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I've been unsure of how to approach this topic. But I think it must be said. Just because I am a young woman and I am alone does not give you permission to start hitting on me. More »
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British supermodel Naomi Campbell has been called to testify in the trial of former Liberian president Charles Ghankay Taylor at The Hague in the Netherlands — will she talk about her blood diamond? More »
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• Penelope Cruz is replacing Kate Winslet as the face of Lancôme's fragrance Trésor. [People]
• And Diane Kruger will be the face of a new Calvin Klein scent, Beauty. Kruger is accompanying Francisco Costa to the Met Ball, too. [WWD]

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"After expressing no respect for her foremothers' role in the fight for gender justice, she has the nerve to suggest that women demand respect, as if it was something we old strident feminists forgot to include in our agenda." [NYT] More »
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Nancy Gibbs is having a bit of an identity crisis, as she has several monikers, depending on the circumstances. Yet as she explains in Time magazine, switching between "Mrs." and "Ms." and "Miss," isn't as confusing as it may seem. More »
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"[W]hat is needed is a more comprehensive term which does homage to the sex without expressing any views as to their domestic situation" — a 1901 newspaper article, earliest known source of the word "Ms." [Visual Thesaurus] More »
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Honestly? This is still a thing? A question that needs to be asked? More »
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Though some of our fellow Gawker Media bloggers think Suze Orman is bilking women out of their hard earned cash by peddling common sense advice that could be applied just as easily to men, we're fans of Suze's practical financial tips for women. As such we were pleased to find her on the cover of the fall issue of Ms., doling out advice for how women can get through this recession. I agreed with all of Suze's suggestions for solvency except in one place: when it comes to couples keeping separate accounts. More »
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• Only a few more days until the election, and Barack Obama is doing us a solid by appearing with two of our favorites: Rachel Maddow and Jon Stewart.
• You know who is so not our favorite? Former Ms. editor turned turned Palin proponent Elaine Lafferty.
• John McCain is also on our shit list for his female-unfriendly health plan.
• However, we are totally in love with this Price Is Right-inspired Marie Claire fashion spread. Childhood nostalgia come on down!
• But truly, nothing says nostalgia like these pictures of our childhood Halloween costumes.
• Also making us nostalgic: thinking about raiding our moms' closets.

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The new issue of Ms. hits stands today and inside is a story about self-objectification, or "viewing one's body as a sex object to be consumed by the male gaze." More and more women are viewing themselves as sex objects, says Caroline Heldman, Ph.D., an assistant professor of politics at Occidental College, and it's due in large part to the veritable onslaught of advertising images that we're subjected to. The average American, according to Heldman, views "3,000-5,000 ads per day, up from 500-2,000 in the 70s," and a good chunk of those ads show naked and/or fetishized women. It's possible that none of this is news to you, but the far-reaching effects of self-objectifying might surprise you. More »
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If I have to read another article about how some men hate Hillary Clinton for vaguely misogynistic reasons I'm going to give myself a series of tiny paper cuts with the latest copy of Ms. and rub salt in them. But lo! Rebecca Traister goes on for over 4,000 words in Salon today, parsing some young, liberal, and mostly white men's "saucer-eyed, unquestioning devotion" towards Obama and their accompanying "sharp renunciation of Hillary Clinton." It's not that Traister is wrong — some men are subtly sexist in their hatred of Clinton. The problem with this over-long essay is that Traister interviews a bunch of hyper-educated liberal women who complain about this covert misogyny, and the result is a completely myopic view of the current democratic Presidential race. More »
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• (Photoshop of) Horrors! It's Drew Barrymore on the March Vogue and something just does not look right. [Just Jared]

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MediaPost writer "Dorothy Parker" agrees with our own Slut Machine's assessment of the 35th anniversary issue of Ms. Magazine. "I am a feminist, and I'm rooting for Ms. to hang around for at least another 35 years," Parker writes, "But I'm also a journalist, and this issue is as dull as a macramé planter from 1978." Oh, snap! Maybe Ms. needs a leeeetle more snark in their serious?[MediaPost] More »
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We worried about Tinsley's eating habits. More »
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