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Thu, 03 Sep 2009 03:09:00 PDT News and commentary on role models By Judy Berman Thu, 03 Sep 2009 03:09:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/mwt/broadsheet/feature/2009/09/03/rihanna_vogue/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/mwt/broadsheet/feature/2009/09/03/rihanna_vogue/index.html?source=rss The pop star and domestic violence victim poses for a provocative photo spread in Italian Vogue By Kate Harding Thu, 03 Sep 2009 03:09:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/mwt/broadsheet/feature/2009/11/09/gop_women_problem/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/mwt/broadsheet/feature/2009/11/09/gop_women_problem/index.html?source=rss If the Republican party wants to attract more female candidates and voters, not hating women would be a good start By Broadsheet staff Thu, 03 Sep 2009 03:09:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/mwt/broadsheet/feature/2009/08/17/mad_men_women/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/mwt/broadsheet/feature/2009/08/17/mad_men_women/index.html?source=rss Will Betty commit suicide? Will Joan leave her wretched fiance? Predictions and requests for our fave TV females By Judy Berman Thu, 03 Sep 2009 03:09:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/mwt/broadsheet/feature/2009/11/04/gossip_girl/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/mwt/broadsheet/feature/2009/11/04/gossip_girl/index.html?source=rss Parents Television Council takes the show to task for pushing porny sex ... without seeing the episode in question By Judy Berman Thu, 03 Sep 2009 03:09:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/mwt/broadsheet/feature/2009/10/28/seventeen_transphobic/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/mwt/broadsheet/feature/2009/10/28/seventeen_transphobic/index.html?source=rss LGBT activists are up in arms about the magazine's story, "My boyfriend turned out to be a girl" By Kate Harding Thu, 03 Sep 2009 03:09:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/mwt/broadsheet/feature/2009/10/19/jessica_watson/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/mwt/broadsheet/feature/2009/10/19/jessica_watson/index.html?source=rss A 16-year-old girl has embarked on a great adventure, and prompted a great deal of fretting By Mary Elizabeth Williams Thu, 03 Sep 2009 03:09:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/mwt/broadsheet/feature/2009/10/09/marge_simpson_playboy/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/mwt/broadsheet/feature/2009/10/09/marge_simpson_playboy/index.html?source=rss She's been a cop, an entrepreneur and a bodybuilder. Now, Marge Simpson's a bunny By Mary Elizabeth Williams Thu, 03 Sep 2009 03:09:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/mwt/broadsheet/feature/2009/10/06/tyler_perry/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/mwt/broadsheet/feature/2009/10/06/tyler_perry/index.html?source=rss The "Madea" star details childhood abuse and molestation -- and fans flood his Web site with similar stories By Mary Elizabeth Williams Thu, 03 Sep 2009 03:09:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/mwt/broadsheet/feature/2009/09/17/susan_boyle/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/mwt/broadsheet/feature/2009/09/17/susan_boyle/index.html?source=rss The "Britain's Got Talent" star takes on "Wild Horses" and shows she's no one-trick pony By Mary Elizabeth Williams Thu, 03 Sep 2009 03:09:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/mwt/broadsheet/feature/2009/09/15/whitney_houston/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/mwt/broadsheet/feature/2009/09/15/whitney_houston/index.html?source=rss The diva is staging the comeback of her life, but will fans always love her? By Kate Harding Thu, 03 Sep 2009 03:09:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/mwt/broadsheet/feature/2009/09/11/world_according_to_goop/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/mwt/broadsheet/feature/2009/09/11/world_according_to_goop/index.html?source=rss Attempting to live according to a lifestyle guru's advice sounds like fun -- but inner peace comes at a price By Sady Doyle Thu, 03 Sep 2009 03:09:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/mwt/broadsheet/feature/2009/08/31/sophie_tucker/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/mwt/broadsheet/feature/2009/08/31/sophie_tucker/index.html?source=rss Vaudeville star Sophie Tucker was brassy, sexually confident and brave. She was also the "Queen of Coon Shouters" By Mary Elizabeth Williams Thu, 03 Sep 2009 