The New Republic: The Post-Gender Justice
NPR - - Jul 12, 2010
Despite Elena Kagan's impressive resume, she has not taken up the helm as a leader on women's issues. Despite Elena Kagan's impressive ..
Sunday, July 18, 2010
New UN agency for women
The Zimbabwean - Jul 17, 2010
... to the four UN gender agencies - UN Development Fund for Women (UNIFEM), the Office of the Special Adviser on Gender Issues and Advancement of Women, ...
Tuesday, May 25, 2010
9/11 'link' to male foetus deaths
BBC News - 15 hours ago
The stress caused by the 9/11 attacks on the World Trade Center may have led to an increase in miscarriages of male foetuses, US researchers say. A study in BMC Public Health found 12% more male babies were lost in September 2001 after the 20th week of ...
9/11 'link' to male foetus deaths
BBC News - 15 hours ago
The stress caused by the 9/11 attacks on the World Trade Center may have led to an increase in miscarriages of male foetuses, US researchers say. A study in BMC Public Health found 12% more male babies were lost in September 2001 after the 20th week of ...
Monday, April 19, 2010
Equal Pay Day to be observed Tuesday
Maryville Daily Times - Apr 18, 2010
Equal Pay Day is an important annual occasion that allows women to publicize gender issues and spread awareness of gender discrimination. ...
Violence Against Women National Conference to address growing problems
Cincinnati.com - - Apr 17, 2010
Ventura will talk about some of these issues at the Violence Against Women National Conference on April 24. She'll be joined by a myriad of other advocates, ...
UN begins Gulf human rights tour
BBC News - 5 hours ago
High Commissioner Navi Pillay said countries in the region need to address the issues of abuse against foreign workers and improve women's rights.
'Encouraging' changes under way in Persian Gulf countries, says UN rights chief UN News
Wednesday, January 13, 2010
NATIONAL ROUNDUP: Palin joining Fox News as contributor
Norwalk Reflector - 4 hours ago
NEW YORK (MCT) When Sarah Palin abruptly stepped down as Alaska governor in July before the end of her first term, many questioned how she could maintain a national presence without the platform of elected office. That hasn't proven a problem for the ...
Thursday, December 17, 2009
'Nine' New York Premiere Pictures and Photos
American Superstar Magazine - - Dec 16, 2009
NEW YORK —The stars stepped out Tuesday night for the New York City premiere of Nine held at the Ziegfeld Theatre. The film's stars were all on hand for the ...
Ashanti's mother couldn't escape alleged stalker Devar Hurd's relentless x ...
New York Daily News - - 6 hours ago
Tina Douglas, mother of R&B star Ashanti, leaves a Manhattan court Thursday following her testimony. Ashanti's mom first tried to ignore ...
Hip-Hop Singer Ashanti Terrorized by Crazed Fan CMR
How Elin Can Get the Most Money from Tiger
CBS News - 8 minutes ago
With Tiger Woods' wife Elin Nordegren reportedly planning to leave, celebrity divorce attorney Raoul Felder spoke to Harry Smith about suing for divorce, prenuptial agreements and more. Elin Nordegren, wife of Tiger Woods, is seen on Nov. 21, 2009. ...
Missing mom's home searched again for clues
msnbc.com - 33 minutes ago
Police said they have conducted a second search of a missing Utah woman's home as her family expressed sadness, but not surprise, that her husband is a person of interest in the investigation.
Video: Utah Family Not Surprised Husband Is Person of Interest
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Divorcing Tiger? You go, girl
Globe and Mail - 5 hours ago
Tiger Woods and his wife Elin Nordegren walk down the catwalk during the Ryder Cup Gala Dinner at Citywest Hotel and Golf Resort on September 20, ...
Sunday, December 6, 2009
Oprah Winfrey demoted to No. 2 on Women in Entertainment: Power 100 list
Zap2it.com - - Dec 4, 2009
The real person behind Oprah Winfrey is sickening ... she is just a
Thursday, November 5, 2009
Natalie Portman Has Issues With Going Nude
OK! Magazine - - 11 hours ago
Her upcoming movie, Black Swan, involves a lesbian sex scene with Mila Kunis that she describes as “not raunchy - it's extreme.
