Taken: Not just a mindless thrill
I’m not usually a fan of shoot-em-up movies.
But then one of my favorite actors, Liam Neeson, whom I haven’t seen in ages, showed up in Taken, and I bit the bullet (heh, heh). He compelled me to buy a movie ticket for the first time since my 13-year-old daughter and I went to see Sisterhood [...]
An economic stimulus package to help women?
The Huffington Post features a thought-provoking column by C. Nicole Mason, the Executive Director of the Women of Color Policy Network, Robert F. Wagner Graduate School of Public Service.
She writes:
In a vulnerable and weak economy, women and single-women heads of households are hit hardest. They tend to earn less and have fewer assets than their [...]
Eh, Jen, we didn’t think it was cool, either
Ever since Jennifer Aniston and Brad Pitt divorced, Jen’s been promoted in the media as a loser in love, the girl who can’t keep a guy, the man-repellent of the new millenium, and so on. Which comes as a surprise to most of the men we know, who consider Jen not only approachable, friendly, funny, [...]
Eleanor Smeal Writes an Open Letter to John McCain
You may remember Eleanor Smeal as the former President of the National Organization for Women (NOW). These days, she heads the Feminist Majority Foundation, and today’s Huffington Post featured an open letter she wrote to Republican presidential hopeful John McCain. Click here to read it.
Love her or hate her, she raises a lot of interesting points. We’d [...]
