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A Thanksgiving Reflection: Deprived, Neglected, Untutored, I Had a Blast.
Filed under: Woman UpSome prefer a free-range bird on this holiday. I like to recall my free-range days as a child, when we had much less than today, but so much more in ways that won't likely ever...
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Women Who Kill . . . or Rather, Women Who Don't
Filed under: Crime, Woman Up, Culture, LawStereotypes always start with a kernel of truth. The problems come when a stereotype -- a good femme fatale, for example -- gets grafted onto innocent women...
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Cartoon Character Facebook Meme: I'm Bambi. Or Not.
Filed under: Woman Up, CultureThe Internet may be a great place to give vent to peoples' mean streaks, but Facebook is another story. Permalink | Email this | Linking Blogs | Comments
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Remembering the Women at Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941
Filed under: Woman UpOn this day each year, Americans remember the attack on Pearl Harbor and the wounds inflicted on our nation. Nearly lost to history are the women who endured the attack, and their...
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Elizabeth Edwards: Topic No. 1 for a Coupla Sick Chicks Sitting Around Talking
Filed under: Woman Up, Elizabeth EdwardsTwo cancer survivors take a few minutes in a Kansas coffee shop to reflect on the death of Elizabeth Edwards and how the disease changes everything -- especially...
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John Boehner Cries and Atlas Shrugs
Filed under: Woman Up, John BoehnerPublic criers are nothing new. So I take Boehner's tears at face value: There are good reasons to be upset these days; let's hope he does something about them....
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Death at SeaWorld: Where Is Tilikum, the Whale Who Killed His Trainer?
Filed under: Woman UpSeaWorld has announced that in 2011, a new program will replace Tilikum's show, "Believe." As for Tilikum, he lives. Permalink | Email this | Linking Blogs | Comments
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Imagine iPeace: The Beatles and Kids in a YouTube World
Filed under: Woman Up, CultureIt gave me a bit of hope to travel the world. In a year of grim political and economic news, I could take a break by way of a kimono-draped Japanese woman playing the...
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The 14th Amendment: It's What's for Dinner
Filed under: Gay Rights, Immigration, Woman Up, Supreme CourtHistoric U.S. citizenship guarantees are on the menu Wednesday when Arizona lawmakers propose to end the birthright citizenship of children...
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Christina Taylor Green, September 11, 2001 - January 8, 2011
Filed under: Woman Up, Arizona ShootingTo her family, the nine-year-old victim of Saturday's shooting spree in Tucson was "vibrant," "excited about life," and the "best daughter in the world."...
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Peace Corps Turns 50 Amid Charges of Rape, Murder and Cover-Up
Filed under: Scandal, Investigations, Woman Up, InternationalIn the history of the Peace Corps, 23 volunteers have been murdered. The latest is Kate Puzey, killed in Benin, West Africa, in March 2009....
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Rep. Gabrielle Giffords, the State of the Union, and the Empty Chair
Filed under: House, State of the Union, Woman Up, Congress, Arizona ShootingThe congresswoman's husband says his wife will recover from her wounds stronger that ever. But as all survivors of trauma...
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Mobs and Democracy: The Facebook-Twitter-YouTube Revolution
Filed under: Iran, Woman Up, al Qaeda, Islam, Egypt CrisisTwitter, Facebook and YouTube can supply the tools for change, but it's real, live humans with red blood to spill who must supply the courage....
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Judging Mark Kelly: Gabrielle Giffords Would Want Him to Fly the Shuttle
Filed under: House, Woman Up, Congress, Arizona ShootingSome critics are saying that Mark Kelly's decision to go ahead with his April shuttle flight is selfish, he's ego-driven, he cares more about his...
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Valentine's Day: Love 2.0
Filed under: Woman UpLove and marriage go together like . . . neurons and biochemicals? Sure, that's partly true, but on Valentine's Day 2011, let's reflect on some less tangible, but no less real,...
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Scott Brown: Could Erin's Law ('Get Away, Tell Today') Have Helped?
Filed under: Senate, Woman Up, LawErin Merryn, who was sexually abused as a child, wants to prevent more kids from becoming victims. She recently convinced Illinois to require schools to teach kids...
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Middle East Erupts: Orchestra Seat to the Revolution
Filed under: Woman Up, Middle East, Egypt CrisisMy heart breaks to see brave Libyans fall because of a corrupt leader. But I'm also gladdened to see such heroism and sacrifice. I suspect it's in our...
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Wisconsin Protesters: Can You Spare Some Solidarity?
Filed under: Woman Up, Unemployment, Economy, Egypt CrisisIf unions want public support, they've got to support the public by broadening their horizons and championing the cause of all workers, not...
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Open Letter to My High School Class. Especially Paula.
Filed under: Woman UpHigh school was not a happy time for me, and I don't blame people for disliking who I was. But 40 years have passed, and I'm not the same person. I like my life now. Permalink |...
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Mom Has Cancer. Her Son Reacts.
Filed under: Woman UpA teenager provides moments of grace during his mother's long struggle with cancer. Permalink | Email this | Linking Blogs | Comments
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