Martha Stewart’s Love Life & Other Notes From This Year’s NAPW Conference

They went expecting real, tangible advice on topics important to women in business. They got what felt more like a Yaz commercial’s idea of what a conference like this should be.

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Watch Two Men Attempt To Endure Labor Pains and Contractions [VIDEO]

We call this “Male Kryptonite” or just an exercise in futility. Good luck with that fellas!

Watch Two Men Attempt To Endure Labor Pains and Contractions [VIDEO]

Mother’s Day Champs: 8 WYSKy Moms Who Show BIG Love For Their Kids

These women have built brands, created companies, started movements and causes for the children they so deeply love.

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How To Get A Bikini Body

This handy little chart offers some much needed inspiration for achieving beach ready “perfection”.

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Tech Tuesday: Two Mothers Of Bioengineering Innovation Receive Lemelson-MIT Award

May 7, 2013 by

A two-week joint trip to Africa shadowing nurses and physicians in local hospitals opened the eyes of Rice University Professors of Bioengineering, Rebecca Richards-Kortum and Maria Oden to the immense need for basic healthcare technologies in the developing world. They realized how much potential there was for their students ... [Read More]

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“Down There” Melanoma Cross Check

May 6, 2013 by

From her vagina to yours, WYSK and melanoma warrior, Timna Understein has some IMPORTANT sun safety information that EVERY WOMAN should know. You may be as “I had no idea!” as we were. During her annual gynecological visit last week, Timna had a candid talk with her doctor that she’s allowing us to share here. Here's how their conversation went ... [Read More]

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Color War: Melanoma Community’s Black Monday Takes On AAD’s SPOT Orange Campaign

May 6, 2013 by

By Timna Understein - It’s here! Today, May 6th! It’s Melanoma Monday! “What is that?”, you ask. Well, that’s a great question. It sounds extremely simple and intuitive... the first Monday of May (Melanoma Awareness Month), which is focused on educating people about the disease of melanoma. Right? One would think. But, here’s the ... [Read More]

Madam President, Presented by EMILY’s List [VIDEO]
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Madam President, Presented by EMILY’s List [VIDEO]

May 3, 2013 by

The 2012 election was a mandate for women's leadership. Women have made enormous strides in recent decades, but there's one glass ceiling left to shatter... sending a woman to the White House. EMILY's List, the nation's largest resource for women in politics, has launched the new national campaign - Madam President - to put a woman in the White House. ... [Read More]

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Rosie Napravnik, Making A Run For The Roses

May 3, 2013 by

This Saturday marks the Kentucky Derby’s 139th Run for the Roses, a time-old tradition that brings jockeys, owners and trainers together in pursuit of the coveted Garland of Roses. Of the twenty jockeys that will be entering the starting gate you’ll find 25-year old Anna Rose "Rosie" Napravnik, the only woman set to race this weekend. Considered the top female in a sport dominated by men, Rosie is ... [Read More]

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“Hey Ma, Got Milk?” OREO Breastfeeding Ad

May 2, 2013 by

As the story goes, this OREO "ad", created by the brand’s South Korean marketing agency and dubbed “Basic Instinct”, was never meant to see the public light of day. But compliments of the internet it did and has caused everything from applause and belly laughs, to nausea and outrage. The tagline: "Milk's favorite cookie." Thoughts? ... [Read More]

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Tawanda Jones Is Turning The City Of Camden Around One Kid At A Time

May 2, 2013 by

Meet Tawanda Jones. Some refer to her as “Camden’s First Lady Of Soul” and others call her “WaWa”. To us she is quite simply... a Woman You Should Know. As the founder and director of the Camden Sophisticated Sisters Drill Team (CSS), a dance based, non-profit youth organization, Tawanda strives to provide a safe haven and the opportunity for positive development to young girls who ... [Read More]

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Venus: Classic Paintings With Modern Standards

May 1, 2013 by

Artist Anna Giordano uses Photoshop to give us classic paintings edited for what is considered today’s cultural standards of the feminine body. She shares, "The model of beauty has evolved through human history, from the Greek proportions of Policleto of Argos to the busty beauty of the Renaissance, leading up to the slender body of Twiggy and the contemporary athletic stars. What would have happened ... [Read More]