Sheila Kelley is Goddess of the Week!
Through S Factor, Sheila Kelley has created a culture for women to come and let their body be expressive and truthful, experienced and acknowledged, and seen not just in the bedroom, but experienced and expressive everywhere. What a goddess!
Kudos to Jamie Oliver for Leading the American Food Revolution
Jamie Oliver, chef, foodie author and television personality, is now on a mission to change the way America eats. After airing a four-hour television series in the UK aimed at improving school lunches, he got the British government to allocate one billion dollars to revitalize the British school lunch system.
Hollywood Women Give Voice to Animal Protection at the 24th Genesis Awards
This past weekend, the 24th Genesis Awards in Beverly Hills honored many women and men in the news and entertainment industry who have taken a stand to protect animals, expose cruelty, and challenge the practice of factory farming. The awards ceremony is produced by the Hollywood office of The Humane Society of the United States (HSUS).
Race to Nowhere: The Case Against Homework
Race to Nowhere is a documentary film created to mobilize families, educators, and policy makers to challenge current assumptions on how to best prepare students in America to become healthy, bright, contributing and leading citizens.
The Kiss Between Sandra and Meryl
n an interview with Oprah the day after winning her Best Actress Oscar, Sandra Bullock revealed more detail about her intention behind kissing Meryl Streep at the Critic's Choice Awards in January. "You just feel in this business they pit women up against each other all of the time. They don't do it to the men, and I am so tired of it. So I said, how do we diffuse this? I'm gonna kiss her."
Woman vs. Girl
While feminists made “woman” a hard and fast rule, could it be time to reopen the case?
The Ambiguity in Women's Lives
A good friend revealed to me recently that when she first got married, she found herself doing all sorts of “Little Miss Homemaker things.” She was ironing her husband’s shirts, making him lunch, and waiting for him to come home at the end of the day. “I have never ironed in my life!” she said. “I don’t know what came over me.” This was a woman who had been on her own for 15 years, was successful in her career, and was what most would call an “independent woman.”
Women: Changing the Fate of Our Global Future
“In many parts of the world, women are routinely beaten, raped or sold into prostitution. They are denied access to medical care, education and economic and political power. Changing that could change everything.”
Making More Money Than Your Man
What would it be like if you made more money than your husband or your boyfriend or your father? For some of you, you are already in this position. For others, what once seemed like a faraway possibility, is now closer in view.
The Anti-Affirmation
I have heard it said over and over in the personal growth world that in order to reach your potential, you must “embrace your dark side,” or “shadow.” What the heck does this mean? I thought for years. What dark side?
Women Bullies
Many of us are familiar with teen bullying. If you didn’t see Mean Girls with Lindsay Lohan, you probably heard about it. Girls being mean to girls — backstabbing, back-talking and sabotaging. Pretty depressing, but pretty true. Where does this come from and does it go away as we get older or actually get worse? ...
Women Who Wear Power Well
I don’t know about you, but I am practically just as excited to have Michelle Obama in the White House as I am her husband, Barack Obama. I am finding myself totally drawn to this new female role model — smart, sexy, motherly, proud, independent, supportive to her husband and family. She seems to be carrying it all in one package, or at least that’s how it appears. Maybe this package isn’t new, but it feels new to me….