This September, the question is not what’s in Vogue, but who’s in Vogue – and Elle and Glamour. The answer: powerful female politicians and activists talking policy from all across the ideological spectrum.
Vogue interviewed Christine Lagarde, the recently appointed managing director of the International Monetary Fund. Although the profile centered on her “oatmeal-hued suit,” “bandbox-neat” appearance, and overall “elegance,” it also discussed her “classically liberal” leanings towards Adam Smith’s economic thought, meaning her preferences for “free trade and minimal government intervention, positions usually associated with conservatism.” Further, it quoted her …

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Today [August 26, 2011] is Women’s Equality Day. At the center of my mind today is:

What the heck do I tell my daughter?
How do I tell my daughter about the fact that despite many gains made for women’s (and mothers’) equality, women still don’t earn equal pay for equal work? Women now make, on average, only 77 cents for every dollar …

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I got a Kindle this spring and have had a chance to do a lot of summer reading for pleasure.  One of the great things about owning an electronic book is that if one is in a quandary about what to read next, one can instantaneously search what other e-books have been popular with the millions of readers who own one too.  That is where I found Confessions of a Prairie Bitch: How I …

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Happy Women’s Equality Day! What’s that, you say? You’ve never heard of “Women’s Equality Day”? That’s understandable. It lacks the latent potential for commercialization that makes other manufactured holidays a hit with card companies, chocolate makers, and florists. I went to my local Hallmark and found no cards with the appropriate sentiment: “On the occasion of earning full citizenship rights . . . .” or “Baby, we have come a long way!”
Originally conceived …

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being Ana: a memoir of anorexia nervosaThe image accompanying this text is not a generic stock library photograph for which I paid a royalty fee, although it could be. We all know decapitated, limbless, faceless, nameless women are all the rage in advertising. It would make the perfect backdrop (bar the luminous green Lycra sweatpants) for catchy text lambasting women’s brains in order to sell ‘wonder’ beer. Instead, it’s more personal than that. …

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Financial expert and author, Manisha Thakor, devotes her life to helping women achieve economic empowerment and financial freedom. In her two engaging books, On My Own Two Feet: A Modern Girl’s Guide to Personal Finance and Getting Financially Naked: How To Talk Money With Your Honey, she shows how women can make financial choices that are in alignment with their personal values in …

 Last week, a friend sent me a fun bit of political humor (h/t S. Moss):
The movie Wizard of Oz is 72 years old.

Today, if Dorothy were to encounter Men
with no brains, no hearts, and no courage
She wouldn’t be in Oz …

The New Agenda’s Amy Siskind appeared on a political panel for Fox & Friends to discuss whether Sarah Palin will join the already crowded GOP field.  And how Palin is different than other GOP candidates.
 

Tune into KABC, AM 790 tonight at 8 p.m. EST!
Stephen Bannon, producer of The Undefeated will interview TNA’s Amy Siskind on whether Palin will run and, if she does, how Palin would stack up in the already crowded GOP field.
Tune in!

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This week, I was bombarded with messages from Facebook friends about a Facebook page that has them outraged, and rightly so.
The Facebook page that Grufferman takes on. Click the above screenshot to view more.
In the last few weeks I’ve posted a series of articles focusing on the status of women in America, the Equal Rights Amendment, and the ongoing pay …