Octomom may look like Angelina Jolie, but she's acting more like Donald Trump. She's the reason why more people were let go in one week than The Donald fires in ... Read More

If you're a working woman who's thinking about having a child - either your first or an addition to the family - here's a word of warning. This may not be ... Read More

In 2007, a very successful TV ad campaign for Gardasil, a vaccine which protects against the human papilomavirus (HPV), featured girls and young women chanting, "I want to be one ... Read More

Gloria Steinem is as ageless as her accomplishments, and that's why I hate to attach a number to this particular birthday. But it's a milestone. Today she turns 75 years ... Read More

When you rent a room and don't keep up with your payments, you're evicted. But if you hire a surrogate mother to bear your child and don't pay her, does ... Read More

Obama's stimulus package has big benefits for jobless women. That's according to professor Mimi Abramovitz at Hunter College School of Social Work. In a commentary for Women's eNews, Abramovitz notes ... Read More

Tomorrow's victims of ongoing domestic violence are today's teens and tweens. So their opinion of the Rihanna/Chris Brown situation is a window into their thoughts on relationships, abuse, and dating ... Read More

© Justin Sullivan/Getty Images You've lost your job, nobody's hiring in your career field, you're not sure how you're going to pay the bills, and you're young with a decent enough ... Read More

We love and hate our reality TV stars. They're no different than you and me, really, except that by some inexplicable stroke of luck, they're on TV and we're not. ... Read More

If you are a mother trying to sell a video of yourself giving birth to octuplets for $1 million, should it be any surprise that the act of bringing two ... Read More

Everyone recognizes Ken Jennings as Jeopardy!'s biggest winner in the 24-year history of the popular TV game show. But who is the top female winner? She's Larissa Kelly, a graduate ... Read More

North Dakota is approaching the abortion issue in a totally unique way that introduces a politically-charged definition of what it means to be a person. It's been long accepted that ... Read More

Is it possible for a woman to be married to - and live with - a horrific monster for decades and not know what he is doing down in the ... Read More

It's depressing to see how little media coverage Obama's new White House Council on Women and Girls has gotten. Even Politico.com, which has been good about covering it, puts it ... Read More

It's easy to look at Rihanna and Chris Brown's situation and say, "She should leave him. She's stupid for staying." That's what most of us are thinking, right? But for just ... Read More

About a year ago, I tried to write two companion articles about what women and girls liked/disliked about themselves. One would have been titled "10 Things Women Love About Themselves," ... Read More

Is the GOP's new top dog really pro-choice underneath it all? And did he reveal himself during his interview with GQ? Michael Steele is the first African American Republican Party ... Read More

Want to know what happened on the Rihanna/Chris Brown-inspired show that Oprah did on domestic violence? Salon has an excellent review. I had voiced earlier that I'd hoped the show would ... Read More

How upset is Oprah over Rihanna's abuse at the hands of boyfriend Chris Brown and her decision to go back to him? Enough that Oprah is broadcasting live today with ... Read More

Today, Michelle Obama is flexing not her arms but her muscle as the country's most visible example of a professional woman seeking an appropriate work/life balance. She'll be taking part in ... Read More

In a move that's both pragmatic and inspiring, President Barack Obama is going to do something today that no other president has done. He's going to establish a White House ... Read More

Six weeks ago, if you dropped the word "octomom" in casual conversation, you would have gotten blank looks and reactions of "what?" What a difference a month makes. Especially the last ... Read More

When it comes to work and career advancement, should a woman ever say "no"? The right answer may depend on where you're standing as you contemplate this question. Two women tackle ... Read More

Yesterday the world observed International Women's Day, and though I knew it was happening, as a wife, mother, chief bottle washer and center of the small universe known as 'my ... Read More

As former Editor-in-Chief of Glamour, Cosmopolitan, Marie Claire and YM magazines, Bonnie Fuller knows what's hot and what's not in the fashion industry. And she also has her opinions on ... Read More

A reader alerted me to Dollhouse, a new TV series on Fox that offers a high-concept sci-fi take on prostitution. Though I haven't seen it, it sounds like The Stepford ... Read More

If Barbie were real, she'd be eligible for AARP membership today. On this, her 50th birthday, she doesn't appear to be ready for retirement yet. Like a true survivor, she's outwitted, ... Read More

Octomom Nadya Suleman seems to have perfected the fine art of driving men away - even those that aren't interested in babies or a relationship, but are in it purely ... Read More

Children are full of questions, but when you provide them answers and explanations they can understand, they're often more accepting than adults. They may ask why that man has hair down ... Read More

They may be designated by the masculine-sounding term 'bill,' but some pieces of legislation definitely have a feminine bent. Many are graced with the name of the women instrumental in their ... Read More

Clara is a little old Italian lady who hated the camera for years, but somehow got talked into making a handful of videos in which she cooks up recipes for ... Read More

Barbie's not getting older. She's getting better. And millions of fans can attest to that as the world celebrates her 50th anniversary on March 9th. From doll collectors to top designers, ... Read More

Many women who work in health care often have to play second fiddle to the men in charge - doctors, hospital administrators, managed health care CEOs. Not so in Obamaland. After ... Read More

© Ron Sachs-Pool/Getty Images In her first official photo as First Lady, Michelle Obama is asking the nation if we've got tickets to the gun show.* So what's the big deal? I could ... Read More

On this morning after the final Bachelor episode in which single dad Jason Mesnick dumps the woman he chose (Melissa) to pursue the woman he said no to (Molly), the ... Read More

If you're a woman, only in Washington, DC would the move from governor to secretary not be seen as career suicide. Of course it helps when the job is Secretary with ... Read More