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Some in the film industry don’t think so
Kathryn Bigelow’s win for best director at the Oscars in March may have been a first for a woman, but it did little to promote women’s work in the film industry, some employed behind-the-scenes say.
Bigelow’s The Hurt Locker, which also won best picture, is a man’s film with [...]
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Women are a lot like refrigerators and beer. Or, at least, according to Homer Simpson they are. His attempts to explain women to his son Bart somehow easily go astray every time during The Simpsons, which celebrated its 20th anniversary on TV in December.
“A woman is a lot like a refrigerator. They’re about six feet tall, [...]
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LISTEN: Ken Read discusses ski jump decision
It could have been a turning point for snow sports if the bid by Canada’s female ski jumpers to take part in this year’s Winter Olympics hadn’t been overruled, Crazy Canucks alumnus Ken Read says.
“It’s too bad because it could have been a Canadian stamp on progress of sport,” [...]
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Cupcakes and dating. Biscotti and breakups. Cheesecake and kisses.
They may seem like odd pairs, but Erin Bolger knows just how well they go together.
She self-published a cookbook, The Happy Baker: A Dater’s Guide to Emotional Baking, which is full of recipes and her own illustrated dating stories.
Its release, through Chapters, met rave [...]
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Female sports writers abound in the blogosphere
Watching a Major League Baseball game in the downward dog position seems like a very uncomfortable way to spend an afternoon.
The same goes for knitting a sweater while you bake in the stands under a blazing sun.
That’s how the LA Dodgers tried to attract female fans (but less [...]
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