Marianne Schnall is a writer and activist who seeks to inspire activism and raise awareness of important issues. She's interviewed famous individuals about the charitable and activist causes and organizations ... Read More

Of course, in the aftermath of the Palin/Couric interview on CBS last week, we all knew that Saturday Night Live could not pass up an opportunity to bring Tina Fey ... Read More

As President of the Women's Media Center, Carol Jenkins has developed a keen eye for recognizing how mainstream media slights women every day. As we look back on last Friday's ... Read More

Finally...someone recognizes that the Emperor has no clothes. Kathleen Parker is a nationally syndicated columnist, a conservative woman writing for the right-leaning National Review Online. She's in the unique position of ... Read More

It's been a rough week for Sarah Palin due in part to the Katie Couric CBS News interview many have labeled a 'train wreck.' It's hard to believe things could ... Read More

Do you know of an exemplary individual who has bettered women's lives? Women's eNews invites you to nominate that person for their "21 Leaders for the 21st Century" Award: 21 Leaders ... Read More

It's never pleasant to see someone deeply in trouble. So the Palin/Couric sit-down earlier this week is best summed up by New York magazine's "Sarah Palin’s Latest Interview Is Making ... Read More

There are attention-getting stunts, and then there are stomach-turning ones. PETA's latest falls into the latter category. They've asked popular purveyor of frozen confections Ben & Jerry's to consider a ... Read More

A stereotype exists in the mind of the average American that suggests the English are well-mannered, quite proper, and more civilized than us Yanks. That's why it's such a shock ... Read More

Chivalry is not dead. It is alive and well and being practiced by Team McCain. What thoughtful gentlemen they are, shielding the vice presidential nominee from disrespectful behavior such as ... Read More

Props to Deborah White of US Liberals who alerted me to the following article from Forbes.com because, as she says, it contained her "favorite bailout quote." When the going gets tough, ... Read More

Props to vero2244 for finding and posting this story on the Women's Issues Forum. ABC News says that researchers have found that men who are essentially sexist and believe a woman's ... Read More

The "drill, baby, drill" mantra introduced at the Republican National Convention seems to have breathed new life into an idea whose popularity was doubtful prior to Sarah Palin's ascension to ... Read More

On Saturday, September 20, the letter below arrived in my inbox. I looked at it, thought it was clever, and promptly forgot it. Apparently, thousands of other women read it carefully ... Read More

In this election cycle, women are doing something they've never done before - making large contributions to political campaigns. That's according to the Women's Campaign Forum Foundation, which recently released ... Read More

What's more important - a medical provider's conscience, or a female patient's medical needs and her right to know all the health care options open to her? As a woman, ... Read More

I didn't see the Emmy Awards yesterday. But the news that three women over 50 won (Glenn Close, Jean Smart and Dianne Wiest) made me optimistic about the television industry. ... Read More

Forgive this homespun analogy, but understanding the complexities of last week's massive Wall Street disaster is like trying to unravel a fist-sized tangle of yarn attached to your knitting. You know ... Read More

Outside of the United States, some very odd stories about Sarah Palin are being reported by mainstream media - stories that have been ignored in this country (except for Andrew ... Read More

If you knew me in real life, you wouldn't want to be my friend. I'm one of those people who takes days to return phone calls; I'm hard to pin ... Read More

Do you make time to go to the movies? If you're like me, that rarely happens. After my kids were born, going to the movies dropped to the bottom of ... Read More

I felt very sorry for Sarah Palin when - right after she was named VP by John McCain - some bloggers went after her simply because her kids had odd ... Read More

I find it ironic that John McCain and Sarah Palin are on opposite ends of the sunlight spectrum. Literally. McCain, who has previously been treated for skin cancer, wears SPF 30 ... Read More

Whaaaat? Amy Poehler (she who does Hillary Clinton so well on SNL) is going to leave Saturday Night Live after the election? have a baby? start filming her own mockumentary ... Read More

From David Emery at Urban Legends - an email circulating that says an "October surprise" will have Joe Biden drop from the Democratic ticket, to be replaced by Hillary Clinton. ... Read More

