Our Evolving Beauty

What makes us women? What makes us beautiful? There is a scene in the movie Funny Girl where Fanny Brice, played by Barbra Streisand, marvels at her infant daughter and exclaims to her close friend, “She’s pretty, isn’t she?” We know what that means coming from Fanny,...

Plunging in and revealing oneself

Last weekend I happily attended a TEDxHoboken Women event which was part of the global TEDxWomen taking place in Washington, D.C. We had the privilege of hearing talks streamed in from the nation’s capital and also some in-house. Right in my own town — so...

Lemmings and a ‘Fishbowl’

I enjoy reading the daily goings-on in the media via my Mediabistro.com email bulletin every morning. It’s a nice gauge on popular stories and how they played and it pulls interesting tidbits in from all over the industry. So this morning I clicked on the...

‘Masters’ of our hopes & dreams

I strive to write columns that are less reactionary, more original. But this week, I must confess it was the esteemed Rick Reilly of ESPN who prompted a thought and then a bit of a riff. He saw Phil Mickelson’s Masters win as a victory for women. I present an...

‘Women’ as monolith

I kept waiting for this piece by Amy Siskind in The Daily Beast to get to the “HaHa, you’ve been punked” part. Turns out it’s serious: Should Women Back Palin in 2012? A liberal, Ivy-educated friend — now a former friend — tried...