International media are abuzz with the recent news out of Australia, where Scottish-Australian Norrie sued for the right to select “non-specific” as a sex option on her (Norrie’s been...
Call the Midwife is BACK! Viewers of PBS in the United States are just starting the third series of this show, which is growing on viewers in a major way. And while the programme revolves around the...
A long time ago, we used to be friends...and I can’t wait to see you again. This Friday, the long-awaited and eagerly anticipated Veronica Mars movie comes out, and fans everywhere are already...
Sheryl Sandberg, Condoleeza Rice, and the Girl Scouts have joined together in a campaign to ‘ban bossy,’ and they’ve been joined by a growing number of other high-powered women and women’s...
The longlist for the second Stella Prize for Australian women’s writing was announced a couple of weeks ago, and it’s a rather interesting selection, featuring only 5 novels alongside a short...
If Arizona legislators have their way, business owners will soon be able to deny services to people on the grounds that they’re wearing mixed fibers—a Biblical no-no—along with others who...
I’ve always been a staunch defender of celebs like Anderson Cooper who for most of his career refused to confirm his homosexuality. To me, speculation as to whether Cooper was or wasn’t gay...
With almost everything worth watching (with the exception of Brooklyn Nine Nine) on hiatus in the US right now, viewers are even more riveted to Downton Abbey than usual. As Julian Fellowes furthers...
Claudia Paz y Paz is Guatemala’s first female Attorney General - although she will not be holding the position for much longer. She is not being made to leave her position for reasons of...
The persistent myth of the perfect mother is a narrative that shapes and limits women's lives even as family structures and women's choices expand and change in the new millennium. Developing ways to...