An Open Letter to the LA Parking Bureau

Dear LA Parking Violations Bureau:
Yesterday morning I was ticketed after misreading a ten foot totem pole of parking signs that Steven Hawking couldn’t decode, let alone a hungover blonde.


That night I got another ticket because I didn’t notice they had spontaneously painted...

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Widowed and Moving On to Online Dating

I met Joseph at 22 years old, and he swept me off my feet. We were married four years later and shared so much in common. We would go to the theatre, enjoy fine dining, cooking together, entertain at home and he would always go fill my car up with gas every Sunday night because he knew I...

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She Made The First Move, Now We're An OKCupid Success Story

Photo by Hannah Drews Photography
I popped the question, but it wouldn’t have been possible if she hadn’t sent the first message.
A recent OKCupid study found that women who send the first message on the dating site not only have a better chance of getting a date, they also tend...

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Missing Chillicothe Women Task Force Launches Nationwide Manhunt

Update: 9/11 —  ABC 6 reports that Ernest Moore turned himself in on Thursday night, citing the Chillicothe Police Department.


A southern Ohio task force investigating the deaths and disappearances of several local women has issued a nationwide warrant for Ernest “Dollar...

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We're Crowdfunding To Start A New Feminist Organisation - Here's Why You Should Donate

Sometimes it gets me down how sexist Britain still is. Often it’s after a group of boys literally half my age have catcalled me in the street. Or after I’ve read about how victims of sexual assault are treated by the courts. Sometimes it’s when one of my friends finds out...

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Obama Watches Princeton Women's NCAA Tournament Game To Cheer On Niece

President Barack Obama has some familial ties to this year’s women’s NCAA Tournament.
His niece, Leslie Robinson, plays for the Princeton women’s basketball team, who entered the tournament with an undefeated record of 30-0. Ranked No. 8, Princeton faced off against No. 9...

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https://skpsoft.com/women/obama-watches-princeton-womens-ncaa-tournament-game-to-cheer-on-niece/

Simone Biles Pulls The Perfect Face When Bob Costas Says She Just Became Famous

“But to most Americans, you were not that well known until the few months leading up to the Olympic Games …” Costas said, leading to Biles doing her best imitation of 2012 Olympic gymnast McKayla Maroney. 


The interview was “must-cringe TV,” said David Bauder, journalist with The...

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Misogyny, Men and the Media

As career women, we wait for that moment when the journey will be easier for our daughters, when the skepticism at our success will subside and when any chink in our armor will not signal an open season for the media to undermine our futures with irresponsible reporting. We hope that the...

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Social Media: Advancing Women in Politics?

What are the informal barriers for women to participate in politics? As the global network of female politicians with the mission to increase their number and influence across the globe, we at the Women in Parliaments Global Forum (WIP) tried to answer this question with our 2015 study,...

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Sally Yates Is The No-Nonsense Heroine We So Desperately Need

The former acting attorney general testified in front of a nearly all-male senate judiciary subcommittee and firmly stood her ground. She faced interruptions and questions about President Donald Trump’s travel ban, but managed to stay poised through it all.

The above post is reprinted...

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Female Veteran Fires Back At Angry Parking Note In The Best Way Possible (UPDATE)

UPDATE: June 21, 2016 — Rebecca Landis Hayes, a female Navy veteran who found an angry note on her car after parking in a veterans-only parking spot, has since received a hand-written apology.


The note’s author writes that they mistakenly assumed Hayes was not a veteran after...

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https://skpsoft.com/women/female-veteran-fires-back-at-angry-parking-note-in-the-best-way-possible-update-2/

Let’s Stop Helping Terrible Men Go Viral

This piece by Rosemary Donahue originally appeared on The Establishment, a new multimedia site funded and run by women.


If you’re on Twitter, it seems you always find out the same way. You see a new hashtag trending, and a few friends tweet things along with the hashtag that seem vaguely...

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The Women On Power Say The Women Got The Power. Someone Should Probably Tell Ghost.

Don’t be fooled by all the testosterone that flows through Starz’s raw-edged drama Power.

“The women are in control,” says Naturi Naughton (above), one of the two central female stars of Power, which airs at 9 p.m. ET Sundays. “And they know they’re in...

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What Don’t We Talk About When We Talk About Israel's Security

When Israeli and American Jews talk about “Israel’s security” they are thinking about the Holocaust and about extermination. That is the reason they choose the narrowest possible definition of “security,” a strip. Israel’s “security” is what we safeguard with tanks, jets, and nuclear...

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What Became of Rosebud? | HuffPost

Despite the fact that three act structures are out of fashion these days, my second act–my current career as a composer and my life as a man and father–clearly represents my mother’s third, and final act.
The morning in 1976 after she dumped her dreams of being a fine...

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The American Girl Action Movie Dolls Aren't Ones You Want To Play Around With

They’re kicking ass and then sewing up the hole in that part of the pants they just kicked!
The American Girl Dolls were insanely popular in the late ’80s and into the ’90s, but they’ve now moved into the nostalgia phase. And as with the nostalgia phase of any beloved...

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How This 65-Year-Old Is Beginning A New Chapter With Parkinson's Disease

This is one story from Huff/Post50’s new series “This Will Be Our Year: 15 Women Over 50 Shaking Things Up In 2015.” We’ll be following 15 remarkable ladies throughout the year as they make a radical change in their lives, whether it’s embarking on a 500-mile...

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I Found 'The One' But I'm Not Ready For Marriage

“If he asked you tomorrow, what would you say?” they always ask.
“I’d say no” I reply. But they don’t believe me.
I’m approaching 30, and I’ve been dating him for over half a decade. We’ve lived in four cities together, and we share our...

