March 2012
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Hello Giggles Reviews My Novel →
Sarah Heyward really nailed what the novel is all about. It would be stellar if you were to comment on their site.
February 2012
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My Novel is Out Today
I wrote a novel called “These Days Are Ours.” It came out today.
The novel is about a group of college graduates living in New York City six months after September 11th. Hailey, the main character, still doesn’t have a job even though college is long over, and she is living in her parents’ apartment. She is obsessed with a guy named Michael Brenner - a Princeton graduate...
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Women and the Oscars
The Women Media Center’s “scorecard” of women nominated for the 84th Annual Academy Awards shows no women nominated for best director, cinematographer or feature documentarian, among other categories, and only one or two nominated for best screenplay, animated feature, foreign language film and film editing, among other categories.
In this Feminist Frequency video Anita...
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“Call me old fashioned, but Chris Brown should be in prison.”
– @JennyJohnsonHi5
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On Comments - Part 2
From a stranger who contacted me on Facebook:
I just received a magazine clipping in the mail from a friend. It was your article about tv sitcoms and the lack of strong female characters. I have no idea what magazine it’s from….but that’s not the reason I’m messaging you. I just wanted to thank you. I read these sitcoms each year dreading that I have to say to my manager...
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Peer Pressure is Keeping Women from Getting... →
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“Valentine’s Day is a perfect time to reject the idea that the ideal man is...”
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From Stephanie Coontz’s New York Times article, which should be reassuring to smart, successful unmarried women over 30.
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Winter Beauty - Sponsored Post
Thanks to Walgreens for underwriting this post. I was paid as a member of the Clever Girls Collective, but the content is all mine. Visit http://www.discoverbeautywithin.com/
The elusive pocket-sized Vaseline I’ve only ever seen in London
Happy Valentine’s Day! Today I’m writing a sponsored post about winter beauty rituals. This post isn’t supposed to mention high end...
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Why The Internet is Our Greatest Tool for Social... →
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On Comments
I was feeling depressed about the kind of comments my Christian Science Monitor Op-Ed was getting. A lot of women interpreted my push for more career focused female characters on television to be some kind of put down of stay-at-home moms and homemakers. But I would never put down stay-at-home moms and homemakers, I’d just like to see other representations of women on television. Arguably,...
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