'Golden Girls' star mcclanahan has bypass surgery
The Associated Press - - 26 minutes ago
He was to perform with mcclanahan and "Sordid Lives" star Leslie Jordan at the New York club Comix at the end of the month.
Rue McClanahan tribute at Castro canceled San Francisco Chronicle
Rue McClanahan Doing 'Great' After Bypass Surgery Access Hollywood
Gene therapy makes major stride in 'Lorenzo's Oil' disease
Los Angeles Times - - 1 hour ago
An experimental treatment stabilizes two boys with the rare, fatal degenerative disorder known as ALD. Researchers hail the findings, which come on the tail of other gene-therapy successes.
Women of the Workplace, Uniting
Bloomberg - - 3 hours ago
Issues on My Mind, a series of intimate "salons" in Manhattan where senior women from all sectors could gather to discuss the issues that really matter to ...
Gay partnership measure approved by voters
The Associated Press - - 17 minutes ago
OLYMPIA, Wash. - Washington state voters have approved the state's new "everything but marriage" law, marking a significant expansion of rights for gay couples who are registered as domestic partners.
Maine Rejects Same-Sex Marriage Wall Street Journal
Gay marriage backers return to drawing board San Francisco Chronicle
Monday, October 12, 2009
THE FIRST LADY: A TOY STORY/MICHELLE OBAMA DOLL
The First Lady: A Toy Story
By Ashley Southall
The White House Action DuoA plastic Barack Obama action figure can’t save the world with his six points-of-articulation alone. So next month, Jailbreak Toys is expected to release a Michelle Obama doll with just as many flex points to create a White House action duo.
The doll, scheduled for release Nov. 20, comes with three clothing options based on real dresses Mrs. Obama has worn: a purple V-neck sheath from the famous fist bump, a black-and-white floral from her appearance on “The View”, and a red-and-black frock she wore on election night. Jason Feinberg, the toy’s creator, told The Daily News that it’s no coincidence that all of the options are sleeveless.
In a telephone interview, Mr. Feinberg said the company put a Michelle doll on the backburner to give Mrs. Obama time to “form her public personality” outside of her husband’s administration.
Which outfit is your favorite?
“She’s got a totally different sense of style than we’ve ever seen from a first lady,” Mr. Feinberg said.
The president has been a gold mine for the toy industry. The new first lady dolls join hundreds of other toys on the market, such this samurai-sword-wielding, Darth-Vader fighting figure of the president made by Gamu Toys. Jailbreak Toys says it has sold more than 200,000 of its President Obama action figures, and expects Mrs. Obama’s doll, which costs $13, to surpass those sales. Mr. Feinberg said more than 3,000 of the dolls had been sold in pre-release orders since August.
“I think it says that she’s extraordinarily popular, and people like her no matter what’s going on at the political level,” Mr. Feinberg said.
The White House hasn’t publicly commented on the dolls, or any of the toys created in the likenesses of the president or the first lady. However, attempts to create dolls based on the two Obama daughters have been met with scorn from the White House.Wednesday, September 30, 2009
LATIN EVENTS
Wednesday, September 30th 2009, 4:00 AM
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SALSA: Percussionist Ralph Irizarry — who played with Rubén Blades’ Seis del Solar for 14 years — and friends at MILK Lounge, 2056 Second Ave. at 106th St. Doors open at 5:30 p.m., shows at 8 p.m. and 10 p.m. Tickets $5-$10.
TOMORROW 1
EVENT: The Puerto Rican Freedom Project marks release of “The Freedom Album” with a benefit concert featuring folk singer Roy Brown, cuatro player Yomo Toro, Zon del Barrio and hip-hop acts Siete Nueve and The Welfare Poets, at Taller Boricua’s Multi Arts Space, Julia de Burgos Cultural Center, 1680 Lexington Ave. at 106th St., 8 p.m. Tickets $20.
