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False Memories
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Perhaps the most damaging and memorable blows to James Frey's so-called memoir was the interview he gave Oprah Winfrey after the allegations were brought up against the book's credibility. Winfrey voiced the anger and betrayal she felt toward Frey after including "A Million Little Pieces? in her television book club as a must read.
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Doulas Deliver
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Studies are now proving that women who hire doulas need a great deal less medical intervention such as; cesarean, pain relieving and labor inducing drugs, forceps delivery, and so on. Women are also experiencing shorter labors and report feeling more satisfied with the delivery process than mothers who did not use a doula.
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Big Cities Mean Big Money For Women
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The CUF reported that women of ranging educational backgrounds ages 21 to 30 who live and work full time in New York City make 117 percent of men's wages. Dallas, Texas reported an even greater wage gap of women making 120 percent of what men make.
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An Unfortunate Spot On "The List?
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Teamed with the Women's Environment and Development Organization (WEDO), MisFortune 500 considers itself an advocate for women's rights and equality in the workplace. According to the website's mission statement MisFortune 500 works to "empower women as decision-makers to achieve economic, social and gender justice, a healthy, peaceful planet and human rights for all.?
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War On Women's Education In Afghanistan
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According to local officials, a large number of female students have been reported absent since the June 12th shootings where two schoolgirls were left dead and four more injured (including one teacher).
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Yet Another Reason To Quit
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The researchers studied over two thousand women between the ages of 59 and 60 and found that the women who smoke were 59 percent more likely than the non-smokers to undergo early menopause.
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Lactation Activists Unite!
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In celebration of World Breastfeeding Week this year, organizers around the world are attempting to join women together to establish a new Guinness World Record for large synchronized groups of mothers breastfeeding their babies.
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Is Your District "Women-Friendly??
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Just looking at the numbers can be shocking. At the start of the new millennium Palmer and Simon report that only twenty-five percent of elected state legislators were women, five state governors (out of 50) were women, and a mere fourteen percent of the members of congress were women.
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The Proof Is Not Always In The Pudding
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A team of British scientists from the University of Oxford and the Peninsula Medical Center recently uncovered a variation in the FTO gene that is thought to be a link to obesity.
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Candy Girl Makes Life Sweet
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Young entrepreneurs propel themselves into adulthood with confidence and zeal. By establishing small business ventures as children they instill in themselves a sense of self-awareness far beyond their years. Kailyn Cage, also known as Candy Girl, is one such person.
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