| August 1 |
- Saudi sexism OK at the Olympics?
- The Olympics committee bans sexism from the games -- kind of.
- Our new look
- Behold Broadsheet's new three-column format.
- The McCain campaign may have picked the wrong starlet
- If you're going to make an attack ad comparing your opponent to Paris Hilton, you might want to check your contributor list.
- Designer vagina: Blacklisted!
- Australian gynecologists are taking a stand against vaginal "rejuvenation."
- Another thing I need like a hole in my head
- Desperate dieters turn to ear stapling to control their appetites.
- Shock! Outrage! Sex! ... PSAs?
- A new Planned Parenthood site leaves the Family Research Council "visibly shaken."
- Slipped through the cracks
- Stories we missed: Military sexual assaults may be underreported by half; babies' gender no longer secret in South Korea; and lo, it must be camp season.
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| August 2 |
- Feminism via soap opera?
- A show starring a loving and supportive husband is taking the Arab world by storm.
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| August 4 |
- Hell, yeah, I like Suze Orman
- She may be another one of those annoying cable self-help gurus. But the MSNBC economist has some smart things to say about women and their money.
- Someone needs to brush up on her Jane Austen
- After reading Maureen Dowd's column this week, I had to wonder: Has she actually read "Pride and Prejudice"?
- Quote of the day
- If there are no unbending gender markers, what does it really mean to be female?
- Applegate, nurse navigators and smart bras
- Christina Applegate's recent diagnosis is just one of many stories about breast cancer in the news today.
- A floor of one's own
- Are women-only hotel floors sexist? Empowering? Or just pointless?
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| August 5 |
- Lad mags vs. family values
- A British M.P. argues that men's magazines encourage "instant-hit hedonism."
- Olympian bodies
- A photo essay demonstrates that when it comes to the body types of Olympian athletes, there's more than one perfect 10.
- Next stop, "MILF Island"
- Producers are casting a new reality show about "cougars" in New York City.
- The real world: Iraq
- In the HBO documentary "Baghdad High," four high schoolers film their lives in a war zone.
- Olympian bodies, mommy edition
- Some female athletes find that pregnancy and childbirth improve their game.
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| August 6 |
- Pregorexia: All the hot moms are doing it
- Fox reports that slim celebrity moms are inspiring pregnant women to starve themselves.
- First lady and Miss Buffalo Chip
- How offensive was McCain's joke about his wife entering a topless-biker beauty pageant?
- Stepford moms choose Jif
- And doofy, dumbass husbands, according to these ads.
- In the club ... with Botox?
- Ibiza partygoers have added a new element to their recovery routines.
- Postpartum PTSD?
- For some new mothers, those blues are not depression.
- Getting nudged into the chapel
- There's something in all of us that craves the trappings of a classic wedding -- even intellectuals who rail against the institution's traditions.
- Special delivery: Sexual harassment stork!
- A Russian judge explains where babies come from.
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| August 7 |
- The Natalie Portman problem
- "Manic Pixie Dream Girls," a new term that finally gives a name to an old cinematic female character cliché.
- Between love and madness lies ... Eva Mendes' nipple?
- The newest perfume ad from Calvin Klein is as scandalous as ever.
- The creepiest video you will see all day
- They look like real babies, but they're state-of-the-art designer dolls. International Reborn Doll community, you win this round.
- Why do women live longer than men?
- The founder of the New England Centenarian Study has some theories -- and suggestions on how to close the gender gap.
- Obama: Women's carpool candidate?
- The Lifetime Network asks women some burning political questions.
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| August 8 |
- Losing her religion
- Televangelist Joel Osteen's wife sued for anxiety, hemorrhoids and shaken faith.
- Beautiful women, lonely men
- Men who see too many gorgeous women find themselves less attracted to the ordinary ones who might actually date them. Poor little bunnies.
- Why don't we have a male pill yet?
- Drug companies think there's no market for male hormonal contraception -- even though their own data suggests otherwise.
- British Muslims unveil new marriage contract
- It's being called a "revolutionary" defense of women's marital rights.
- Slipped through the cracks
- Stories we didn't get to cover: Women more concerned about the economy than men, sex for food, and why are males the gender most likely to adopt?
