Vanessa Richmond, The Tyee. October 10, 2008. The word "desperation" has disappeared from the definition of "cougar"; words like smart, successful and funny have taken its place.
Carol Jenkins, Huffington Post. September 30, 2008. For four Presidential cycles -- 1996, 2000, 2004, 2008 -- the networks have deemed no woman journalist "worthy" of moderating a post-primary debate.
Mimi Abramovitz, Women's eNews. September 25, 2008. Why is it that the rich and reckless accept "welfare" for themselves while rejecting it for those who need it most, particularly woman.
Helen Benedict, In These Times. September 13, 2008. The Culture of misogyny and illegal war acts in the military fuels sexual violence against women in uniform.
Carole Joffe, Gloria Feldt, AlterNet. September 8, 2008. John McCain's choice of Palin only intensifies concerns about his responsiveness to serious issues facing most working women.
Staff, Women's Voices. Women Vote Action Fund AlterNet: PEEK. September 3, 2008. Watch women, including former Hillary supporters and undecided voters, react to Palin's speech in real time.
Kimberly Gadette, Women's eNews. August 28, 2008. Bikini car washes, inexplicably sanctioned by many parents, teach girls the best way to turn a buck is by stripping down for men.
Erich Goode, Sirens Magazine. August 27, 2008. Most women in their 20s are far more concerned with education, career, and gaining life experience than with their single status.
Judy Waxman, The Women's Media Center. August 27, 2008. And with good reason: The nation's health care system is in crisis, and women are bearing the brunt of its failures.
Kara Alaimo, Women's eNews. August 25, 2008. Women reentering the workforce after taking time off to care for their families are getting help from career counselors and staffing firms.
Caroline Heldman, Ms. Magazine. August 14, 2008. This sort of self-objectification impairs women's body image, mental health, motor skills and even sex lives.
Shere Hite, On The Issues Magazine. August 12, 2008. Decades after the publication of the Hite Report on Female Sexuality, society still clings to outdated notions about women and sex.
Cynthia Kling, Huffington Post. August 6, 2008. Susan Squire on why it will take more than a couple of decades to transform a 5,000-year-old institution.
Michelle Chen, ColorLines. August 6, 2008. A third of female veterans are women of color. Three of them share their stories of systematic racial discrimination.
Allison Stevens, Women's eNews. August 2, 2008. Sixteen women who lost congressional races in 2006 are running again. This could mark a new era in the evolution of the female political candidate.
Melissa Silverstein, Huffington Post. July 31, 2008. Katherine Heigl regularly speaks up about sexism in Hollywood. For that, she is labeled ungrateful and her career has been declared dead.
