For The Skinny On Air Brushing, Labels Recommended
12/21/09
Women’s eNews: Digitally-altered images of super-thin models contribute to negative body image, low self-esteem and damaging behavior, critics say. A British political party’s campaign for a labeling system for altered images is gaining support.

Abortion Continues To Be Dividing Issue
12/21/09
Wall Street Journal: The Senate nudged its health bill toward tighter restrictions on abortion coverage, a change that left advocates on both sides of the issue unsatisfied.

UK Fails To Halt Female Genital Mutilation
12/20/09
Independent, UK: Girls are still at risk this Christmas as ‘cutters’ are flown in from abroad to perform the illegal procedure.

A Reader’s Digest That Grandma Never Dreamed
12/20/09
NY Times: Two years after a private equity deal saddled Reader’s Digest with $2.2 billion in debt, and three months after it filed for bankruptcy, the walls are dominated by inexpensive prints and lots of corporate propaganda.

Cambodia:  Media Still Struggling To Break Gender Barriers
12/21/09
International Press Service: Cambodia’s media organizations are a ‘battleground’ for old ways and new approaches when it comes to gender.

Judge Delays Oklahoma Plan To Post Abortion Details
12/19/09
Christian Science Monitor: A legal challenge to the abortion law requiring patients to fill out an anonymous questionnaire that would be made public, will be decided in February.

The New Perils Of Pauline
12/19/09
NY Times: The health care bill, which was already watered down for Max Baucus and then stripped down for Joe Lieberman, is now being sent to the sauna for Ben Nelson.

Dumbing Down The First Lady
12/18/09
Salon: Michelle Obama finally won the public over by becoming a caricature of traditional femininity.

End To The Abstinence-Only Fantasy
12/20/09
NY Times: All spending for highly restrictive abstinence-only sex education programs that deny young people accurate information about contraceptives, STDs, and pregnancy have been removed from the spending bill.

A Win For Women In Baltimore
12/21/09
RH Reality Check: Baltimore now leads the nation with the first enacted law in the country requiring crisis pregnancy centers to disclose the limited nature of their services to their clients.

Sri Lankan Guards ‘Sexually Abused Girls’ In Tamil Refugee Camp
12/20/09
Guardian, UK: A British medic held for months in an internment camp for Tamil civilians has revealed how military guards dealt out cruel punishments.

South Asians Confront AIDS Among Monogamous Women
12/20/09
Women’s eNews: South Asian women from three spheres: journalism, politics and advocacy, recently planned a coordinated attack on HIV-AIDS among women.

Gauging The Odds (And The Costs) In Health Screening
12/20/09
NY Times: Should we continue any test that offers some chance of preventing a death, regardless of the odds or the costs associated with the testing?

At 94, She’s The Hot New Thing In Painting
12/20/09
NY Times: Carmen Herrera sold her first artwork at 89.

Can Anybody Make A Movie For Women?
12/20/09
NY Times: Nancy Meyers may be the most powerful female writer-director-producer currently working, but that doesn’t appear to give the 60-year-old blonde a whole lot of social clout.

From ‘Vibrator’ To ‘Cougar Town,’ It’s Still A Man’s World
12/19/09
NY Times: Modern Day’s overexposure can exert its own brand of tyranny over attitudes toward sex.

Women Making Inroads To Professional
12/21/09
Huffington Post: World-wide, baseball is much more popular with women than softball.

Vonn Embraces Change And Earns 25th Victory
12/19/09
NY Times: Lindsey Vonn feels so confident in speed events this season that she is competing with men’s skis.