She The People

Father’s Day: A daughter remembers dad

Diana Reese — Fri, 14 Jun 2013 23:31:08 GMT

Father’s Day is tough for me, and for a lot of military families. Too many dads (yes, and moms as well) are still deployed overseas. Much worse, too many dads have been lost in our nation’s wars, and not all … Continue reading →

Bill Clinton makes headlines. Oh, and Hillary, too

Mary C. Curtis — Fri, 14 Jun 2013 16:18:52 GMT

Bill Clinton has never been shy about making headlines. This week, he’s had plenty of opportunities, with his Clinton Global Initiative meeting in Chicago. There he gets the chance to share a stage with New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie, no … Continue reading →

‘Our Mockingbird’ and the ghost of George Wallace: Segregation, 50 years on

Melinda Henneberger — Thu, 13 Jun 2013 22:44:55 GMT

After a screening the other night of “Our Mockingbird,” a new documentary about the hold Harper Lee’s “To Kill a Mockingbird,” has on us still, 50 years on, a woman in the audience had a question for the filmmaker. Which she … Continue reading →

She said: Interracial marriage, English-only and bad boys

Vanessa Williams — Thu, 13 Jun 2013 19:48:13 GMT

Keli Goff, at The Root, writes about how the Supreme Court’s Loving v. Virginia decision changed this country. Esther Cepeda, writing for The Post’s opinion pages, explains why she supports Whole Food’s English-only policy. Joanna Schroeder, an editor for The … Continue reading →

She said: Abortion, Hillary Clinton and Long Island princesses

Vanessa Williams — Wed, 12 Jun 2013 18:56:21 GMT

A few of the subjects women wrote about today. Amanda Marcotte, at Slate, argues that just because women denied abortions end up loving their children, it doesn’t justify banning abortions. Noreen Malone, at The New Republic, thinks we’re all a … Continue reading →

Are women writers pushing men out of their chairs at the high-toned navel-gazing table?

Melinda Henneberger — Wed, 12 Jun 2013 18:11:19 GMT

Author Lauren Sandler posted in Salon on Tuesday that, to her surprise, her new book on the virtues of being and having an only child, “One and Only,” is generating more intense controversy than a previous book that she, a Northerastern … Continue reading →

North Carolina protesters look forward and reach back to faith

Mary C. Curtis — Wed, 12 Jun 2013 13:07:07 GMT

If the scene looks familiar, well, it is. A minister leading the way as a multi-hued crowd of demonstrators speaks of justice and equality, even while being peacefully led away by police. Speeches laced with words of scripture on caring … Continue reading →

She said: Kafka v. Orwell, free speech in Hong Kong, hairy art

Vanessa Williams — Tue, 11 Jun 2013 16:41:46 GMT

A few pieces by women that caught our attention: Rebecca J. Rosen, at The Atlantic, calls attention to one scholar’s argument that it is Kafka, not Orwell, who best explains why we should be concerned about the NSA’s data collection … Continue reading →

Hillary Clinton on Twitter: Welcome to the new way to reach potential voters

Diana Reese — Tue, 11 Jun 2013 08:07:17 GMT

It’s about time Hillary Rodham Clinton got a Twitter account. Everybody who’s anybody tweets. Anybody who wants to be somebody tweets. And those who might someday want to get elected president should most definitely tweet. Clinton made her debut in … Continue reading →

She said: A pioneering female comic, college vs. marriage, Putin’s divorce

Vanessa Williams — Mon, 10 Jun 2013 19:17:53 GMT

A few items that caught our attention: Rebecca Onion, on Slate’s history blog, The Vault, has dug up a video of Jean Carroll, a pioneering woman in standup comedy in the 1940s and ’50s. Britini Danielle, writing for Cluth Magazine, … Continue reading →

‘Tony’ is short for Antoinette: Women directors make news at awards ceremony

Diana Reese — Mon, 10 Jun 2013 18:08:04 GMT

Young girls have been inspired for years by stirring acceptance speeches for best actress, but this year’s Tony Awards might motivate more of them to choose the path of director rather than performer. For the first time since 1998, women won … Continue reading →

J.C. Watts on GOP minority outreach: ‘I’ll believe it when I see it’

Mary C. Curtis — Mon, 10 Jun 2013 15:17:06 GMT

CHARLOTTE – The two groups that met this past weekend at the Charlotte Convention Center – on separate floors — were pretty easy to tell apart. The guy with the Green Lantern symbol on his T-shirt and the woman with … Continue reading →

