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Could you get fired for having gray hair?
Tuesday, 12 July 2011
Being a woman in an office isn't always easy. Aside from the difficulty of picking out a suit that's appropriately professional yet exceedingly feminine, being neither too aggressive nor too passive and balancing your work responsibilities with your family and home lives, now you could get the ax just for having a hair color that your boss doesn't like. According...
Canadian politics still hostile to women
Sunday, 26 June 2011
While the Western word has made enormous strides toward gender parity in the workplace, only a fool would proclaim the work done. In many male-dominated careers, sexism is s...
The rules for office romances
Sunday, 26 June 2011
Mixing business with pleasure is always dangerous, and office romances are no exception. Of course, if the guy who works down the hall from you is cute, smart, funny and swe...
Why do beauty queens face increased scrutiny?
Saturday, 18 June 2011
Rima Fakih has just one more week left in her reign as Miss USA, but it's been a tough year for the first Muslim-American holder of the crown. Like other beauty queens b...

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Sexist comments reveal how far NYT has come
Tuesday, 14 June 2011
It was confirmed earlier this summer that Jill Abramson will be taking over for Bill Keller as the managing editor at the New York Times - no small feat, considering she's the firs...
Lesbian blogger kidnapped in Syria
Sunday, 12 June 2011
In some areas of the world, just being a woman is enough to put you in near-constant danger of rape, assault, domestic abuse and even murder. If you're an openly gay woman in these ...
Rosalyn Yalow, first female American Nobel medical physicist, dead at 89
Friday, 10 June 2011
Rosalyn Yalow never finished high school, but that didn't stop her from becoming the first female physics major at Hunter College in New York. Unfortunately, in the 1940s, gaini...
Jill Abramson named first female executive editor of The New York Times
Friday, 10 June 2011
Jill Abramson, a former investigative reporter, has been named the next executive editor of The New York Times, the paper reports. Abramson, formerly a Washington correspondent an...
Katie Couric doles out meaningful advice
Friday, 27 May 2011
In case you thought Katie Couric was just another talking head on the evening news, she's been full of one-liners and meaningful tidbits that she's encapsulated in her new book, The B...
Standing desks alleviate the risks of excessive sitting
Wednesday, 25 May 2011
Got an office job? Lots of us do. Working in an office can mean long hours of sitting at a desk, pushing pencils or typing away on a computer, and - not surprisingly - it turns out th...
Gabby Giffords continues to recover after shooting
Wednesday, 25 May 2011
Almost five months after a crazed gunman opened fire upon Gabrielle Giffords at a rally for her supporters near Tucson, Arizona, the representative is recovering so quickly that sourc...
Women and Ambition
Wednesday, 25 May 2011
Leslie Bennetts has interviewed hundreds of women, from queens and actresses to businesswomen, senators, rock stars and artists. And while they've confided in her with all kinds of se...
Would you want to be the First Lady of the United States?
Wednesday, 25 May 2011
At first glance, being the FLOTUS seems like it would be a dream come true. Tons of glamorous outfits, rubbing elbows with some of the most powerful people in the world - and did we m...
Should ex-porn star school officials be allowed to keep their jobs?
Sunday, 22 May 2011
Tera Myers, a teacher at St. Louis's Parkway North High School, recently decided to step down from her job after a student recognized her from a series of nineties movies. And in case...
Where are all the women in politics?
Sunday, 22 May 2011
Today's politicians are debating a lot of issues that directly affect women - like the legality of abortion and government funding of Planned Parenthood - and yet, men outnumber women...
No laughing matter
Tuesday, 17 May 2011
Quick, name three female comedians! Could you do it? We can only think of a handful, and there's no doubt it'd be much easier to name three funny dudes.The gender imbalance in comedy...
Why we love Michelle Obama
Monday, 09 May 2011
Is there anything Michelle Obama can't do? She's an accomplished lawyer, a wife and mother, looks fabulous in a designer gown and we've even seen her do the popular dance move" The Do...
Overweight women have more trouble in their jobs, says study
Sunday, 08 May 2011
Being overweight is tough. Not only can it be bad for your social and love lives, it's also very detrimental to your health. And as if all that weren't enough, being overweight can ev...