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Great advice!

Jean Philippe — Fri, 05 Jun 2009 06:31:56 -0500

I would also recommend it to men, and that sometimes would include, ahem, me. ;)

Thanks for this great tip!

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I Believe

Faithwithheels — Thu, 22 Jan 2009 09:25:01 -0600

This is a refreshing post. I know that there are many other people who believe that in Christ all things are possible. I am enthused to take Him at His word and believe in Him.

I am looking for my change.

MiVida

Faithwithheels.blogspot.com

Amen!

cshayr — Wed, 08 Oct 2008 10:38:39 -0500

Thanks for telling it like it is! :)

-Courtney

The Implications Has Got Me Nervous

Gena Haskett — Wed, 14 May 2008 07:12:06 -0500

When I get time I will post more of his speech on my blog. If PR/media people are some of the folks that are setting the tone for national conversations no wonder we are in the trouble we find ourselves.

If a basic human instinct is routinely manipulated as a means of demonstrating power/control then how do we connect with other groups to say you have been chumped?

The good news is that PR/media power can only extend so far, there is a limit where the society will set up and say "No, this is not acceptable."

Wish this could have happened seven years ago.

Gena - Out On The Stoop

Gena, you bring me to reflection

Kim Pearson — Wed, 14 May 2008 05:51:30 -0500

First, yes, indeed to what T said.

Second, I am reminded of Toni Morrison's amazing and controversial 1993 Nobel prize speech, which is worth reading in its entirety, but which says, in part:

Oppressive language does
more than represent violence; it is violence; does more than
represent the limits of knowledge; it limits knowledge. Whether
it is obscuring state language or the faux-language of mindless
media; whether it is the proud but calcified language of the
academy or the commodity driven language of science; whether it
is the malign language of law-without-ethics, or language
designed for the estrangement of minorities, hiding its racist
plunder in its literary cheek - it must be rejected, altered and
exposed. It is the language that drinks blood, laps
vulnerabilities, tucks its fascist boots under crinolines of
respectability and patriotism as it moves relentlessly toward the
bottom line and the bottomed-out mind. Sexist language, racist
language, theistic language - all are typical of the policing
languages of mastery, and cannot, do not permit new knowledge or
encourage the mutual exchange of ideas.

Thanks for the dimension that you have contributed to this discussion.

Kim
BlogHer Contributing Editor|Professor Kim|

delhi

ritu — Wed, 30 Jan 2008 02:27:08 -0600

yes its rather sad that a culturally rich city is losing its culture...respect for women is diminishing. I would like to regularly update myself with the views of other women on women related issues...or any issue.

do keep me informed..

Ritu

It's tragic

moddivorce — Wed, 10 Oct 2007 14:08:13 -0500

That women can be so openly hostile and judgmental of others. The comments by Street Car and Massachusetts Mom, who didn't even read the article, are disappointing. Why should Rachel Ray, who earned $16 million last year without a college education and who is watched by millions of people everyday, not be considered powerful? She has America's ears, she's in their homes and she can have an impact on people's lives - even if it isn't an earth shattering, stop world hunger impact. She also worked her butt off to get where she is - Just because she isn't a Senator or Mayor, doesn't mean she doesn't influence people. And, to say that power = corruption is illogical.

Power isn't an evil thing - it can be used for good. Isn't Oprah powerful? One of the wealthest women in the world who is welcomed into people's lives everyday and is helping women and people around the world with new schools and gifts of generosity? I don't see her as corrupt?

I think we should celebrate the fact that three WOMEN grace the cover of Newsweek and that WOMEN are finally being recognized as powerful! Thank goodness! Let's celebrate that and the fact that power and leadership come in many forms - some nurture like moms, others crack the whip - and either, is okay. We should be thankful that women in America are blessed with the freedom to choose their style of leadership and attain positions of power!! We shouldn't be fighting amongst ourselves about why it's wrong that Newsweek considers Rachel Ray and other female entertainers as powerful!

That's my two cents for women power!! And go Rachel Ray and Arianna Huffington and Hillary Clinton and Diane Feinstein and all the powerful stay at home moms who are raising healthy happy children and other talented women in the world who are making a difference and the cover of a national magazine!!

Helene
http://themodernwomansdivorceguide.com

True, true

Liz Rizzo — Wed, 10 Oct 2007 12:40:14 -0500

"I think that mentoring is a form of nurturing and mentors are usually seen as leaders. Nurturing, when not used as a code for smothering female, is a fabulous trait in leadership."

Yes, you're right. But I do think that "nuturing" has become this backhanded complement buzz word too often, and it's just gotten under my skin. Sigh.

Liz Rizzo

I blog at Everyday Goddess.

Self- Censored

Elana Centor — Wed, 10 Oct 2007 10:06:19 -0500

Liz, in a first draft of this post I wrote something about mothers and leadership. My thought is that when you ask most people who was one of their major influences in life, many many people talk about their moms ( their dads too). The role of a parent is to be a leader-- but I ultimately edited myself because political and business leadership is different than one on one leadership.

Lots of people can be phenomenal leaders as a parent but not successful in business and political leadership. It does take some additional skills that may not translate from parenthood to political leader.

Having said that, I think that mentoring is a form of nurturing and mentors are usually seen as leaders. Nurturing, when not used as a code for smothering female, is a fabulous trait in leadership.

elana
Blogher Contributing Editor,Business&CareersFunnyBusiness

Women are so nurturing.

Liz Rizzo — Wed, 10 Oct 2007 09:13:17 -0500

No offense to the many wonderful women who *are* nurturing, but I am SO sick of hearing about how women lead by nurturing. And I'd be curious to know how much of the article is about the women's mothering - not because there's anything wrong with that, but because they don't cover it the same way in similar articles about men. And because if I had kids and I was interviewed for a business article, I wouldn't think my children were a particularly relevant business topic.

Liz Rizzo

I blog at Everyday Goddess.

Sad

NicoleM — Wed, 10 Oct 2007 08:58:49 -0500

This article is a sad indictment of where we are as a society. I find being a driven woman extremely difficult. We have a long way to go baby!

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Thanks Maria!

snigdhasen — Thu, 04 Oct 2007 18:42:11 -0500

For one thing, if you do decide to visit New Delhi, you have been warned!

And now that your friend Kimberly is visiting my part of the world, I'd love to hear her take on it and what she's gleaned from her international experience.

Thanks again for sharing your thoughts!
Snigdha

Your theory

Maria Niles — Thu, 04 Oct 2007 13:27:51 -0500

Thank you for yet another fascinating and illuminating post, Snigdha.

Your theory of the role of power in the problem makes a great deal of sense as power always plays a role in these problems and the way you've explained it in terms of NY/DC helps me understand as someone who has never been to India and as a typical American who should know much more of the world beyond our borders.

My dear friend Kimberly is reading this in Indonesia and laughing her butt off at that last admission.

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