society of arranged marriages, women frequently have next to no power.
Posted on Jun 20, 2006
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From the BBC
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By Sunsara Taylor — A recent report by the Centers for Disease Control recommends classifying all women as pre-pregnant—whether they intend to conceive or not. It’s an audacious leap along the logical fault line that values women as mere fetal incubators.
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Twenty years ago this week Newsweek speculated that a “40-year-old single woman was ‘more likely to be killed by a terrorist’ than to ever marry.” In this week’s cover story, they retract the hackneyed thesis and reexamine the marriage statistics. (h/t: Broadsheet)
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From The Onion
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The Onion reports on an “unpaid 15-minute break during the regular 18-hour workday, to allow pregnant women to ‘expel the child from their body, adjust to being a new parent, wash their hands, and return to work.’ ”
Posted on May 29, 2006
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From Salon.com
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Salon writer Rebecca Traister doesn’t buy the Washington Post’s big story about the causes behind an alleged rise in impotence among college students.
Posted on May 10, 2006
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This study offers more proof that homosexuality is determined by biology, not choice.
Posted on May 8, 2006
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Men shown pictures of attractive women fared worse in financial games than men who hadn’t seen the pictures. The more testosterone a man had, the more his attention waned.
After 10,000 years of anecdotal evidence, did we really need a scientific study to verify this one?
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By Sheerly Avni — The director who has been called the “Woody Allen of the West Coast” talks about her new ensemble film, Friends With Money,Ӕ starring Jennifer Aniston, Frances McDormand, Catherine Keener and Joan Cusack, which opened last week.
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Black American women are 19% more likely to die of breast cancer than white women, according to a new study. This is just the most recent of many studies illustrating that within our healthcare system, even after controlling for socioeconomic factors, blacks still receive a poorer quality of healthcare than whites.
Posted on Mar 21, 2006
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You’ve heard that having a child sets you back seven years in the workplace? Well, according to a new study, a woman’s wages never fully recover—even after the child leaves home. | story
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Follow the money on Abramoff and the folks he scammed and corrupted. |more
Posted on Jan 6, 2006
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How refreshing that there is one democratic nation — Chile — where a leading candidate has the courage to suggest that the impact of the clergy has not always added to enlightenment, particularly as to the place of women in society. Jefferson lives.
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