August 2011
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Helen Mirren interview →
Helen Mirren is classy and smart and different and I love her shoes in this picture.
I’ve got to say, despite your reputation as something of a free spirit who likes to have a good time, I’ve been finding you unexpectedly frightening. Be afraid. Be very, very afraid. For a start, I’m not a party animal. I see myself as rather boring, a rather straight-arrow kind of person who wanted to be free,...
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Grandmother's Gestures →
A cool exhibit at the Brooklyn Museum. Nancy Wilson-Pajic reflects on memories of her grandmother’s hands covering her own face. Her grandmother had nerve damage and subsequent numbness of the side her face. These pictures show the various ways her hands displayed her self-consciousness of the injury, as well as other characteristics. Interesting how the message was conveyed to...
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Capable.
Last week, over dirty martinis and vodka tonics, as all worldly ideas should be discussed, Meg and I talked about being and feeling capable. We both felt strongly about the importance of being capable, especially as women. I think of capable as the opposite of overwhelmed, the opposite of sighing and whining. It is the feeling that whatever is in front of you, no matter how intimidating,...
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Girl Crushes →
Have a girl crush, be girl crush worthy.
“To qualify as crushable, women must appear to really like other women. They must be smart. They must be stylish. They must be funny. They must be cool. They must be talented. They must never know that they are crushed on, or else something will break, some delicate membrane of power. They must appear to be in control of most things – their...
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The Woman Behind Lucy's Laughs →
This story shows Madelyn Pugh Davis as smart, funny, self-assured, capable, classy, creative…on and on. Get it, girl!
Of particular note:
“But the “girl writer,” as Davis was called back in the day because she was one of the very few women in radio and television, didn’t just ride herd on etiquette and outlandishness. Because of her sex and then-requisite secretarial training, the typing of the...
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Postpartum Clinic at UNC →
” On Monday, a University of North Carolina hospital in Chapel Hill will open the country’s first free-standing perinatal psychiatry unit.”
Each year, Raines sees hundreds of women suffering from postpartum depression.
“I’ve had women come in here for a session and have said, ‘All I want you to do is give me the name of an adoption agency, because...
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Work it, all of it. →
“The best strategy for shaping up “down there”? Yep, that old standby, the Kegel.”
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Women can do anything.
Did you know you can pinky swear over gchat? You can. I’m not sure of the limitations, but I am 100% sure that you can pinky swear, over gchat, from North Carolina to Jerusalem, promising that you and your best friend will eat Pain Au Chocolat in Paris before Summer 2012 hits.
Anything.
Be nicer to homeless people. →
Making waves, with no apology. →
“Having curly hair makes me taller, more literary and better in bed.”
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Girls of Summer →
Kathryn Stockett, Annie Mumolo, Kristen Wiig, Adele, Gaga, Women’s US Soccer team, Emma Stone, Viola Davis - writing films, producing films, singing, acting, kicking ass, being fabulous.
Bruni juxtaposes the troubles of a female-light Congress with the success of women in other industries this summer.
“Especially because I had been so focused on Washington and its stormy climate of...
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No co-pays for birth control... →
and other preventative services and screenings for women.
“Besides contraceptive use, the list includes screenings for conditions such as gestational diabetes and the human papillomavirus (HPV), as well as breastfeeding support and counseling on sexually transmitted diseases. The full list is available on the Department of Health and Human Services website.”
“Supporters also...
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