http://womensissues.about.com/ Get the latest headlines from the About.com Women's Issues GuideSite. http://clk.about.com/?zi=1/1hi http://www.about.com/ 118 20 en-us 2009-07-03T16:25:31Z Fri, 03 Jul 2009 16:25:31 +0000 hourly 1 2000-01-01T12:00+00:00 http://womensissues.about.com/b/2009/07/03/why-is-palin-quitting-ask-auburn-ny.htm Alaska Governor Sarah Palin did some traveling in June. And one of the places she visited was Auburn, NY, the home of former Secretary of State William Seward, the mastermind... http://womensissues.about.com/b/2009/07/03/why-is-palin-quitting-ask-auburn-ny.htm Fri, 03 Jul 2009 17:50:37 +0000 2009-07-03T17:50:37Z http://womensissues.about.com/b/2009/07/03/palin-resigns-as-alaska-governor.htm Sarah Palin went out just like she came in -- unexpectedly, with a bang -- just moments ago. She's quitting as governor. Preceded by a long-winded laundry list of what the... http://womensissues.about.com/b/2009/07/03/palin-resigns-as-alaska-governor.htm Fri, 03 Jul 2009 16:25:31 +0000 2009-07-03T16:25:31Z http://womensissues.about.com/b/2009/07/03/whether-its-the-firefighters-case-or-sotomayors-comment-context-is-everything.htm When complex concepts and situations are summed up in media or blogosphere shorthand, much is lost because context is everything. This is what's happening with the Supreme Court ruling in... http://womensissues.about.com/b/2009/07/03/whether-its-the-firefighters-case-or-sotomayors-comment-context-is-everything.htm Fri, 03 Jul 2009 16:01:23 +0000 2009-07-03T16:01:23Z http://womensissues.about.com/b/2009/07/03/a-female-blogger-on-the-current-state-of-blogging.htm You don't need to be a big-name blogger to have smart, insightful thoughts about blogging. I'm talking about a recent post from Laura McKenna, who blogs under the intriguing name... http://womensissues.about.com/b/2009/07/03/a-female-blogger-on-the-current-state-of-blogging.htm Fri, 03 Jul 2009 14:53:54 +0000 2009-07-03T14:53:54Z http://womensissues.about.com/b/2009/07/01/vanity-fair-for-sarah-palin-not-as-much-as-runners-world.htm Former Republican VP candidate Sarah Palin has been refusing interviews right and left, but she's given Runner's World five pages worth of everything you could ever want to know about... http://womensissues.about.com/b/2009/07/01/vanity-fair-for-sarah-palin-not-as-much-as-runners-world.htm Wed, 01 Jul 2009 18:02:26 +0000 2009-07-01T18:02:26Z http://womensissues.about.com/b/2009/07/01/summers-hot-reads-young-adult-novel-shows-why-bullying-is-brutal.htm My 15-year-old daughter is kicking around the house at loose ends now that it's summer vacation. "Have you finished Breaking Dawn?" I asked her. (She's been reading the last book... http://womensissues.about.com/b/2009/07/01/summers-hot-reads-young-adult-novel-shows-why-bullying-is-brutal.htm Wed, 01 Jul 2009 14:24:39 +0000 2009-07-01T14:24:39Z http://womensissues.about.com/b/2009/06/30/summers-hot-reads-female-friendship-is-the-generosity-of-women.htm Some might say I have a fatal flaw: I have easy, comfortable, relaxed relationships with my female friends. I'm not on the phone with any one of them every single... http://womensissues.about.com/b/2009/06/30/summers-hot-reads-female-friendship-is-the-generosity-of-women.htm Tue, 30 Jun 2009 14:02:24 +0000 2009-06-30T14:02:24Z http://womensissues.about.com/b/2009/06/30/why-a-summer-vacation-isnt-carefree-for-every-family-in-the-u-s.htm Have you taken your summer vacation yet? Hit the road with the family in anticipation of carefree summer adventures exploring new places and meeting new people? The July 4th weekend... http://womensissues.about.com/b/2009/06/30/why-a-summer-vacation-isnt-carefree-for-every-family-in-the-u-s.htm Tue, 30 Jun 2009 00:35:07 +0000 2009-06-30T00:35:07Z http://womensissues.about.com/b/2009/06/29/firefighters-win-sotomayor-loses-in-supreme-court-ruling.htm One of the largest pieces of artillery positioned against Supreme Court nominee Sonia Sotomayor by her detractors is her ruling in the New Haven, CT firefighters case. They've claimed it... http://womensissues.about.com/b/2009/06/29/firefighters-win-sotomayor-loses-in-supreme-court-ruling.htm Mon, 29 Jun 2009 14:01:02 +0000 2009-06-29T14:01:02Z http://womensissues.about.com/b/2009/06/29/bacardi-and-burger-king-ads-did-you-really-think-wed-buy-that.htm From the "They Must Really Hate Us" file -- two misogynistic ads that make you wonder if Bacardi and Burger King actually thought women would buy their products based... http://womensissues.about.com/b/2009/06/29/bacardi-and-burger-king-ads-did-you-really-think-wed-buy-that.htm Mon, 29 Jun 2009 12:02:43 +0000 2009-06-29T12:02:43Z