Gloria Steinem: Occupy Wall Street Is About Gender Inequality


Updated 12/05/11 12:12 PM · Posted by · 1 comment

Women of Occupy Wall Street

While Occupy Wall Street began as a protest against the wealth gap in our society, Gloria Steinem says Occupy Wall Street is also about the gender wage gap. Many of the young American protesters taking part in the Occupy movement are upset about not being able to pay off their college debts, with the unemployment rate for college graduates aged 20 to 24 jumping up to nine percent last year. And Read more

Gloria Steinem Thinks Kim Kardashian Is Wasting Her Life


Updated 02/15/12 11:18 PM · Posted by · 6 comments

Gloria Steinem Thinks Kim Kardashian Is Wasting Her Life

We chatted with Gloria Steinem last night at the Glamour Women of the Year Awards and found out what the feminist icon thinks about everything from equal pay to reality TV. When we asked Gloria — who famously said "we're becoming the men we wanted to marry" — what she thinks about all the attention given to the short-lived marriage of Kim Kardashian and Kris Humphries, she said: "It's a waste Read more

Gloria Steinem's Best Quotes on Being a Woman


Updated 08/18/11 7:32 AM · Posted by · 1 comment

Gloria Steinem Quotes

Feminist journalist Gloria Steinem has been in the news lately: last week with her comments against new NBC show The Playboy Club, and then last night her HBO documentary Gloria: In Her Own Words aired. The social and political activist has been an icon for women's rights, having been deeply involved in abortion issues, women's equality, and sex education. Now read some of the powerful words on Read more

Gloria Steinem Takes On The Playboy Club Once Again


Updated 09/01/11 4:20 PM · Posted by · 6 comments

Gloria Steinem Calls For Boycott of The Playboy Club Show

Gloria Steinem must be experiencing a serious case of déja vu. Forty-eight years after she went undercover as a Playboy Bunny and wrote an infamous exposé revealing the club's "underpaid waitresses in too-high heels" with few work options had to undergo pelvic exams and STD screenings among other things, she's laying bare the exploitation she saw all over again in part thanks to the new NBC Read more

Viva Glam Lipstick Is Feminist-Approved


Updated 06/10/09 9:06 PM · Posted by BellaSugar · 6 comments

Viva Glam Lipstick Is Feminist-Approved

Thankfully, it's been a long time since anybody has brought out the ol' tired belief that "real" feminists don't wear lipstick. (Makeup application: so not a litmus test for one's political beliefs.) And now, feminists are applauding efforts from a cosmetics company. At this year's Ms. Foundation For Women Gloria Awards, the MAC AIDS Fund was honored with a Corporate Philanthropy Award for its Read more

Briefing Book! Icon Gloria Steinem Celebrates 75th Birthday


Updated 03/30/09 12:20 PM · Posted by CitizenSugar · 179 comments

Briefing Book! Icon Gloria Steinem Celebrates 75th Birthday

Feminist icon Gloria Steinem celebrates her 75th birthday today. Here's a recap of progress made for women's rights. — New York Daily News Condi Rice does Jay Leno. — Wonkette Recession creates surge of terrible subway performers. — Lemondrop Would you take in a roommate to cover your costs? — SavvySugar So how'd NAFTA work out? — Good Wall Street is hitting back at Washington DC. Read more

Steinem's Shocking "Secretary" Statement. Do You Agree?


Updated 03/04/08 2:06 PM · Posted by CitizenSugar · 42 comments

Gloria Steinem Campaigns for Hillary Clinton

What's going on with women lately? Yesterday we told you about Charlotte Allen's Washington Post editorial, and now Gloria Steinem's joined in? While campaigning on behalf of Hillary Clinton in Texas this weekend, Gloria Steinem spouted off several potentially surprising statements. The major coverage of the story has focused on her statement that John McCain's experience as a POW has not Read more

Link Time — Demi Moore Will Play Gloria Steinem in Lovelace


Updated 01/03/12 1:35 PM · Posted by BuzzSugar · 0 comments

Demi Moore to Play Gloria Steinem in Lovelace

Read about Demi Moore's famous feminist role in Lovelace — Moviefone Find out who Elton John wants to play him in a biopic — The Hollywood Reporter The 10 best-reviewed crime thrillers — Rotten Tomatoes Watch the trailer for Netflix's first original series, Lilyhammer — HuffPost TV So You Think You Can Dance will lose its results show — Zap2It See which hunky actor will play Liz Read more

SJP Takes Her Twins For a Walk as a Young Carrie Bradshaw Gets Cast


Updated 02/29/12 2:35 AM · Posted by · 0 comments

Sarah Jessica Parker Walking With Twins in NYC Pictures

Sarah Jessica Parker was spotted out in NYC yesterday taking her twin daughters, Loretta and Tabitha Broderick, for a walk. The girls, who will be 3 years old this June, were both bundled up in leggings, socks, and gray peacoats as they held hands with their mom on their way into a building. SJP's back to her East Coast routine after filming a small part as Gloria Steinem for the biopic, Read more

10 Awe-Inspiring Documentaries About Women


Updated 02/28/12 8:31 AM · Posted by · 1 comment

Documentaries About Powerful Women

Last night at the Oscars Undefeated, a story about a football team at an underprivileged high school, took home the Oscar for Best Documentary. If you love learning, chances are you love documentaries. This past Summer we were treated to Gloria in Her Own Words, which chronicled icon Gloria Steinem's eventful life, but there are many more films about the triumphs of women. Some of these films Read more