Clinton (bottom left) reaches out to Kennedy (center right) as Obama is turned (top center)© Win McNamee / Getty Images It's like high school all over again, when a disagreement breaks ... Read More

© Doug Benc/Getty Images Seeing how the two leading Democratic presidential campaigns played the pre-primary game back in December was like watching badminton. Criticisms that Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama lobbed ... Read More

There's always a party Saturday night - for my two non-driving teenager daughters, not me. As the family chauffeur at their beck and call, I usually stay at home. So ... Read More

Regardless of what happens in Saturday's Democratic primary in South Carolina, writer Elizabeth Hines is thankful. Thankful for the diversity of the candidates, the chance to address issues of race ... Read More

Forget the race and gender debate. Or where presidential candidates stand on the issues. Because here, in the latter half of the first decade of the new millennium, it's all ... Read More

I'm form-phobic. Put a form in front of me, especially one that will determine my financial or medical future, and I get all panicky. For example, the first time I ... Read More

I confess. A male acquaintance sent this to me in an email, and I laughed at it. Out loud. I don't think it's sexist, but then again, I'm a woman and ... Read More

Last night's Democratic presidential debate got very ugly. Afterwards, I told myself, "That's enough - I'm tired of the race/gender debate and how it's taking down this 2008 race." I ... Read More

The 35th anniversary of Roe v. Wade - the Supreme Court ruling that made abortion legal in the United States -will be observed tomorrow with celebrations, protests, marches, and vigils. ... Read More

Paris Hilton & Tinkerbell, June 2005© Phil McCarten / Getty Images Need another reason why you should completely ignore what young female celebrities are up to? Two years ago, 'teacup' chihuahuas were ... Read More

© Michael Buckner / Getty Images In the beloved children's classic Winnie-the-Pooh, did you ever realize that practically all the characters are male? Pooh, Piglet, Eeyore, Rabbit, Owl, Christopher Robin - ... Read More

In all my years of jawing about local, regional, and national politics, I have yet to hear a man utter the above sentence. But I've heard plenty of women say ... Read More

Different takes on Hillary Clinton's upcoming appearance on the Tyra Banks Show: People magazine focuses on husband Bill's infidelity ABC News offers up Clinton Lite and her reality show aspirations The Los Angeles ... Read More

Ever since Jamie Lynn Spears announced she's pregnant, I've been looking into teenage pregnancy statistics. Two items of interest: The states with the most teen pregnancies aren't the states with ... Read More

You'll either get this, or you won't. 'This' is the short story/essay "The Secret Ballot" from The Reclusive Leftist. In it an anonymous woman ponders her choices while standing in a ... Read More

Gloria Steinem has turned up the heat. The slow simmer that has characterized the discussion about gender politics and Hillary Clinton's presidential campaign is now slowly moving toward that inevitable ... Read More

If there could be a soundtrack to this blog post, it would be Billy Joel's "Leave a Tender Moment Alone." But I knew the media would never allow that to ... Read More

© Chris Hondros / Getty Images I'm watching Lou Dobbs and a panel of male talking heads trying to figure out the Hillary Clinton victory in New Hampshire declared just minutes ... Read More

I don't know which is worse: the story about yesterday's sexist protest at a Clinton speech at Salem High School where two men stood up yelling "Iron My Shirt" and ... Read More

Clinton at Cafe Espresso just prior to her emotional moment© Joe Raedle / Getty Images I'm a woman and a mother. I'm cynical and optimistic. And I'm a voter. When I saw ... Read More

Clinton tries to be likeable during a neighborhood canvas for votes in New Hampshire on January 6.© Joe Raedle / Getty Images Midway through the Democratic half of Saturday's presidential debate ... Read More

Forgive me for telling you what to do. But if you're between 13 and 55 years of age and have a teenager in your life, go see the new Jason ... Read More

I'm not being mean. I'm just trying to give the girl space to get her life back in order. Consider it the media blackout version of "If you can't say something ... Read More

Ready for your daily dose of disgust? Feministing.com points out there's a poll on TMZ (the bottom-feeding celebrity dirt site) which asks "How do you like your drunk girls?" with the ... Read More

Clinton on Caucus Day© Joe Raedle / Getty Images So much for women's intuition. Days before the Iowa Caucus, two writers (who just happen to be male) sensed what was going wrong ... Read More

See also: Jennifer Love Hewitt Speaks Up About Body Image BBC America's Body Image Documentaries Ashley TisdalePhoto (c) Scott Gries / Getty Images I'm not perfect. I don't look perfect. Nor do I want ... Read More

Two years ago I lost my mother to liver cancer. Although the doctors gave her no more than 5-7 months, she was active and lived independently nearly a year and ... Read More