My friend Cheryl just helped me understand why powerful women avoid feminists. Its quite simple. Cheryl was a feminist years ago and is now wealthy and powerful (enough). As she says (and I supplement), 1. We hate feeling powerless. We hate feeling that we need someone to rescue us. Women should stop complaining about the difficulties of working in a “mans world” and start sucking it up. Be […]
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Here is an interesting article telling us what we women have known all along. To use only our masculine assets is a shame. http://blogs.hbr.org/cs/2013/08/research_male_leaders_should_think_more_like_women.html
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I can not believe that women are dying due to (illegal cheap) injections in their bottoms! Rather that blaming poor “silly” women, its time for us to stand up to the continual media attacks on women’s bodies. It is never ending. Would we look at this epidemic differently if men were lining up for plastic surgery, adding
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This is a radical and fantastic move. Why now. Because there is a woman the helm of the Ontario Securities Commission: Maureen Jensen, Executive Director and Chief Administrative Officer of the OSC. http://www.osc.gov.on.ca/en/NewsEvents_nr_20130731_osc-58-401.htm
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I wish I had said it first: “Lean In” should leverage the movement to bring in policies that support women like paid maternity and paternity leave, affordable childcare, paid sick days and flexible and part-time work hours. Thanks to Yaron Schwartz for writing a great article and mentioning Madeleine Kunin’s book, The New Feminist Agenda. Here is an excerpt;
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On July 13 Deepa Mehta will be speaking in Vancouver as part of the Indian Summer Festival. If you have not seen any of her films, you must. They are so raw and honest they open your eyes and hearts to the way we see women in the world. Go to: www.indiansummerfestival.ca.
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Interesting article: http://academia.edu/2972642/_Mathematics_is_not_for_Girls_-_Breaking_the_Myth
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This is what people in power should do. First, educate yourself about women. Second, do something. Angelina is amazing. She went directly to the UN Security Council! and simply said what we all know is true: To use rape as a weapon in war is totally unacceptable. All the Council (that represents hundreds of countries around the world) has
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Here is a great CBC Jian Ghomeshi debate about Mothers I’d Like to F* (MILF). It saddens me that some try to cast it as a compliment when it simply reinforces the age-old idea that women are only valuable when deemed so by men. Apparently if you watch pornography (which I recommend if you really want to get
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Wow, I wish I had thought of it myself. Go to Indiegogo (crowd sourcing) and donate to a great idea. www.indiegogo.com/projects/app-camp-for-girls
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