THEATER: “Paso del Norte” and “Tell Them Not to Kill Me!"— inspired by Mexican writer Juan Rulfo’s short stories and directed by Germán Jaramillo — continue at Theater for the New City, 8 p.m. Through Sunday. Tickets $15.
EXHIBIT: Crossing Bridges/Cruzando Puentes, featuring works from the collective Generation 4 — Vicente Fabre, Luis Leonor, Moses Ros and Reynaldo García Pantaleon — at Taller Boricua, 1680 Lexington Ave. at 106th St. Tuesday to Saturday, through Nov. 7. Free.
GAY: Comic book and graphic novel artists Ivan Vélez (“Tales From the Closet”), Jennifer Camper (“The Juicy Mother: Celebration”), Erika López (“Flaming Iguanas”) and Carlo Quispe (“Killer Heights”) share their work at opening of annual BAAD! BlakTino Performance Series, 841 Barretto St., South Bronx. Free.
FRIDAY 2
HIP HOP: Reggaetón duo Wisin y Yandel at Madison Square Garden, 8 p.m. Tickets $46-$96.
BALLAD: Spanish crooner José Luis Perales at the Beacon Theater, 8 p.m. Tickets $85-$125.
TANGO: Gustavo Santaolalla’s eight-member band, Bajofondo, at the Highline Ballroom, 8 p.m. and 12 a.m. shows. Tickets $25.
GAY: San Francisco-based, New York-born cartoonist and performer Erika López brings her one-woman show, “The Welfare Queen,” to BAAD! 841 Barretto St., South Bronx, part of annual BlakTino Performance Series, 8 p.m. Tickets $15.
FLAMENCO: Alma Flamenca and the Andrea del Conte Danza España dance company tribute to the late dancer and choreographer del Conte at Thalia Spanish Theater, 41-17 Greenpoint Ave., Sunnyside, Queens, 8 p.m. Weekend shows, through Oct. 18. Tickets $25-$30.
THEATER: The Puerto Rico-founded theater company Nueva Escena debuts in New York with “Salsa Gorda,” about the salsero and photographer Daniel Cuevas, 8 p.m. At Pregones Theater, 571-575 Walton Ave., the Bronx. Also tomorrow and Sunday. Tickets $22.
FLAMENCO: Spanish guitar maestro Paco Peña and his Flamenco Dance Company present A Compás! at Town Hall, 8 p.m. Tickets $25-$45.
FILM: Mike Vargas and Moni Pineda’s documentary “Friends We Love,” which follows artists as they reveal what inspires them to create, with music by deejay Moni and performances by The Real Live Show, Sarah White and TK Wonder, at the Bronx Museum of the Arts, 6 p.m. Free.
EXHIBIT: Opening of Guatemalan Regina Jos Galindo’s installation work with one-day-only performance by the artist, 7 p.m., at Exit Art, 10th Ave. at 36th St. Free.
FLAMENCO: Jorge Navarro’s Pasión Flamenca presents “Por Callejeras,” at Leonard Nimoy Thalia Theater at Symphony Space, 8 p.m. Tickets $30-$42. Also tomorrow.
BOOKS: Fourth New York Book Fair Expo at Queens Museum of Art. Also tomorrow.
SATURDAY 3
THEATER: David Lamb’s “Plátanos & Collard Greens,” about black-Latino romantic relationships, at French Institute/Florence Gould Hall, 55 E. 59th St. between Park and Madison Aves., 8 p.m. Tickets $52.50. Also Oct. 10.
HIP HOP: Venezuelan group Dame Pa’ Matala, with opening by Rebel Diaz band, at the Marian Anderson Theater, Aaron Davis Hall, City College, 150 Convent Ave., 7 p.m. Free.
CHARANGA: José Fajardo y sus Estrellas with guests Sonny Bravo, Eddy Zervigón, Dave Valentín and others at 60 Days of Charanga, Hostos Community College, 7:30 p.m. Tickets $30-$50.
EVENT: Macy’s marks Hispanic Heritage Month with “Encanto Latino,” featuring recipes from chef George Duran of the Food Network show “Ham on the Street,” and table designs by Carolina Buia and Isabel González, authors of “Latin Chic,” at Macy’s Herald Square, The Cellar, 2 p.m. Free.
