Young women have taken matters into their own hands and scored a victory, according to a exciting post July 4th, 2012 by Emma Stydahar at Spark A Movement. Objecting to the ways women and girls are portrayed in print magazines, organizers gathered nearly 30,000 signatures asking that women and girls be portrayed more realistic. ——— […]
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Did you catch the news last week about calcium? It’s looking like taking a big calcium supplement may actually hurt your heart, and the study recommended they should be “taken with caution”. In the light of this recent study, doctors who once cavalierly suggested calcium supplements to their patients may now change their recommendation. In
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At the Women In Communications Conference in Tulsa, October 2011, keynote speaker Renee Moorefield described ways in which we can create healthier organizations. Moorefield is CEO of Wisdom Works and co-author of Driven by Wellth: The 7 Essentials for Healthy, Sustainable Results in 21st Century Business & Leadership . Her entire keynote was interesting, but
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Relationship violence continues to pose a huge problem for young people, who are just figuring out how to conduct relationships. Unfortunately, too many of those relationships take a bad turn. Do you know someone who has experienced sexual assault, rape, or stalking? Here are some startling truths: Young people ages 12 to 19 experience the
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One hundred years ago it was illegal – and OBSCENE — to teach women about contraception. Today as the debate about women’s healthcare coverage rages, it’s good to look back at how things once were, and to contemplate the possibility of a return to those bad old days. A woman named Margaret Sanger fought for
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When was the last time you took a good vacation? What’s the longest you have allowed yourself to let down and stay off duty? Women face so many conflicting demands today …they often end up feeling exhausted, cranky, and discouraged. Burnout rears its ugly head and you find you just don’t care about much of
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Friday, January 20, 2012, the Obama administration announced that groups would be given more time to comply with the birth control insurance rule. This rule was set up so that insurance companies had to provide birth control to everyone, without out of pocket expenses. Certain groups, like churches, were exempt. As of this ruling on
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