PLUS Model Magazine, according to an article by Tamara Abraham for the United Kingdom-based online blog Daily Mail, has sparked controversy. See if you can guess what the controversy is from the accompanying photograph. This photograph is meant to illustrate the magazine’s claim that most runway models meet the criteria for anorexia based on their [...]
Posts Tagged as ‘awareness’
January 10, 2012
Passion and Purpose can Transform a Woman: Lateefah Simon’s Story
As a young teenager Lateefah Simon seemed to be going nowhere. She dropped out of school and worked full-time at a Taco Bell. She was on probation for shoplifting. Then someone offered her a different path. She changed directions and has ever since been paying off her indebtedness for this opportunity with hugh INTEREST. Lateefah’s [...]
January 3, 2012
This Woman is Pleased If You Call Her a Dog
I overheard a woman say, “Girls can be SO catty.” The woman she was talking to responded, “They ARE, aren’t they!” It was a lesson my mother taught me. Her point was: “Don’t trust girls, they’re out to hurt you.” Any message that encompasses all members of a group, as in the global use of [...]
December 7, 2011
Skip the Beauty Talk: Here’s Why You Shouldn’t Tell Her How Beautiful She Looks.
A friend sent me a link to an article on The Huffington Post Web site. I thought Lisa Bloom’s post offered a great model for how people especially women can take action to break the cycle of girls growing into women who see their worth in terms of their image. Bloom demonstrated the power of [...]
November 11, 2011
Midwifes for Haiti: Saving Lifes One Mother and Child at a Time
Erin Curtiss is a midwife in Seattle who operates her own home birthing business. She was intrigued when she learned about an American-based, nonprofit organization called Midwives for Haiti. Haiti has a desperate need for so many things. Midwives are one item on a very long list of needed services. Women in Haiti are fifty [...]
August 10, 2011
Israeli and Palestinian Women Are Proof Life is a Beach
Incivility is on the rise according to the American Psychological Association. At their recent annual meeting the APA focused on incivility in the workplace. The professional organization said that rudeness, insults and plain old bad manners are growing problems for Americans. Incivility stresses workers and reduces productivity. Sometimes the problem is simply the result of [...]
July 20, 2011
She’d Like to Drive Men
Princess Ameerah Al-Taweel doesn’t want to drive men mad. She does, however, want to be able to drive a car. She is not alone. No Saudi Arabia woman has the legal right to drive a car. Ameerah who is in her late 20s in the fourth wife of Saudi billionaire Prince Alwaleed bin Talal, the [...]
June 8, 2011
Run Rosie, Run. She’s Number One Around the Track
She’s like a bride and a bridesmaid. Rosie Napravnik was the featured woman of the day yet she didn’t go home with the prize. When the 23-year-old jockey finished ninth in the 2011 Kentucky Derby in May she became the highest-finishing female rider in the premier thoroughbred horse race. The Run for the Roses as [...]
May 29, 2011
Grete Waitz: A True Road Warrior
Memorial Day weekend is the official start of the summer vacation season in America. This weekend, when millions of Americans take to the road, seemed like a particularly appropriate time to recognize Grete Waitz. The Norwegian-born woman who died of cancer on April 11 at the age of 57 of cancer knew a lot about [...]
May 24, 2011
Women’s Work on the Front Lines of Afghanistan
U.S. Marines are undertaking an experiment in Afghanistan. They are embracing the power of women’s work. A few women have been added to what used to be all-male patrols − patrols on the front lines. Although the women wear body armor (which can be cumbersome and cause discomfort and chaffing because it wasn’t designed to [...]