03:09:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/mwt/broadsheet/feature/2009/08/27/ellie_greenwich/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/mwt/broadsheet/feature/2009/08/27/ellie_greenwich/index.html?source=rss One of rock's first great female songwriters could make even nonsense syllables like "da doo ron ron" sound dirty By Lynn Harris Thu, 03 Sep 2009 03:09:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/mwt/broadsheet/2009/08/12/sotomayor_reception/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/mwt/broadsheet/2009/08/12/sotomayor_reception/index.html?source=rss Sonia Sotomayor -- and "extraordinary moment for our nation" -- celebrated at White House reception By Kate Harding Thu, 03 Sep 2009 03:09:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/mwt/broadsheet/feature/2009/08/10/gender_gap_majors/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/mwt/broadsheet/feature/2009/08/10/gender_gap_majors/index.html?source=rss One more reason for the wage gap: What young women choose to study in college By Broadsheet staff Thu, 03 Sep 2009 03:09:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/mwt/broadsheet/feature/2009/08/07/hughes_heroines/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/mwt/broadsheet/feature/2009/08/07/hughes_heroines/index.html?source=rss A round table on our favorites, from Molly Ringwald's misfit, misunderstood Andie to Ally Sheedy's defiant weirdo By Mary Elizabeth Williams Thu, 03 Sep 2009 03:09:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/mwt/broadsheet/feature/2009/08/06/youtube_of_lipstick/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/mwt/broadsheet/feature/2009/08/06/youtube_of_lipstick/index.html?source=rss A YouTube star becomes a cosmetics queen By Judy Berman Thu, 03 Sep 2009 03:09:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/mwt/broadsheet/feature/2009/08/05/cw_teens/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/mwt/broadsheet/feature/2009/08/05/cw_teens/index.html?source=rss The CW is the go-to channel for young women. Too bad its programming has become so shallow By Kate Harding Thu, 03 Sep 2009 03:09:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/mwt/broadsheet/feature/2009/08/01/pollan_on_child/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/mwt/broadsheet/feature/2009/08/01/pollan_on_child/index.html?source=rss The foodie author thinks we should all cook like Julia Child, minus the getting paid part By Frieda Klotz Thu, 03 Sep 2009 03:09:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/mwt/broadsheet/feature/2009/07/30/new_york_writers_salon_goes_online/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/mwt/broadsheet/feature/2009/07/30/new_york_writers_salon_goes_online/index.html?source=rss The founder of a literary networking site for women talks about Facebook feminism and the peril of pink covers By Mary Elizabeth Williams Thu, 03 Sep 2009 03:09:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/mwt/broadsheet/feature/2009/07/27/women_horror/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/mwt/broadsheet/feature/2009/07/27/women_horror/index.html?source=rss Why are female audiences flocking to horror films? By Lynn Harris Thu, 03 Sep 2009 03:09:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/mwt/broadsheet/2009/07/20/emmy_comedy_women/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/mwt/broadsheet/2009/07/20/emmy_comedy_women/index.html?source=rss (Or to Mary-Louise Parker, for that matter) By Mary Elizabeth Williams Thu, 03 Sep 2009 03:09:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/mwt/broadsheet/feature/2009/07/20/nancy_drew/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/mwt/broadsheet/feature/2009/07/20/nancy_drew/index.html?source=rss The girl detective may have influenced Sonia Sotomayor, but her impact reaches a broader -- and younger -- audience By Frances Kissling Thu, 03 Sep 2009 03:09:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/mwt/broadsheet/feature/2009/07/15/regina_benjamin/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/mwt/broadsheet/feature/2009/07/15/regina_benjamin/index.html?source=rss Actually, having a woman who is above-average weight as America's family doctor is a good thing By Judy Berman Thu, 03 Sep 2009 03:09:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/mwt/broadsheet/feature/2009/07/14/girls_video_games/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/mwt/broadsheet/feature/2009/07/14/girls_video_games/index.html?source=rss Are video games marketed to girls more potentially harmful than the spectacles of violence aimed at boys?