GAY: Performance artist Bruno Aponte presents Brunegro, his one-man show about queer Dominican Blackness, 8 p.m. at BAAD! 841 Barretto St., South Bronx, part of the annual BlakTino Performance Series. Tickets $15.
MONDAY 5
JAZZ: Gregorio Uribe Big Band, a 16-piece ensemble with a Colombian tint, at Theater for the New City, 155 First Ave., 8 p.m. Tickets, $15.
EXHIBIT: “Aquí! (Here),” a group exhibition featuring 15 local artists, at the Northern Manhattan Arts Alliance gallery, 178 Bennett Ave. at 189th St., third floor. Through Dec. 30, Monday through Friday, 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. Free.
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Friday, September 25, 2009
Stepsisters Mackenzie Phillips, Chynna Phillips to appear on Oprah together!
Stepsisters Mackenzie Phillips, Chynna Phillips to appear on Oprah together!
She appeared on The Oprah Winfrey show this week to talk about the affair and promote her new book, "High on Arrival. "
She was joined by her "One Day at a Time" costar and pal Valerie Bertinelli.
Nope, not making this up.
Chynna has openly said that she believes her sister. But she also says the news sent her into a depression. "A part of me died when I found out."
Will you watch the show?
Wonder when Mackenzie's stepmom Michelle Phillips will be on Oprah's show to tell her side of the story? She's already denied Mackenzie's allegations and slammed her for soiling her father's legacy.
You know that's gotta be next week's show. This is getting better than Jerry Springer!
More Mackenzie Dish:
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Supreme Court Justice Ruth Ginsburg Hospitalized
Supreme Court Justice Ruth Ginsburg Hospitalized
U.S. Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg was taken to the Washington Hospital Center Thursday evening after feeling ill in her Chambers earlier in the day, according to a statement issued by The Supreme Court.
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Thursday, September 24, 2009
Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg
Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg was hospitalized Thursday after becoming ill in her office at the court.
A statement from the court said the 76-year-old justice was taken to Washington Hospital Center at 7:45 p.m. EDT as a precaution.
During the day, Ginsburg had received an iron sucrose infusion to treat an iron deficiency that had been discovered in July, the statement said.
About an hour later, she "developed lightheadedness and fatigue," the statement said. She was found to have slightly low blood pressure, which the court said can occur after the type of treatment she had received.
Although an examination found her to be in stable health, she was given fluids and taken to the hospital as a precaution, the court said.
The July evaluation found "that she was in completely normal health with the exception of a low red blood cell count caused by deficiency of iron. Intravenous iron therapy was administered in a standard fashion," the court statement said.
Ginsburg underwent surgery for pancreatic cancer in February but returned to work quickly.
Two months after her surgery, Ginsburg told law students at a symposium at Ohio State University that serving on the Supreme Court was "the best and the hardest job I've ever had." She said at the time that she wanted to match the tenure of Justice Louis Brandeis, who served for more than two decades and retired at age 82.
After the retirement in January 2006 of Justice Sandra Day O'Connor, Ginsburg was the only woman on the nine-member court until Sonia Sotomayor joined the court last August.
Nominated by President Bill Clinton, Ginsburg took her seat on the Supreme Court on Aug. 10, 1993. She had been a judge on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit since 1980.
Monday, September 14, 2009
"Norma Rae" Inspiration Dies at 68
RALEIGH, N.C., Sept. 14, 2009
"Norma Rae" Inspiration Dies at 68
Crystal Lee Sutton, Crusader for Unions Portrayed by Sally Field, Loses Fight to Brain Cancer in N.C.
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Photo Textile factory worker Crystal Lee Sutton pauses during an interview in Los Angeles March 15, 1980. Sutton died Friday in Burlington, N.C., Friday. She was 68. As a representative of the Amalgamated Clothing and Textile union, she struggled to organize workers at the J.P. Stevens company. The movie "Norma Rae" was based on her story. (AP Photo/Lennox McLendon)
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Sutton died Friday in a hospice after a long battle with brain cancer, her son, Jay Jordan, said Monday.
