This is a guest post by Tanya Namad- a Vixely Girl Crush and dear friend of the team. Vixely’s hearts are with all the runners and Boston community. We greatly appreciate Tanya sharing her personal story with our readers. The original post is on Generation UCAN here. As is well known by now, unspeakable tragedy struck at [...]
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Election Day Women’s Debate: Pro-Choice 2.0
By Michelle Miller In case you, like me, have tuned out the Pro-Choice/ Pro-Life debate on the basis of it being so polarized, so full of extraordinary claims and unproductive anger on both sides, as to make listening in, much less participating, intolerable, let me fill you in on a quick reality: the legality of [...]
New Study Shows Best Cities for Successful Singles
A just-released study on the top cities for finding successful singles might surprise you. According to Bloomberg‘s ranking, Hoboken, New Jersey came in first place, scoring a perfect 100. Over 53 percent of Hoboken men and women are single, compared to a national average of only 27 percent. In the near-NYC locale, single men ages [...]
The Best & Worst Countries for Women
The World Economic Forum released this week its assessment of the best and worst countries for women to live in around the world in its 2012 Global Gender Gap Report. The report ranks 135 countries (which collectively contain over 90 percent of the world’s population) based on 14 indicators used to measure the size of [...]
Women More Likely to Vote Than Men on Election Day 2012 (Infographic)
Women are more likely to vote than men in the upcoming Presidential election. In fact, based on the results of Americans recently surveyed, you are more likely to vote if you are: Female Grad-school educated Employed A high earner Married White Check out the infographic below to learn what else impacts your likelihood to vote. The number [...]
Girl Crush: Jen O’Neal of Tripping
Traveling anywhere new is a lot more fun when you know a local. Locals show you a town, city or country through an insider’s lens, offering you a rare glimpse of life as it’s really lived in that community. The difficulty is that, more than likely, you don’t know a local everywhere you want to [...]
S.A.F.E. Documentary “Corrie Goes to Kenya” Helps Women in Need
On Friday, the U.K. charity S.A.F.E. was featured in the first of two one-hour documentaries, Corrie Goes to Kenya. In these programs, four actors from the popular British TV soap opera Coronation Street work with S.A.F.E.’s own Kenyan actors to spread information about HIV and AIDS. The episodes follow their journey as they create and perform a series [...]
Absolutely Fabulous Olympics
As the Olympics are being held by Brits this summer, it comes as no surprise that our favorite duo Eddie and Patsy from Absolutely Fabulous have joined in the celebrations. They would never miss a party, ever. They have been spotted racing in the “torch race” in McQueen, lighting up cigs and of course popping [...]
Hottest Summer 2012 Olympians
Legend has it that the Greek demigod and god, Hercules and his father, Zeus, were the forerunners of the Olympic Games. It is thought that after completing 12 “labors”, Hercules decided such competitions should occur every four years and then built the Olympic stadium in his father’s honor. Whether you believe in demigods or not [...]
Melinda Gates: Where’s The Controversy In Saving Lives?
Ahead of the London Summit on Family Planning on July 11, philanthropist and activist Melinda Gates recently released this video promoting a woman’s right to access contraceptives. On Impatient Optimists, the blog of the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, Melinda explains why the issue of family planning is crucial for all women: The simple answer is that [...]
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