These Teens Won’t Be Meeting You at Chick-fil-A
Political considerations also keep some teens from spending money at Wal-Mart and Urban Outfitters. They are picking up their ethical shopping tips online and from friends and family and they belong to...
View Article‘Straight Outta Compton’ and ‘Meru’ Top the List
Meanwhile, the booby prize goes to "The Man from U.N.C.L.E," a must-miss extravaganza of boy toys, special effects and outrageously aggressive women who serve as window dressing to a slight,...
View ArticleNYC Vows 500 More High School Teams for Girls
The new sports teams, according to the city's Department of Education, will come over the next four years as the country's largest school system responds to a Title IX complaint brought by the National...
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View ArticleMake It a Triple-Feature Movie-Going Weekend
Make this weekend a movie marathon with three must-see femme-centric films. "Learning to Drive," "Grandma" and "After Word" all open Aug. 21.
View ArticlePatsy Mink Lives on in Today’s Fight for Title IX
When Patsy Mink died in 2002, she left us both a legacy and a law. This Equality Day, it is time to insist and demand that Title IX's mandate and promise be realized. Maybe it's time for another...
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‘Second Mother’ Is Compassionate and Compelling
Try to catch this drama, opening Aug. 28, about women's social servitude in Latin America. Also highly recommended, "Zipper," about sex addiction and political duplicity; and "Queen of Earth," a tense...
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Trump Attacks on Kelly Echo Male Patterns of Abuse
When women make strong comments or venture into political waters they face threats. Harassment of female journalists online seems to be growing at an alarming rate; and it dovetails with new research...
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Mrs. Universe Calls Out Canada’s Neglect of Aboriginal Women
Within days of becoming the first aboriginal woman to win this international pageant, the 25-year-old is calling out the Conservative party, which faces elections next month, for ignoring First Nations...
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‘Blind’ Brings Fantasy Life into Fascinating View
This Norwegian feature stars Ellen Dorrit Petersen in a breakthrough performance. Other good reasons to see a movie this weekend: "The Black Panthers: Vanguard of the Revolution" and "Dirty Weekend."
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Rights Pioneer Dorothy Ferebee’s Story Mostly Forgotten
The civil rights leader, an obstetrician, brought health care to poor sharecroppers during the Depression and battled racism and gender bias, says Diane Kiesel in the biography "She Can Bring Us Home."...
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Why Good Girls Never Choose Love in Afghanistan
Even though teen writer Zahra W. says "people don't believe in love" in Afghanistan, for her, life without love is "less sweet."
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Sex Humor Sizzles in ‘Sleeping With Other People’
This film, featuring a couple who find each other in a sex addicts support group, is nicely entertaining. "Meet the Patels," about arranged marriage in India, is also highly recommended. For my warning...
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New York Fashion Week Breaks Down Beauty Barriers
The models on this year's runways were not uniformly tall and thin. Many strutted their stuff as role models, as women with physical disabilities, plus-sized, ethnically diverse, transgender. "We're at...
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Car Race Promotes Women Driving in Kosovo
Female drivers raced for awareness, cash and equality in Kosovo this summer. Report by GlobalGirl Media Kosovo.
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For Catholic Women Like Me, Pope Brings Hope
Does it really matter Yes, because we are all subject to a medieval theology of women on which Catholic Church leaders, including Pope Francis, base their promotion of public policies that compromise...
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Gender Transition Ignites Family Drama in ‘About Ray’
This coming-of-age tale must be seen, along with three more films also opening Sept. 18: "The New Girlfriend," "Sicario" and "Songs from the North," a documentary by South Korean filmmaker Soon-Mi Yoo.
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College Applicants Research Schools on Sex Assault
"I always search for any traces of a sexual assault case against a school I'm interested in," says one high school senior. And when schools bring up the issue themselves, or host screenings of the...
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She Rocks the Runways for Plus-Size Fashion
Hayley Hasselhoff, the Wilhelmina model, who wears a size 14, wants women to get the message: The best thing you can do for yourself is to love your body. On Sept. 26 she'll be back on the catwalk, in...
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Overturn of Canada’s Niqab Ban Reignites Controversy
In multiculturalist Canada, which faces federal elections next month, Muslim women and the ban on wearing a face veil during citizenship ceremonies are in the vortex of political controversy. The...
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