"She fought it as long as she could and she crossed on over to her new life," he said.
Actress Sally Field portrayed a character based on Sutton in the movie and won a best-actress Academy Award.
Field said in a statement Sutton was "a remarkable woman whose brave struggles have left a lasting impact on this country and without doubt, on me personally. Portraying Crystal Lee Sutton in 'Norma Rae,' however loosely based, not only elevated me as an actress, but as a human being."
In 1973, Sutton was a 33-year-old mother of three earning $2.65 an hour folding towels at J.P. Stevens when a manager fired her for pro-union activity.
In a final act of defiance before police hauled her out, Sutton, who had worked at the plant for 16 years, wrote "UNION" on a piece of cardboard and climbed onto a table on the plant floor. Other employees responded by shutting down their machines.
Union organizers had targeted J.P. Stevens, then the country's second-largest textile manufacturer, because the industry was deeply entwined in Southern culture and spread across the region's small towns. However, North Carolina continues to have one of the lowest percentages of unionized workers in the country.
Bruce Raynor, president of Workers United and executive vice president of the Service Employees International Union, worked with Sutton to organize the Stevens plants. In 1974, the Amalgamated Clothing and Textile Workers Union won the right to represent 3,000 employees at seven Roanoke Rapids plants in northeastern North Carolina.
"Crystal was an amazing symbol of workers standing up in the South against overwhelming odds - and standing up and winning," Raynor said Monday. "The fact that Crystal was a woman in the '70s, leading a struggle of thousands of other textile workers against very powerful, virulently anti-union mill companies, inspired a whole generation of people - of women workers, workers of color and white workers."
Sutton's son said his mother kept a photo of Field in the movie's climactic scene on her living room wall at her home in Burlington, about 20 miles east of Greensboro. But despite what many people think, she got little profit from the movie or an earlier book written about her, he said.
"When they find out she lived very, very modestly, even poorly, in Burlington, they're surprised," he said.
Jordan said his mother spent years as a labor organizer in the 1970s. She later became a certified nursing assistant in 1988 but had not been able to work for several years because of illnesses.
"She never would have been rich. She would have given it to anyone she called the working class poor, people that were deprived," Jordan said.
Sutton donated her letters and papers to Alamance Community College in 2007. She said: "I didn't want them to go to some fancy university; I wanted them to go to a college that served the ordinary folks."
Sunday, September 13, 2009
Michigan Mom Aimee Louise Sword Faces Trial for Incest With Son She Gave Up for Adoption
Police Say Sword Contacted Son, Now a Teenager, Over the Internet
A Michigan mother is facing a trial after being accused of having a summer romance with the teenage son she gave up for adoption.
Police say Aimee Louise Sword, 35, had a sexual relationship with the son she gave up for adoption after reconnecting with him on the Internet.
(Courtesy Waterford Police Department)Aimee Louise Sword, 35, who is free on bond after her arrest, was initially charged with three counts of felony third-degree criminal sexual conduct. A judge this week reduced the charges to one count, but police say she is accused of a "very serious crime."
Sword began a sexual relationship with her biological son in the summer of 2008 after reconnecting with him on the Internet, Waterford Township Police Sgt. Scott Good told ABCNews.com.
"She had given the child up early on in life for adoption," he said, adding that Sword's adoption agreement permitted limited contact with the boy.
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Good said police were notified about the alleged incestuous romance in the fall after being contacted by Child Protective Services.
After an investigation that resulted in the three-count warrant, Sword surrendered to police April 24. She was released a short time later on a $3,000 bond.
Sword's lawyer Kenneth Burch told ABCNews.com that his client has pleaded not guilty ahead of the pre-trial date set for Sept. 21.
"Anybody would be distraught and she is because of the allegations she is faced with," he said. "She's meeting this head on."
Burch would not go into detail about Sword or her life, but confirmed she has other children who have since been removed from the house by CPS. There were never any allegations of abuse involving the other children, he said.
Her ex-mother-in-law, before hanging up on ABCNews.com, said that she's "not interested in any interview, anything with my grandchildren."
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