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| August 9 |
- What to make of the Edwards fiasco?
- Broadsheet writers sound off on the one-time Democratic presidential candidate's confession of marital infidelity.
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| August 11 |
- Beyond the pale
- L'Oréal denies lightening Beyoncé's skin color in an advertisement.
- HHS: Fear not for your birth control!
- Mike Leavitt swears he isn't attempting to redefine abortion as birth control.
- They must increase their bust
- Wonderbra's ad campaign for a new line of D- to G-cup bras features 8,000 women in their underwear.
- Girl crush: Dara Torres
- The Olympic swimmer is "doing it for all the 40-year-old moms out there." Swoon.
- Peep this: Anime eyes
- Extra-wide contact lenses offer a perpetually surprised look -- without surgery!
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| August 12 |
- A world where men wear skirts
- Could it be on its way?
- Do we need to guard against Gardasil?
- The controversial cervical cancer vaccine may carry serious health risks.
- Quote of the day
- For Roberto Cavalli, Kate Moss is just another dumb block of pine, waiting to be sculpted by his fine hands.
- Keep touching yourself, America
- The FoxSexpert rips the lid off masturbation -- it's good for you!
- Don't blame Edwards, blame society!
- An Op-Ed argues that the admitted adulterer is a victim of society and his seductress.
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| August 13 |
- APA report: Abortion is not a threat to women's mental health
- Can't say the same for all the quackery to the contrary.
- 1,250,444 ways to please your man
- A new Onion video satirizes the absurdity of Cosmopolitan magazine.
- Quote of the day
- New York magazine on the delicate balancing act of being Michelle Obama.
- Stop rape, punish victims?
- Britain cuts compensation for rape victims who were drunk at the time of their attack.
- Open arms
- Looking at some of the terrific feminist writing on Salon's new social content site.
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| August 14 |
- All-American funny girl
- Margaret Cho returns to television with a Kathy Griffin-style reality show. Can she make it work this time?
- "WTF" of the day
- Rush Limbaugh offers his take on why John Edwards decided to stray.
- Ruining relationships one Pill at a time?
- Researchers say birth control alters women's pheremonal sensibility -- but do we know enough yet to draw conclusions?
- A softer line on abortion
- Could an addition to the Democrats' platform on reproductive rights help court evangelical Christians and Roman Catholics?
- Girl crush: Julia Child
- America's favorite chef was also a top-secret WWII spy.
- America's next transgender model
- For the first time, Tyra Banks' reality TV show will feature a transgender contestant.
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| August 15 |
- "WTF" of the day: "Dive In!" underwear ... for kids
- Parents are outraged over a suggestive pair of "High School Musical" panties.
- "We want our kids back too"
- A new viral Web campaign seeks to raise awareness about missing children of color.
- Wankipedia
- Chickipedia achieves new heights in the blatant objectification of women.
- Kick off those heels!
- A new study says bosses are risking their employees' health with "sexist" dress codes.
- Slipped through the cracks
- The stories we missed: Women turn off breast-feeding, bikini waxes a hit with tweens and VH1's most famous pickup artist gets sued.
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| August 18 |
- Quote of the day
- A witness to Ellen DeGeneres and Portia de Rossi's wedding wishes opponents of gay marriage could have seen it.
- The hemline effect
- With the economy in the toilet, one mother cheers the return of modest clothing.
- Girl talk
- Is it ever appropriate to call women "girls"?
- Wanted: "Ugly ducklings"
- The "beauty disadvantaged" are invited to flock to Mount Isa, where they'll be treated as swans.
- Awesome or awful? Fat camp scholarships
- Essay contests invite children to win a summer of free weight loss.
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| August 19 |
- The Big O
- The frustrating contradictions of Oprah Winfrey.
- What does it mean to be an "anti-feminist"?
- Men's rights lawyer Roy Den Hollander has just completed a trilogy of anti-feminist lawsuits. Watch out, women's studies!
- A new use for stem cells: Breast augmentation
- Enterprising doctors have figured out a way to use a woman's own stem cells to make her boobs look bigger.
- It's a Maddow Maddow Maddow Maddow world!
- Rachel gets her own show! Rachel gets her own show! Rachel gets her own show!
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