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 Palin to Hawk Book on Oprah 

It'll be ex-governor's first visit to a non-news talk show

Oct 20, 09 2:19 PM CDT
(Newser) - In what could be a showdown for the ages, Sarah Palin will be bringing her trademark wink to the Oprah Winfrey Show on Nov. 16. Why would the conservative Palin sit down with a noted friend of Barack Obama’s? Because Nov. 16 is the day before her memoir,... More »

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Oprah Winfrey • memoir • talk show • book • Sarah Palin • women's issues • Going Rogue • Sarah Palin Going Rogue

OPINION ROUNDUP

 Are Models Skinny 
 Because We're Fat? 

Column blaming the thin trend on society's obesity gets lots of attention

Oct 20, 09 12:37 PM CDT
(Newser) - Robin Givhan's recent Washington Post piece attempting to explain why models are so skinny—"the fatter the general population, the thinner the idealized woman," she wrote—spawned a number of responses in varying degrees of outrage. Read on for a sample:
  • "'The culture' isn't insisting
... More »

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fashion • Robin Givhan • fashion industry • Jay-ZTV • women's issues • models • plus-size • fashion model

 Michelle Drops By Leno Friday 

First lady will reunite with Jay for 10 quick questions

Oct 20, 09 10:26 AM CDT
(Newser) - After this Friday, Michelle Obama will have something in common with John McCain—and Miley Cyrus, for that matter—she will have survived the Jay Leno hotseat. The first lady will appear on the Jay Leno Show's "Ten @ Ten" segment, answering 10 rapid-fire questions from the talk... More »

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entertainment • Michelle Obama • Jay Leno • late night talk show • first lady • women's issues • The Jay Leno Show

OPINION

 Enough With This Cougar Thing 

Who wants to date a Twitter-using, pizza-obsessed 20something anyway?

Oct 19, 09 9:03 AM CDT
(Newser) - The cougar phenomenon is spreading—in the UK, one 39-year-old woman runs a camp teaching aspiring cougars how to attract younger men. “Who cares, you may cry. Women should be fighting back over an ageist, youth-obsessed society,” writes Helen Croydon in the Independent. True as that may... More »

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dating • cougar • women's issues • trends

 Plus-Size Models Hurt Self-Esteem, Too

Sorry, Glamour: A model's size doesn't matter to an overweight woman

Oct 16, 09 11:46 AM CDT
(Newser) - Never mind the hoopla surrounding Glamour’s decision to grace its pages with plus-size models—looking at any model will damage an overweight woman’s self-esteem. Meanwhile, underweight women's self-esteem climbs no matter the size of the model they’re looking at, New York reports, citing... More »

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fashion • weight • body image • Glamour magazine • Jay-ZTV • women's issues • models • Lizzi Miller • magazines

 Glamour Goes 
 Plus-Size, 
 Nude Again 

Six full-figured models will join beloved Lizzi Miller in the buff

Sep 1, 09 10:19 AM CDT
(Newser) - Inspired by the outpouring of enthusiasm (and press, no doubt) over the appearance of plus-size model Lizzi Miller—pooch and all—in its September issue, Glamour will feature a bevy of nude plus-size models in a November spread, insiders tell the New York Post. Miller will be back,... More »

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entertainment • weight • model • body image • Glamour magazine • fashion industry • women's issues • models • Lizzi Miller

 To Straighten 
 or Not: Hair 
 Politics Snags 
 Black Women 

Many feel pressure to go straight

Aug 27, 09 9:39 AM CDT
(Newser) - For black women, it's near impossible to choose a hairstyle without society weighing in. Chemical relaxers help straighten hair, but "you’re pegged as selling out," a black studies professor tells the New York Times. But go natural and "you’re seen as not practicing appropriate grooming... More »

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Michelle Obama • hair • black women • Malia Obama • Sasha Obama • President Obama • hairstyle • women's issues

(Newser) - With no formal fashion training and a celebrity image that’s more cutesy than couture, Mary-Kate and Ashley Olsen have transformed into unlikely fashion icons, the New York Times reports. Sales of their high-end label The Row are around $10 million—better than many established brands—and they’re expected... More »

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entertainment • fashion • celebrity • Mary-Kate Olsen • fashion label • Ashley Olsen • fashion industry • designer fashion • women's issues • Olsen twins

(Newser) - Amniocentesis may become a thing of the past, as new procedures are developed that can non-invasively but definitively test for Down syndrome and other chromosomal abnormalities, writes Amanda Schaffer for DoubleX. The procedures, expected to be available in the next few years, take advantage of a recent discovery: Early in... More »

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pregnancy • mothers • fetus • Down Syndrome • women's issues • amniocentesis

