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women's issues stories: 171 news summaries

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(Newser) - If Marie Antoinette really said "Let them eat cake," she probably knew the French wouldn't bite. Along with the British and other Europeans, the French have developed genetic variants that make them more sensitive to sweetness in food, a new study says. Africans, on the other hand,... More »

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food • study • genes • sugar • genetic research • women's issues

(Newser) - Teens forced to move often by their parents’ jobs are much more likely to attempt suicide than those who stay put, MSNBC reports. Kids between 11 and 17 who moved three or more times were twice as likely to try to kill themselves as children who grew up in the... More »

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parenting • mental health • children • parents • Denmark • scientific study • teen suicide • teenager • moving • adolescence • women's issues

OPINION

Moms Deserve
a Break Today

Think before offering 'constructive criticism,' then ... keep it to yourself: Warner

Jun 26, 09 3:33 PM CDT
(Newser) - The maternal resentment has evidently been building up for a while, and New York Times blogger Judith Warner is letting loose. She recounts slights perpetrated against her and her friends and wonders: "Why do people so often permit themselves to dump—verbally, emotionally, with a surgically precise ability... More »

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parenting • children • parents • mothers • working mothers • busybodies • Judith Warner • Ayelet Waldman • Bad Mother • women's issues

 Why Farrah Wore a One-Piece 

The tale of an iconic image: Rising star styled her own hair

Jun 26, 09 9:39 AM CDT
(Newser) - Farrah Fawcett's role in Charlie’s Angels made her a TV star, but her 1976 pin-up poster made her an icon. Newsday reveals how the image, which preceded the show by a year, came about. Fawcett, who was supposed to be photographed in a bikini, wore the copper one-piece instead... More »

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entertainment • celebrity • death • photograph • Farrah Fawcett • women's issues

opinion

 Even as a Kid, Michael 
 Changed the Game 

Black community adopted him as pioneer

Jun 26, 09 6:53 AM CDT
(Newser) - Michael Jackson took Hollywood with Ben in 1972, at a time when few black Americans had shaped the industry. “Little Michael landed upon the mindset of film-hungry black America when its citizenry was starved for identity on the big screen,” writes Wil Haygood in the Washington Post. The... More »

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music • race • culture • black culture • Michael Jackson • women's issues

APPRECIATION

 He's In League
 With Sinatra, Elvis 


Jun 25, 09 9:30 PM CDT
(Newser) - The King of Pop may have spent the latter part of his career “mutating into an ever more freakish version of himself,” writes Richard Williams in the Guardian, but for all his eccentricities and flaws, Michael Jackson was still the greatest performer of his generation. Jackson was “... More »

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Michael Jackson • appreciation • women's issues

opinion

Jackson's Moment: That Seminal 1983 Moonwalk


Jun 25, 09 6:39 PM CDT
(Newser) - "I don't think there's ever been anyone harder to write about than Michael Jackson," writes Linda Holmes of NPR. Try to balance his musical brilliance with, well, just about everything else in his life. So for her, Michael Jackson comes down to this: That moment in 1983 when... More »

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music • dance • singer • Michael Jackson • icons • moonwalk • women's issues

OPINION

 New Class of Drugs Could 
 Revolutionize Cancer Treatment 


PARP inhibitors show potential to transform understanding of cancer

Jun 25, 09 9:12 AM CDT
(Newser) - A new class of drugs in development represents the biggest cancer breakthrough in a decade, Robert Bazell writes at NBC. In a study causing much excitement in the medical world, breast, ovarian, and prostate cancer patients treated with Olaparib, one of a group of drugs known as PARP inhibitors, had... More »

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breast cancer • ovarian cancer • cancer treatment • cancer drug • olaparib • PARP inhibitors • women's issues

 Michelle, Daughters 
 Take in Beyoncé 
 Concert 

First family takes in concert while Prez does publicity

Jun 25, 09 8:46 AM CDT
(Newser) - Most of the first family took in a Beyoncé concert last night in Washington, ABC News reports. The first lady took Sasha, Malia, friends from Chicago, and even some staffers along. They may have even caught a glimpse of President Obama, who was wrapping up a health care discussion—Rolling ... More »

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entertainment • Barack Obama • Michelle Obama • celebrity • concert • singer • Beyonce • Malia Obama • Sasha Obama • women's issues

 How You 
 Can Shop 
 —and Help 
 the World 

A list of retail strategies to do good while you buy

Jun 24, 09 7:34 PM CDT
(Newser) - Want to do some shopping and do some good—at the same time? Sandy Stonesifer, writing for Slate, offers some ways to buy for the betterment of humanity:
  • Go for products that donate a portion of proceeds to charity—like Product (Red) iPods, which give to the Global Fund,
... More »

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philanthropy • shopping • eBay • iPod • charity • online shopping • retail shopping • Gap • Product (Red) • Goodshop • TOMS • Nest • Aid to Artisans • Global Exchange • women's issues

 Saudi Women 
 Learn to Sell 
 Bras—But 
 Still Can't 

Women push for
the right to work in
underwear shops

Jun 24, 09 6:24 PM CDT
(Newser) - Two dozen Saudi women are pushing change in Saudi Arabia, one underwear at a time. The graduates of the first lingerie class in the kingdom—where women can't sell such products—learned essentials such as how to measure bra sizes during the 10-day class. An Australian woman taught the course,... More »

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Saudi Arabia • Muslim women • lingerie • job • underwear • women's issues

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