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Police Think Man Who Committed 'Pure Torture' May Be Linked To Missing Chillicothe Women

Ohio authorities say they’ve arrested a man who committed “pure torture” on at least one victim and may be linked to the investigations of six women in the Chillicothe area who have been murdered or have gone missing. 


Ernest “Dollar Bill” Moore, 36, turned...

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There Won’t Be Any Annoying Daily Fantasy Sports Ads During March Madness

Count your blessings, college hoops fans. As of Tuesday, the NCAA has barred daily fantasy sports giants DraftKings and FanDuel from advertising during the 2016 March Madness tournament. (YES, YES, YES!)


In the latest twist in the debate over daily fantasy sports’ legality, the NCAA...

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Simone Biles Was The U.S. Flag-Bearer At The Closing Ceremony And It Was Glorious

When Simone Biles arrived in Brazil for the Rio Olympics, she had yet to claim her first Olympic medal. But when she walked into Maracana Stadium for the Closing Ceremony Sunday, the U.S. gymnast had five to her name ― four of them gold ― and the American flag in her hands. 


Team USA...

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Political Voices In Media Are No Longer A Man’s Game

There was a time when politics was impolite conversation for the dinner table and was never polite for anyone but men. Glass ceilings have broken in more ways than one during this 2016 election cycle as other genders have proverbially taken their talents to the web to educate and protest...

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https://skpsoft.com/women/political-voices-in-media-are-no-longer-a-mans-game/

The 2017 Elections To Watch For Progress On Gender Equality

Some say 2016 was a bad year for women in politics. I say it was a bad year for politicians in politics.


True: Hillary Clinton lost her bid to become the first female President of the United States. And the first female presidents of South Korea and Brazil were impeached. But one woman...

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Women's Caucus Played Pivotal Role In Restoring Sanity To Kansas Statehouse

The Kansas Statehouse is one of the most ornate in the country. For a while, wherever my family traveled – New Hampshire, Tennessee, Massachusetts, New Mexico – we made a point of visiting capitol buildings to see how they compared with ours.


Kansas is a parsimonious state, where the...

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Next Steps In Making Reproductive Rights A Reality For All, Regardless Of Income

Monday’s Supreme Court decision — striking down onerous and dangerous Texas regulations on abortion clinics and requiring similar repeals nationwide — was a major victory for women and families across the country. The costly and medically unnecessary provisions of the Texas...

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Computer Science Professor Shuts Down Mansplainer Like A Boss

Another day, another obnoxious mansplainer.


On Tuesday, Jen Golbeck shut down a mansplainer who suggested that Golbeck learn how to write in Java, a programming language.


You know why Golbeck was not having this mansplaining BS? Because she’s a goddamn computer scientist who teaches...

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https://skpsoft.com/women/computer-science-professor-shuts-down-mansplainer-like-a-boss/

The Stunning Finale Of 'Big Little Lies' Is What Happens When Women Drive Art

The last 15 minutes of the finale of “Big Little Lies” contains very few words. We find out the answers to three long-unanswered questions through images: Who was murdered? Who killed that person? And who is the man who brutally assaulted Jane Chapman and fathered her son, Ziggy?


That...

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Israeli Airline Banned From Asking Women To Switch Seats To Accommodate Men

An Israeli airline has been banned from asking women to switch seats to accommodate the religious views of ultra-Orthodox Jewish men.


On Wednesday, a Jerusalem-based judge instructed El Al, Israel’s national airline, to issue new guidelines to its staff in writing within 45 days and...

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I'm Not Leaking Or Creaking So Nobody's Speaking To Me

I recently started a new job with a publication geared to grandparents. Did you know the average age of a grandparent is now 48? I was a bit surprised, but not nearly as surprised as I was when I found out how little marketers care about anyone over 48.
I researched products and companies...

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Refugee Week: Female Refugees - The Silent Refugee Community

Refugee week is an important time in which to reflect both upon the issues within refugee communities in the UK and upon how the UK society as a whole interacts with these communities. As a charity which centres its work on providing services to refugees and migrants, particularly those of...

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Houston, We Have A Women Problem

When the going gets tough, the not-very-tough look for distractions.
After one of the most polarised elections in living memory; as frightened men attack us on the streets and Grenfell Tower stands as a charred monument to poverty and inequality, the Conservative Party has decided that the...

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12 Issues All Feminists Have When Dating Men

Trying to channel Beyoncé and be a female boss 24/7 becomes just that bit harder when it comes to dating men.


It can be hard to reconcile your feminist principles when playing a game that constantly upholds traditional gender roles (and make us all neurotic about our pubic hair).  


Here...

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Yukon Families Prepare To Tell Their Stories At 1st MMIW Inquiry Hearing

VANCOUVER — Diane Lilley waited nearly two decades for a suspect to be arrested in her sister’s murder, only to sit through a trial where she says her beloved sibling Tina Washpan was often referred to as simply “the hooker.”
The dismissive treatment of her...

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Christine Wood's Body Discovered In Winnipeg

WINNIPEG — The family of a young indigenous woman missing since last summer is devastated by the discovery of her body in a farm field near Winnipeg, but relieved to get some closure, said a Manitoba grand chief.
Winnipeg police said Saturday the body of 21-year-old Christine Wood...

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Wendy Carlick's Distraught Son Interrupts MMIW Hearing

WHITEHORSE — The distraught son of Wendy Carlick, an advocate for missing and murdered indigenous women who was found dead weeks ago, interrupted the national inquiry on Wednesday to share his grief.
Alex Carlick walked into the tent in Whitehorse where another family was...

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What The Party Manifestos Mean For Women On: Social Security

This blog is part of a series from the Women’s Budget Group, examining what each party’s manifestos mean for women on a range of issues, from Brexit to tax to domestic violence
We all need a safety net. Our social security system helps protect us in case of unemployment, illness...

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