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Up in the Great White North, an ad campaign for an Edmonton salon is stirring up controversy. The above advertisement for Fluid Salon, part of its "Look Good in All You Do" campaign, depicts a battered woman and an American Psycho-style man holding a sparkling necklace. Sure, she might have a black eye, but at least her hair is styled! Ugh. After Copyranter called out the ad for its domestic Read more
Over the years, I've gone from being the woman who uneasily laughs when a man tells a sexist joke to being the person who rolls her eyes and says, "You know, I don't find that funny, and it makes me pretty uncomfortable." At the risk of being called a "humorless feminist" (I mean, if it were funny, I would laugh!), I think it's important for women to be honest if a joke makes them uneasy. It may Read more
Ladies, now's the time to get vocal about what you believe in. Women around the world are wielding signs, donning bodypaint, and marching in parades in support of women's rights and gender equality, against violence toward women, and to raise awareness for other important political and social causes. And with elections around the corner, it's especially important for fellow females to voice their Read more
Forget Twilight, there's a new fantasy book series turning on stay-at-home moms. Taking the No. 1, No. 2, and No. 3 spots on the New York Times digital bestseller list (the paperback comes out next month) is E. L. James's "Fifty Shades" trilogy, which begins with Fifty Shades of Grey and is followed up by Fifty Shades Darker and Fifty Shades Freed. The series, which actually began on a Twilight Read more
Happy International Women's Day! This day to celebrate and empower women has evolved over the years, beginning as a Socialist political event in 1909, and now varying in its celebrations country by country. Depending on where you are, International Women's Day could be highly political, a day to celebrate women's achievements, used for protesting violence against women or fighting for women's Read more
Jessica Alba, in a bright red Carolina Herrera dress and Giuseppe Zanotti pumps, stepped out with her husband, Cash Warren, for an event at LA's Soho House last night. Inside, she met up with fellow actresses Charlize Theron and Kerry Washington, who gathered to hear author-activist Eve Ensler discuss her V-Day foundation. V-Day is a global activist movement created by Eve to end violence against Read more
Angelina Jolie's directorial debut In the Land of Blood and Honey, a love story set during the Bosnian War in the '90s, opens here in the US on Friday. She was in NYC earlier this month doing press for the film and joined her cast for a press conference at the Waldorf Astoria. Leading ladies Zana Marjanovic and Vanessa Glodjo, as well as actors Goran Kostic and Rade Serbedzija, sat with Angelina Read more
Speaking before the United Nations Human Rights Council in Geneva, Secretary of State Hillary Clinton took up the issue of gay rights. After reviewing the adoption of the 1948 Universal Declaration of Human Rights and the hard-fought victories achieved since for racial and religious minorities as well as women, Hillary said, "Today, I want to talk about the work we have left to do to protect one Read more
