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Linda's Women's Issues Blog September 2007 Archive

By Linda Lowen, About.com Guide to Women's Issues

The Self-Interests of Ayn Rand

Sunday September 30, 2007
Ayn Rand would have hated the idea of chick lit - light fiction, often irreverent in tone, written for and marketed to women. No unbearable lightness of fiction here. Rand’s classic ... Read More

Joni Mitchell - Shine On

Saturday September 29, 2007
Don't it always seem to go that you don't know what you got 'til it's gone? Earlier this week, Joni Mitchell came back after nearly a decade's absence. She returned with ... Read More

Abortion Pill Anniversary

Friday September 28, 2007
Today marks seven years since RU-486 (commonly referred to as the Abortion Pill) was approved by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration. Marketed under the name Mifeprex (mifepristone) in the United ... Read More

(You've Gotta Have) Friends - With Benefits

Thursday September 27, 2007
Call it what you will: “friends with benefits” or “hooking up.” Either way, many parents of teens and young adults are surprised (and often horrified) by the casual nature of sexual ... Read More

Blame Big Government on the Little Lady

Wednesday September 26, 2007
Controversial economist John Lott, a senior research scientist at the University of Maryland, says women are to blame for the super-sized state of government today. In his newest book, Freedomnomics: Why ... Read More

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