When someone makes a sexist comment in a public place, do you put up and shut up? Or do you speak up? Yesterday I flew out of Chicago on American Airlines. ... Read More

When it was revealed that former NY governor Eliot Spitzer spent $80,000 on prostitutes, a Syracuse, NY newspaper came up with just a few more ways to spend that wad ... Read More

Chelsea Clinton was asked 'the Monica question' yesterday while campaigning for her mother. Here's what she was asked, and what she replied. You go girl! Someone in that family has the good ... Read More

When news of school shootings makes headlines, we only hear about the devastating outcomes - the teachers and students killed, the young lives cut short, the shooter taking his own ... Read More

Imagine you're half of a married couple ready to start a family. But the problem is you've had a hysterectomy and can't have a child. Now imagine that there was ... Read More

My once-preteen daughters used to play NeoPets online obsessively, earning points to feed and dress the furry cyberpets under their care at the popular children's website. To think that had ... Read More

March is National Craft Month. Ho hum, you say? Think arts & crafts is for sissies or the boring (and bored) among us? You haven't seen today's modern craft - alternative ... Read More

Look at what just showed up in the Women's Issues Forum... The forum is an active place where typically a lot of heated debate happens. And today a TV production company ... Read More

The way Obama feels about his former minister is the way I feel about White House Press Secretary Dana Perino. "Which of you big strong smart men wants to teach me ... Read More

Oh, drats! Looks like I just missed celebrating 'Stained Blue Dress Day' on February 28. And it would have been the 11th anniversary too! After pouring over more than 17,000 pages ... Read More

Call me Sucker #9. While my attention was diverted by Eliot Spitzer and his shenanigans, I missed the real story last week. Maybe you did too, so here it it. It's ... Read More

There are no snow bunnies in Minnesota. Instead, the state is home to possible Olympic hopefuls ready to compete in women's ski jumping, if the IOC - the International Olympic ... Read More

The controversy surrounding presidential candidate Barack Obama and his former minister, the Rev. Jeremiah Wright, has focused attention on the black church in America. Which brings up a completely unrelated although ... Read More

The film Juno made high school look adorable. Even with teen pregnancy at its core, the story wrapped up nice and neat. Entertaining? Sure. Realistic? Far from it. Suppose teen girls could ... Read More

Les still loves Katie. Despite the ratings nosedive theCBS Evening News has taken since Katie Couric stepped in as anchor, CBS Corporation president and CEO Les Moonves supports her wholeheartedly. In ... Read More

"I Can Make You Thin" claims British self-help guru and hypnotist Paul McKenna. And TLC seems to believe him, as they're launching a series with the same name hosted by ... Read More

How many prostitutes does it take to unseat a governor? About $80,000 worth. (You're allowed to smile at that one.) The one positive thing that's come out of this difficult week ... Read More

Is she a girl who survived the pain of a broken home and dreamed of a career in music? Or a high school dropout with a bad reputation who "got ... Read More

Eliot Spitzer has resigned as the governor of New York. No longer a prominent public figure, the man is essentially out of the media spotlight unless he is prosecuted. Now that ... Read More

The Eliot Spitzer scandal has reintroduced the discussion of whether prostitution should be legalized. Those who support the idea frequently say, "Prostitution is a victimless crime." And that women are ... Read More

What was New York governor Eliot Spitzer thinking when he opted for the services of a high-priced call girl? Probably what three men in the UK thought when interviewed by ... Read More

It may be Women's History Month everywhere else. But for About.com Guide Jone Johnson Lewis, every day is Women's History Day. Her Women's History Guidesite is something I turn to ... Read More

My husband does the laundry. Really. He does. And now, thanks to a study released by the Council on Contemporary Families, I can tell him he's not alone - that a ... Read More

Someone is speaking out "In the Black Woman's Voice." It's the National Urban League, which has chosen to title its 2008 edition of The State of Black America with that empowering ... Read More

Who decides what makes it onto the TV news networks? The front page of the paper? The talk radio shows? That's up to the media decision makers - those high ... Read More

She pulled the rabbit out of the hat. Came through in the eleventh hour. Turned the tide. Demonstrated she's her own Comeback Kid. All these statements are clichés, but there's nothing ... Read More

You're a woman who's heard the phrase 'subprime mortgage crisis' but not fully understood the basis of what's going on. A good place to start learning about the issue - including ... Read More

Hillary's got Jack - Jack Nicholson endorsing her on YouTube. The video is cobbled together from a bizarre selection of clips from Nicholson's more oddball film roles . (Spoiler alert - ... Read More

It's time for fundamental change. No, I'm not talking about Barack Obama-style change. I'm talking about Michelle Obama 'get-off-your-duff-and-make-your-life-count' change. If she makes it to the White House, we're going to be ... Read More

You're a professional woman who has worked very, very hard to get ahead. You're in the office early, leave late, and you've made your share of personal sacrifices for your ... Read More