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Yeah for Kathleen Taylor CEO of Four Seasons Hotels

I love celebrating women who seem to get to the top while making full use of their feminine strengths. Kathleen Taylor is a lawyer and is also very particular about the fine details of each and every one of her hotels. She also values spending lots of effort in selecting the right people and says she

New book by Naomi Wolf: Vagina

I just read about Naomi Wolf’s new book “Vagina.” I will look for it today. At the minimum it brings the “V” word out into the open which reduces women’s learned shame about their bodies, but it may also enlighten women and men about womens sex anatomy, which is lawys a positive thing. I note

UBC Talk on Top Girls Sept 17

I will be attending the talk “Top Girls” (about prost feminism) at UBC on September 17th by Angela McRobbie. Go to the calandar on my Feminine Intelligence dot com website to get more information.

Women in Canada are fed up with media portrayals

Shannon Proudfoot wrote a great article. Here is an excerpt: “Young women see only “skinny, sleazy and stupid” reflections of themselves on magazine racks, TV and computer screens, and they’re fed up with them, a new Canadian report reveals. Teens and young women across the country told Media Action that tall, thin blondes seem to

Disney Princess Culture has Gone too Far

This is too much! “Disney has long transformed little girls into princesses by selling them costumes, wands and tiaras. But a new limited-time offer at Disneyland takes the idea even further. Starting August 26, for a $99.95 (plus shipping), kids will be able to take home a figurine with their own faces superimposed on a

Vlogging is Powerful for Women

Here is a great article from Ms Magazine on the power of vlogging. Here is a quote: “While the majority of online feminist space plays out via the written word, there are a growing number of folks who have chosen to share their thoughts via video. YouTube has already seen the popularity of mainstream

NBC Video of Female Athletes shows Sexism

Unfortunately, a video NBC created and posted on the web during the Olympics suggests sexism again. Here is an excerpt of an article on it: “ The video, titled “Bodies In Motion,” depicts select female Olympic athletes in slow motion. The first two shots are of one woman taking off her shorts and another

Female rock band gets jail time for speaking up and being feminists

Here is an excerpt from a Globe and Mail article: “Anyone interested in just how much Russia has changed since the days when it was the Soviet Union should examine what’s called the “Pussy Riot” case. Three female members of Russia’s punk-rock band, Pussy Riot, are facing jail on charges of “hooliganism motivated by

A first – 2012 Presidential Debate Moderators are Women

For the first time in 20 years, a woman — CNN’s Candy Crowley — will moderate a presidential debate. http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/08/13/presidential-debate-moderators-2012_n_1772503.html/

Helen Gurley Brown was a role Model

I am pleased to see Helen got appropriate media attention on passing. She was a power house. Here is an excerpt from an article on her life: “Helen Gurley Brown unquestionably changed the face of women’s media. She transformed Cosmopolitan when she served as its editor-in-chief of from 1965 until 1997, wrote books that