women

"The Last Men on Top" by Susan Jacoby

Joe Donahue — Thu, 16 May 2013 14:10:00 +0000

Susan Jacoby, feminist—and the bestselling author of The Age of American Unreason, looks back at the last pre-feminist generation of men who supposedly had it all and asks: what exactly did they have?

She does so in her new book, Last Men on Top.

Dr. Gina Barreca at Zonta Club of Northampton, MA Fundraiser

Joe Donahue — Mon, 29 Apr 2013 15:12:00 +0000

Dr. Gina Barreca, author of It's Not That I'm Bitter: How I Learned to Stop Worrying About Visible Panty Lines and Conquered the World, has appeared on 20/20, The Today Show, CNN, the BBC, NPR, Oprah, and Dr. Phil to discuss gender, power, politics, and humor.

Her earlier books include the bestselling They Used to Call Me Snow White But I Drifted: Women's Strategic Use of Humor. She will be the keynote speaker at a fundraiser for Zonta Club of Northampton, MA on Thursday.

The Richer Sex: How the New Majority of Female Breadwinners Is Transforming Sex, Love and Family

Joe Donahue — Fri, 22 Mar 2013 14:10:00 +0000

Liza Mundy joins us to talk about her book, The Richer Sex: How the New Majority of Female Breadwinners Is Transforming Sex, Love and Family.

"Eighty Days" - Nellie Bly and Elizabeth Bisland race around the world

Joe Donahue — Fri, 08 Mar 2013 16:12:00 +0000

On November 14, 1889, Nellie Bly, the crusading young female reporter for Joseph Pulitzer’s World newspaper, left New York City by steamship on a quest to break the record for the fastest trip around the world.

Also departing from New York that day—and heading in the opposite direction by train—was a young journalist from The Cosmopolitan magazine, Elizabeth Bisland. Each woman was determined to outdo Jules Verne’s fictional hero Phileas Fogg and circle the globe in less than eighty days. The dramatic race that ensued would span twenty-eight thousand miles, captivate the nation, and change both competitors’ lives forever.

"Undaunted: The Real Story of America's Servicewomen in Today's Military" by Tanya Biank

Joe Donahue — Tue, 05 Mar 2013 15:35:00 +0000

Since 9/11, more than 240,000 women have fought in Iraq and Afghanistan—more than 140 have died there, and they currently make up fourteen percent of the total active-duty forces.

Despite advances, today’s servicewomen are constantly pressed to prove themselves, to overcome challenges men never face, and to put the military mission ahead of all other aspects of their lives, particularly marriage and motherhood.

In an insider’s look at the women defending our nation, Tanya Biank brings to light the real issues—of femininity, belonging to an old boys’ club, veiled discrimination, dating, marriage problems, separation from children, questions about life goals, career trajectories, and self-worth—that servicewomen are facing by focusing on four individual stories.

Her new book is: Undaunted: The Real Story of America's Servicewomen in Today's Military.

The Berkshire Festival of Women Writers 2013

Joe Donahue — Wed, 27 Feb 2013 16:35:00 +0000

The Berkshire Festival of Women Writers is a month-long festival of women writers. We get a preview of all the events including panels, readings, lectures, and networking events.

A myriad of voices will be celebrated during the festival, including published playwrights; poets and novelists; bloggers; non-native speakers learning to write expressively in English and emerging writers. Panel discussions will be led by publishers, literary agents, social media strategists and other experts in the creative writing field.

"Saturday Night Widows" by Becky Aikman

Joe Donahue — Wed, 27 Feb 2013 15:10:00 +0000

When journalist Becky Aikman was widowed in her 40s, she felt unmoored. But she couldn’t find the kind of help that she needed, so she dug into the data and eventually created her own unique support system.

Her book, Saturday Night Widows: The Adventures of Six Friends Remaking Their Lives, details the trials and triumphs following tragedy — and new research about what really helps the bereaved.

Congressional Corner with Sean Patrick Maloney - Part 3

Alan Chartock — Tue, 26 Feb 2013 15:50:00 +0000

In today’s Congressional Corner, New York Representative Sean Patrick Maloney discusses the Violence Against Women act with WAMC’s Alan Chartock.

"The Myth of the Perfect Girl" by Ana Hamayoun

Joe Donahue — Thu, 17 Jan 2013 15:10:00 +0000

According to our next guest, in their efforts to juggle schoolwork and extracurricular activities, family life and social lives, friends, as well as relationships online and the real world, many girls begin to lose sight of who they really are, and instead work overtime to please their friends, parents, teachers, and others.

In her new book, The Myth of the Perfect Girl, Ana Hamoyoun presents advice to empower both parents and girls themselves to discover what true success and happiness means to them — and how to work to achieve it.

We Killed: The Rise of Women in American Comedy

Joe Donahue — Wed, 17 Oct 2012 14:10:00 +0000

In her new book, We Killed: The Rise of Women in American Comedy, Yael Kohen pieces together the revolution that happened to (and by) women in American comedy, gathering the country’s most prominent comed