Entries by Tracee

Female Bias

“The bias came from an unlikely source — female reviewers.” This is from a report on Politics Daily about our collective bias against females. Is it an unlikely source? Really? Think back on your life. Is it really shocking that other women are holding women back? Who was harsher on Sarah Palin and Hillary Clinton? […]

Origin of Creative Genius

For 17 minutes of this I thought, “She wrote Eat PRAY Love, how can she not know its God or the Spirit of God?” What I wouldn’t give to give up the angsty, dark,doomed part of writer. Would also like to rid myself of the starving part.

Beauty Beholden

“Although beauty may be in the eye of the beholder, the feeling of being beautiful exists solely in the mind of the beheld.” –Martha Beck

Let There Be Light & Real Princes

When I hear the global reality of girls and women from Nicolas Kristoff and the book Half the Sky: Turning Oppression into Opportunity for Women Worldwide, it is hard for me not to hate men. I hope I never understand the hatred that makes men behave in such a vicious, vile and evil way towards […]

Yoga Treats Eating Disorders

From Time Magazine’s article The Year In Health, A session of yoga for teens with anorexia, bulimia or other eating disorders may provide more than spiritual and physical boost; it could also help them get over their illness, according to a new study of 50 adolescents, mostly girls. The girls were seriously ill – nearly […]

The Difference Between Men & Women

In Golf Magazine’s self-proclaimed “Greatest Survey Ever,” 21% of men say they could beat Tiger Woods. Twenty-one percent of male golfers believe they are better than the best golfer in the world. Better than a gifted prodigy. Do they have to be better golfers than Tiger to believe it? No. Do they have to prove […]

The Fat Fight

Robin Marantz Henig and Jess Zimmerman (of Dove’s Campaign for Real Beauty Fame) wrote a piece about bodies, fat and the mother-daughter relationship. It pushed about every button I have. I’ve been in an internal debate with myself ever since I read it last week: as the mother, as the daughter, as the writer, as the […]

Brick Walls

There appear to be a great many still-existing Brick Walls in front of girls and women. Take this article Guys Still Hog Role of Intellectual Heavy Weight, which examines my professional frustrations. My own Brick Wall is generally in the form of The Family Budget. Sometimes I, unfairly, imagine my husband as the guard dog […]

CCFC Guide to Commercial-Free Holidays

Ainsley’s Christmas List this year is simply a list of every commercial she saw inside an hour. No joke. If your child’s Letter-to-Santa reads like this, download Campaign for a Commercial-Free Childhoods’ Holiday Guide.

The Girl Revolution On Oprah

Oprah’s last season is next year, 2010-2011. That means I only have 18 months to get my book, The Girl Revolution published and featured on The Oprah Winfrey Show. 18 months. Pray. Send Good Vibes. Call in Favors. Conjure Miracles. Attract Your Ass Off. Please. 18 months.

Fight About "Becky"

When I asked a teenager what started a recent vicious girl-fight at the high school, she said one girl called another girl “Becky.” She didn’t want to tell me why it was bad to be called Becky. So I Googled it and up came these lovely lyrics by Plie. My first thought was this: What […]

Eye Contact

In The Way of Boys: Raising Healthy Boys in a Challenging and Complex World, Anthony Rao, Ph.D. cautions parents and educators to stop treating young boyhood as an illness. One of the interesting things Rao says is that young boys do not naturally like eye contact. I mentioned this at a party and a young […]