OPINION

 Fibs Are Good for Marriage 


Aug 26, 09 6:00 PM CDT
(Newser) - Raina Kelley is not happy with this "new spate of advice talking about how lying is bad for a relationship," she writes in Newsweek. "That is my line in the sand. Marriages cannot exist without dishonesty." Now, she doesn't mean the big stuff, like adultery. She's... More »

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marriage • relationship • lying • women's issues • partner • lies • fib • compliment

(Newser) - If so many people are fat in this country, why is there so much venom against the overweight? Part of it can be chalked up to "self-loathing," write Kate Dailey and Abby Ellin in Newsweek. We're conditioned to consider extra pounds unattractive, and we get ticked off when... More »

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obesity • genetics • psychology • anger • overweight • World War I • thin • women's issues • hatred

interview

 Ya-Ya Sisterhoods 
 Stab You in the Back 

Author discusses the trials of adult female friendship

Aug 26, 09 2:09 PM CDT
(Newser) - According to today’s “Sex and the City ethos,” friends are there when romance falters. But in truth, female friendships “are just as complicated as marriages,” author Lucinda Rosenfeld tells Salon. That’s particularly true when it comes to envy, a theme of Rosenfeld’s new... More »

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women • psychology • novel • friendship • women's issues • Lucinda Rosenfeld

(Newser) - Over the years, Ted Kennedy relied a lot on his wives, first Joan Bennett and then Vicki Reggie, and the two women couldn’t have been more different, writes Martha Moore of the USA Today. Joan, one of the celebrated Camelot-era Kennedy wives, was reserved and troubled, but it... More »

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Ted Kennedy • political dynasty • Victoria Reggie Kennedy • women's issues • Joan Kennedy

(Newser) - How fierce: Beyoncé has been named Billboard's Woman of the Year. The magazine singled her out as the most inspirational female recording artist of the last 12 months. The honor comes on the heels of a world tour to promote I Am...Sasha Fierce that saw the singer's philanthropic alter... More »

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entertainment • Beyonce • Billboard charts • R&B • Jay-ZTV • women's issues

album review

 Whitney 'Sublime' 
 After 7 Years Away 

'The Voice' is still there, with help from industry giants

Aug 26, 09 11:35 AM CDT
(Newser) - It’s been seven years since Whitney Houston’s last album, and many younger listeners probably know her better for her recently-troubled life than for her series of huge hits. But her new album, I Look to You, marks a triumphant return, writes Jim DeRogatis in the Chicago Sun-Times. “... More »

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entertainment • music • pop music • album release • music review • Whitney Houston • Jay-ZTV • women's issues

SLIDESHOW

 Ted Kennedy: A Life in Pictures 


Aug 26, 09 10:14 AM CDT
(Newser) - Sen. Ted Kennedy's office wrote about 2,500 bills during his nearly half-century of service, points out the Boston Globe, more than 300 of which have become law. But when it comes to illustrating highlights, a picture speaks a thousand words. Click on the image box to the left for... More »

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Ted Kennedy • obituary • political dynasty • US Senate • women's issues

OBITUARY

 Ted Kennedy Dead at 77 


Aug 26, 09 1:01 AM CDT
(Newser) - Sen. Ted Kennedy, patriarch of one of the most powerful political dynasties in American history and long-time liberal lion of the Democratic Party, died late last night at his Massachusetts home in Hyannis Port, reports the New York Times. “We’ve lost the irreplaceable center of our family and... More »

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Ted Kennedy • obituary • Massachusetts • Democratic Party • political dynasty • JFK • women's issues • Kennedy • Hyannis Port

(Newser) - If you missed out on cashing in on that clunker in your driveway, your next chance may be no farther than the kitchen, USA Today reports. Stimulus funds that will give consumers rebates as high as $200 for replacing old, inefficient appliances with newer models are due to start flowing... More »

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recycling • electricity • washers • clothes dryers • kitchen • utilities • refrigerator • home appliances • Cash for Clunkers • freezer • stimulus funds • women's issues


 Things That 
 Really, Really 
 Bug Obama 

Missing family time, overzealous make-up artists rankle the president

Aug 25, 09 3:35 PM CDT
(Newser) - Staffers say that “No Drama Obama” largely deserves his nickname. Nonetheless, there are ways to tick the president off. Politico lists his biggest pet peeves:
  • When aides schedule events that conflict with dad/daughter time.
  • People who try to get him to wear baseball gear from teams other
... More »

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Barack Obama • Obama administration • President Obama • women's issues

(Newser) - For Katie Roiphe, the connection with her newborn child is like an “addiction," she writes on DoubleX. "There is an opium-den quality to maternity leave. The high of a love that obliterates everything.” Why, then, can’t feminists accept that motherhood is more than a “... More »

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motherhood • parenting • feminism • addiction • infant • newborn • feminists • maternity leave • narcotics • women's issues

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