Movies
10 Female Leadership Lessons From the New ‘Beauty and the Beast’
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While many debate if the film’s lead character, Belle, is a victim or a role model, there are lessons modern female leaders and working women can learn from her.
Parenting
Parenting While Single: We Need to Stop the Damnation
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You would hardly fathom from the portrayal of two-parent families as optimal that single parents are not necessarily failures. We need to change this mindset and start matching the realities of family life.
Mothering
Was Nancy Lanza a Monster or Just a Mother of One?
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As investigations continue into the Sandy Hook massacre, Michele Weldon can’t stop thinking about the killer’s mother, Nancy Lanza, and if she should be blamed too.
Commentary
Female Op-Ed Journalists Should Ignite Fireball
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The latest flare-up over the shortage of female op-ed writers on leading newspapers should not simply die down. Michele Weldon says female bloggers and journalists must cluster together and create a “fireball” of visibility.
Equality
Female Anchor Without Her Clothes On? Let’s Hold the Show
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A female TV news anchor in Ohio appeared without her clothes on the air last week to cover an arts event. Michele Weldon, who teaches at the same journalism school that trained the anchor, explored why the incident was so regrettable.
Commentary
No News in Newsroom Census: Gender Gap Persists
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The latest census from the American Society of Newspaper Editors shows that–instead of leaping over the gaps in gender representation in the newsroom–women are still crawling toward the goalpost of gender equity.