On the Internet, women are the most dangerous game. Consider this: an attractive, young woman posing next to dead animals arouses more anger than a middle-aged, pot-bellied man doing the same.
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Hateful tweets hit an all-time racist apex on Sunday night when an Indian-American woman was named Miss America 2014. We don't know where most of these people live (could it be Kansas, who sent a blonde-haired, blue-eyed babe with a bow and arrow to the pagent)? Sadly, some of the same people who don't like President Obama's "look" used the social media platform to once again behave badly. 
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Bryan Goldberg, the founder of Bleacher Report, made news last week, though not in the way he intended. He announced that he’d raised $6.5 million for a new venture -- a women’s web site called Bustle. Goldberg got roundly, and deservedly, thrashed after his self-written funding announcement appeared on PandoDaily. The problem: Goldberg announced he was going to “completely transform women’s publishing” by running celebrity escapades next to serious news items "because we recognize how many diverse interests are shared amongst the next generation of women.”
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Thanks to early detection techniques and self-exams, so many women are diagnosed with breast cancer that can be treated successfully. Here are 15 celebrities who have faced a diagnosis and who have gone public with their stories to help raise awareness.
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In a political year that was suppposed to be all about the economy, this was the second instance in a month in which a public outcry - fueled by online media and social networks - organized in part by women’s health advocates through social media caused a reversal on the issue of abortion.
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Ms. Angelou’s landmark book, “I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings,” was among the first autobiographies by a 20th-century black woman to reach a wide readership.
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Being an 'it girl' for tech may help Yahoo change its dated image, but it's not without some controversy. Yahoo CEO Marissa Mayer posed for the September issue of Vogue, and guess what? This photo spread isn't causing the backlash we might expect. Why? Mayer’s shot is feminine and sensual while still being very corporate, says branding expert Karen Leland. Mayer holds an iPad with her face on it, says Leland, stressing she has a body and a brain. “To me she’s trying to create an integrated message that yes I’m a CEO but I’m also a feminine woman and that makes me powerful.” Take that, boys!
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The medium has allowed Saudis - both men and women - to cross social boundaries and collectively address delicate subjects in real time.
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Only 3.6% of Fortune 500 companies have female CEOs. And at companies like Adobe, Facebook, Zynga, and Pandora, women have been excluded entirely from the boards of directors. Yet, women bring in half or more of the income in 55% of U.S. households. And women ages 50 and older control a net worth of $19 trillion and own more than three-fourths of the nation’s financial wealth. So, when will we start seeing more of us en masse in leadership positions?
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