When asked about how the three female pop musicians are seemingly touching on themes of gay empowerment, she says:

The legendary music producer shares his positive attitude with GQ.

The Housewives flunkie's new single "Cry" is about abuse. She recently shot the video at a women's shelter. She said she'd "send a box of things" to the women. They'll surely be flush with thongs and leopard-print doggy T-shirts.

The Republican senator from South Carolina eventually voted in favor of Kagan's confirmation — the vote is going on as we speak — saying, "I'm gonna vote for her, and that doesn't mean I'm pro-choice. I'm very pro-life."

Nora Ephron on life as an unmarried, eager eater: "I would cook a meal for four and eat it. Really ... By the way, I had an entire marriage that I mainly only remember Rice-A-Roni from." [Salon]

Ayelet Waldman: "We've evolved the June Cleaver image into something even more toxic...The burden has increased exponentially, and you're not even allowed to drown your sorrows in a gin and tonic." [USA Today]

"People are obsessed. Like, do you have anything better to do than not eat and go to the gym, you freak? I mean, ask any size zero twit if she's read a book lately." [Nylon]

Julia Child, 1972: "Don't complain about high prices. For God's sake, learn to cook and stop squawking!" [WWD]

"I have no hidden marriages. They just sort of escape my mind." - Katherine Anne Porter [New Yorker]

Margaret Atwood: "It's like everyone's blogging about how they brushed their teeth this morning." [NYT]

"It has been a living hell." The premise of the bestseller Not Quite What I Was Planning — now deluxed and re-released for the holidays — is simple: sum up your life in six words. The results run the gamut from poignant — "On the playground, alone. 1970, today" — to needlepoint-pillow: "It got better after middle…

Some women have serious policy disagreements with Sarah Palin or think she might be unqualified to be a heart beat from the presidency. One of those women... is Sarah Palin. The New Republic has compiled a list of statements made by Palin on everything from how she wasn't paying that much attention to the Iraq War in…