Istanbul protesters redefine the label ‘chapul,’ or looter

Aly Neel — Mon, 10 Jun 2013 14:39:13 GMT

For someone who called Istanbul home until recently, the ongoing protests there seem surreal. Much of the news, such as learning that a friend was hit in the head with a teargas canister, is frustrating and depressing to me. … Continue reading →

Whitey Bulger, the little old man at the defense table

Melinda Henneberger — Thu, 06 Jun 2013 20:02:22 GMT

BOSTON — Even if the slight, bespectacled old guy who smiled as he wished prospective jurors a good morning were the only other soul in a subway car after midnight, you might not bother to watch him out of the corner … Continue reading →

She said: The night Bobby Kennedy died, skipping motherhood, more on Mrs. O and the heckler

Vanessa Williams — Thu, 06 Jun 2013 19:49:23 GMT

A little sampling of what women are writing about elsewhere. Deborah A. Lott, writing for The Good Life, shares her experience as a campaign volunteer waiting for Robert F. Kennedy to appear at the Ambassador Hotel on the night he … Continue reading →

On being Paris Jackson, Michael’s daughter: a dream or nightmare?

Mary C. Curtis — Thu, 06 Jun 2013 14:59:12 GMT

Not too many people spend time worrying about Paris Jackson. After all, she’s young, pretty, has lots of money and time to dabble in an acting career, and develop a presence, as they say, on social media, with every tweet … Continue reading →

She said: Poverty in Israel, Susan Rice and Obama’s moves on the court

Vanessa Williams — Wed, 05 Jun 2013 18:42:16 GMT

Here are a few interesting items that we found on other sites. Ruth Margalit reports for the New Yorker about a surprising report that shows a 21 percent poverty rate in Israel. Julia Ioffe at the New Republic explains why … Continue reading →

First lady’s reaction to heckler appropriate and understandable

Diana Reese — Wed, 05 Jun 2013 17:54:17 GMT

I don’t blame first lady Michelle Obama for her response to a heckler at a private fundraiser for the Democratic Party Tuesday. Obama was in the middle of an impassioned speech about the changes that her husband has worked toward … Continue reading →

Working moms and military sex assaults: More GOP insensitivity

Karen Tumulty — Wed, 05 Jun 2013 13:34:35 GMT

After their party lost two Senate seats last year in part because of obtuse statements GOP candidates made about rape, Republicans vowed to become more sensitive when talking about women and the issues that concern them. Tuesday will not be … Continue reading →

She said: A stacked deck, a female Dr. Who and Kissinger’s birthday party

Vanessa Williams — Tue, 04 Jun 2013 17:45:23 GMT

Here are a few pieces that we found interesting: Stacey Caper, at the National Journal, writes about how the witness roster for the Senate hearing on sexual assaults in the military could affect any reform legislation. Laura Helmuth, writing for … Continue reading →

Vincent George Jr. and Sr: When is it consensual and when is it trafficking?

Melinda Henneberger — Tue, 04 Jun 2013 16:54:13 GMT

Their stories could have been an episode of “Law & Order SVU.” In fact they’re probably being turned into one as we speak. Five very attractive young women stand outside of a courthouse – well-scrubbed and long-straight-haired enough to be first-year law school students or habitues of a … Continue reading →

Cheap test with vinegar checks for cervical cancer; seaweed may help prevent it

Diana Reese — Mon, 03 Jun 2013 18:29:08 GMT

Who knew that vinegar can screen for for cervical cancer? Or that a substance in seaweed may block the infection that leads to the cancer? Search for “uses of vinegar” online and you’ll be bombarded with Web sites and books … Continue reading →

She said (and he said): An Istanbul uprising, a ‘guilt index’ and new clout for single mothers

Vanessa Williams — Mon, 03 Jun 2013 17:57:49 GMT

A few items by or about women that caught our attention today: Elif Batuman, writing for the New Yorker, provides a first-person update on the demonstrations in Istanbul. She suggests that the protesters in Gezi Park are upset about more … Continue reading →

Backlash greets Cheerios ad with interracial family

Mary C. Curtis — Fri, 31 May 2013 19:44:03 GMT

Here we go again, with more proof, if anyone needed it, that the post-racial American society some hoped the election of an African American president signified is far from here. Who would have thought that breakfast cereal would trigger the … Continue reading →

She said: Cheerios backlash, a Sikh private eye and Oprah’s hail Perry

Vanessa Williams — Fri, 31 May 2013 17:00:53 GMT

Here’s a sampling of what women are writing about on other sites. Yvette Dionne, at Cluth Magazine, calls attention to a racist backlash to a new Cheerios commercial that features an interracial family. Rinku Sin, at Colorlines, chats with writer … Continue reading →