Can You Stay Off “Fat Talk” — For A Week?

Robin S. Rosenberg for the Huffington Post: “It’s not uncommon for women (or even men) to bond with each other over the travails of their appearance: their hair, their clothes, their weight, their fat. Sound familiar? If so, take note. The week of Oct. 1…

Love Your Body Day: A Woman’s Body Politic

NOW Action Vice President Erin Matson’s article for the Huffington Post about the importance of Love Your Body Day.

Straight hair at what cost? Treatments using formaldehyde may pose a risk

Laura Hambleton for the Washington Post: “Health officials say such smoothing products, often known as Brazilian treatments, may pose a hazard to stylists and users alike. That’s because most of them contain formaldehyde or chemicals that release formald…

Rick Santorum: Single Mothers Make Up ‘Democratic Advantage’

Laura Bassett writing for the Huffington Post: “Republican presidential candidate Rick Santorum said on a radio show last week that the GOP’s strategy for reducing ‘the Democratic advantage’ should be to marry off all the single mothers who ‘look to the…

Robert Bork Has Good News for All the Ladies

Jonathan Chait for the New York magazine: Rejected Supreme Court justice Robert Bork claims that women are not discriminated against anymore.