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Sharon Robinson produces one of Rolling Stone’s 100 Best Albums of the Decade

Sharon Robinson backstage at the Bowl. Photo credit: Greg Gold Record producing in Hollywood is no girl’s club. In the music biz women generally sing, write songs, and maybe get a shot at a record exec spot, but rarely find themselves the sole produce

Soles 4 Souls: Lend a hand to Haiti by donating shoes

The 7.0-magnitude earthquake in Haiti last week is a reminder just how fragile our world is, and seeing the devastation that has affected so many, Soles4Souls is mounting a massive response of emergency relief to victims of the disaster. The non-

Potentially life-saving personal safety app designed by a mom for her kids

Silent Bodyguard iPhone App Sends SOS and GPS Location Without Alerting Onlookers or an Attacker

Million Baby Crawl

Oh baby! Seventh Generation has teamed up with noted advocate Erin Brockovich and Safer Chemicals, Healthy Families in an effort to overthrow the old chemical legislation and require tougher standards and more testing. A kick-off event took place yester

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Touring Women-Owned Businesses in a Fleet of Chevy Vehicles

I recently joined a team of a dozen Los Angeles-area women bloggers to participate in the Best of L...more

This is a Moment of a Lifetime- Bigelow in Her Own Words

Here’s Kathryn Bigelow’s Oscar speech and backstage comments: This really is… There’s no ot...more

How Olympic athletes pay the rent

If you’re dreaming of becoming an Olympic athlete, remember that beyond all the training, competit...more

The Olympics 2010: Spotlight on Amy Bennett

Chicks, when you think of a champion extreme athlete, what picture comes to mind? A sweat-soaked wom...more

Spotlight on Lauren Berger: Intern Queen Helping Dreamers

Lauren Berger is the self-proclaimed Intern Queen, so called because in her four years of college, s...more

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The Post Oscar Debate on Kathyn Bigelow and Gender

This past week there have been a lot of stories looking at Kathryn Bigelow’s Oscar win from a variety of perspectives. The fact that we are even having these conversations at all is in itself a huge and gigantic (and every other adjective I can throw ...more

Nominate your female Sports Hero

March is Women’s History Month and there is no better way to honor female athletes than by nominating them for one of the Women’s Sports Foundation’s 2010 award programs. Current open nominations include: Sportswoman of the Year Award. Every year,...more

Women & Hollywood: Women to Watch

What a great idea. The people who run the Cultural Leadership Programme in the UK know that there is a leadership disparity between men and women in the arts. Lots of times the issue is that the women are just not visible enough in order to get that n...more

The Time Has Come

Those were the words that Barbra Streisand uttered when she announced Kathryn Bigelow’s name as the winner of the best director Oscar. The moment came at the end of a long and boring show that featured many male winners in most categories, but DAMN, s...more

This is a Moment of a Lifetime- Bigelow in Her Own Words

Here’s Kathryn Bigelow’s Oscar speech and backstage comments: This really is… There’s no other way to describe it, it’s the moment of a lifetime. First of all, this is so extraordinary to be in the company of such powerful, my fellow nominees, ...more

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