Hillary Clinton Leaving Politics
Big Loss for Women Secretary of State, Hillary Clinton told Wolf Blitzer last week on CNN that she will not serve a second term in President Barack Obama’s cabinet should he be re-elected. And as far...
View ArticleHerman Cain Harassment Charges Ignored by Republicans
Maybe not for men, but for women harassment charges are serious business, or so I had thought. In last night’s CNBC presidential debate, the GOP crowd booed when the moderator asked a question about...
View ArticleChelsea Clinton – TV Reporter
Can I just say it, what a letdown. This is a girl who (forget about her parents for a second) graduated from Stanford with a degree in History, then went on to University College at Oxford and got a...
View ArticlePostcards from Istanbul
News about Fashion, Politics and Culture from The Edge of Europe and Middle East All the Trappings of Christmas Sans Santa… Did you know that Santa Claus was from Turkey? I recently found out that...
View ArticleSo What Does ‘Feminism’ Mean, Anyway?
Are you a feminist? When I was a freshman in college, I was picking up my mail when an upperclassman approached me and asked if I would take a short survey. I was to answer each question as quickly as...
View ArticleGuy Files: Hoodie Hazards
Much has been made of the untimely death of Trayvon Martin. I won’t go into the specifics of the case, you’ve probably already read various reports about the incident. It has touched a nerve with...
View ArticleSecret Service “Wheels Down, Rings Off”
According to AP, the Secret Service is denying a cultural problem at the agency known as “Wheels down, rings off” amidst the recent scandal of 11 agents and officer accused of misconduct with the...
View ArticleWhy Women Need to End the Work Debate
It began a few weeks ago when CNN contributor Hilary Rosen claimed that Ann Romney was unqualified to advise her husband on women’s economic issues because she “never worked a day in her life.”...
View ArticleSpeak For Survival
A coherent language is what separates humanity from all other life on Earth. This ability to communicate our ideas, needs, and desires allows us to flourish and to share our thoughts with anyone we...
View ArticleTolerance is the New Prejudice
I was on a plane recently and due to my fear of flying freak-outs, I usually drink several tiny bottles of alcoholic anything and try to find the funniest movie I can pluck from the Virgin America menu...
View ArticleWomen, It’s Time To Use Your Voice
Your Body Depends On It I have never ventured to write anything political. I have wanted to stay out of that arena. But I can’t let fear keep me back anymore. I am a woman. I have a voice. And it’s...
View ArticleLabor Day: Changing Our Attitudes
Alan Uke on Huff Po writes about Labor Day… “125 years ago, the very first labor day holiday was celebrated in the state of Oregon. Seven years after that, in 1894, it became a national holiday, born...
View ArticleNational Voter Registration Day
It’s yours–a voice, a vote. Are you registered? If not, do it today. National Voter Registration Day is “a broad-based, nonpartisan effort to turn Tuesday, Sept. 25, into a national day of action and...
View ArticleSocial Trash Talk
We’ve all seen it–name calling on social media sites–but who is doing it? And when is it most prevalent? I’ve seen it on Facebook, where one friend posts something innocent, another friend remarks and...
View ArticleWomen Get Your Vote On
Where to Vote & Get Your Election Coverage Via Facebook Just a friendly reminder to all women to get out and vote because apparently that’s what we do–more so than men. According to the Center for...
View ArticleGenetically Modified Food: Seeds of Sickness, Part 1
In light of yesterday’s rejection by California voters for genetically modified food labels, in part by scare tactics that food prices would go up by companies who this law wouldn’t benefit had it...
View ArticleSchadenfreude is Now Coming Out of the Woodwork
And I don’t just mean the emotion. Now, don’t get me wrong: I’m happy as the next big-government-loving-abortion-rights-supporting-evolution-believing liberal that Obama won last Tuesday’s election....
View ArticleThe 2013 Presidential Inauguration Part 1: Hopes and Dreams
In 2012, President Barrack Obama was re-elected, to the relief of many democrats. Soon afterward, I received a call from my friend asking if I would like to go with her (and her family) to the...
View ArticleThe 2013 Presidential Inauguration Part 2: There and Back Again
On January 17, 2013, 11:30 a.m., every American turned on their TV’s and settled in to watch the second swearing in of President Barrack Obama. But not me. No TV screen for me; I witnessed the entire...
View ArticlePostcards from Istanbul: News about Fashion, Politics & Culture from The Edge...
Reflections on the Ongoing Protests in Turkey: On Friday May 31st, I glanced at the posts on my Facebook account and saw that there were some references to protests in Istanbul’s Taksim Square against...
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