Some Alaskans are asking why major news networks covered the pro-Palin rally in Anchorage over the weekend but ignored the even bigger "Alaska Women Reject Palin" gathering which drew an ... Read More

Who is Joe Biden's hairdresser? Do you even care? Apparently nobody does. Because apart from a blog or two that accuse him of having a bad hair transplant, there's no ... Read More

Political satire can be blindingly brilliant or distastefully demeaning. Many readers felt the Obama New Yorker cover went too far. But as of this writing, I haven't found anyone on ... Read More

If you go by the quotes attributed to Obama and Biden in the new McCain "Disrespectful" ad, the two men sound horribly sexist. But this election requires due diligence before you ... Read More

When she's curious about something, Andrys Basten is not a woman to let things lie. In response to what's been called one of the great classical music scandals of our time, ... Read More

ABC is getting great ratings - and a lot of mileage - out of Charlie Gibson's extended interview with Sarah Palin which aired Thursday and Friday nights on ABC's World ... Read More

Stand in the checkout line at any grocery store and you'll undoubtedly stare at magazine covers adorned with women's smiling faces staring back at you. Sarah Palin is now on several ... Read More

Every September 11th, I think about Donna Marsh O'Connor. She lost her daughter Vanessa Lang Langer when the second tower of the World Trade Center fell. Each anniversary remains nearly ... Read More

I like Gloria Steinem. I also respect and admire her. But that's no surprise coming from a women's issues writer. Did I tell you I met Gloria Steinem? Sat right next ... Read More

"She says what I feel" is the subject line of an email from a reader. Contained within is a link to a commentary by Cintra Wilson on Salon.com. In "Pissed about ... Read More

Whether he just pulled the expression out of thin air without thinking, or deliberately targeted Sarah Palin, the analogy that Barack Obama used yesterday evening - in his comment that ... Read More

An article in the New York Times opened my eyes to the physical complexities of the mixed gender ticket. When attempting to congratulate each other or appear together onstage, how ... Read More

No joke, my friends (as John McCain might say.) Sarah Palin has an action figure doll created in her image - not one, but two. There's Sarah Palin Executive, and ... Read More

Brandmeister, buzz king, advertising/PR guru and host of CNBC's Big Idea, Donny Deutsch says Sarah Palin is the new feminist creation and pops out phrases that upset even the CNBC ... Read More

Oprah Winfrey has said she'd love to have to Sarah Palin on her show - after the election, not before it. She's had Barack Obama on the show, but that ... Read More

If a movie were made of Sarah Palin's life, who would play the Pit Bull with Lipstick? That's what Rachel Abramowitz at the Los Angeles Times puzzles over in her "Hollywood ... Read More

Many of the women I know are hysterical, up in arms about the Palin nomination and horrified that she's the Republican VP pick. As a registered Democrat, I would be ... Read More

As Sarah Palin preps for her first debate with Joe Biden in just a few weeks, McCain officials say she's a quick study. Then why did it take 6 schools and ... Read More

I don't know about you, but I personally love seeing conservatives jump on the bandwagon decrying sexism in media coverage ever since their gal, Sarah Palin, became the target. Especially ... Read More

Last night at the Republican National Convention, while millions watched on television, Sarah Palin morphed in a Jekyll and Hyde-like transformation that ignited passionate support from the GOP faithful on ... Read More

Could Team McCain have possibly envisioned the response they'd get to Palin as VP? In the five days since she's been named, an already polarized nation has split even further ... Read More

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As a child growing up in the 1960s, my parents took me to a small yet charming amusement park called "Santa's Workshop" located at the North Pole, NY. (Founded in ... Read More

This is a presidential election, people. Not an episode of that maudlin 1950s TV show Queen For A Day where each contestant tells her sob story and the biggest hard-luck ... Read More

TIME magazine reporter Nathan Thornburgh, sent to Wasilla this past weekend to report on Sarah Palin's selection as VP, apparently has been sitting on one of the biggest stories of ... Read More