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Feminist.com was proud to be a media partner of the recent conference Women & Power: Connecting Across the Generations, which took place on September 11-13, 2009 organized by one of our longtime partners, Omega Institute.

Feminist.com Special Section: To help spread the important themes and inspiring messages from this year's conference, we created a new section at Feminist.com dedicated to the event, which includes speeches, interviews and writings from some of the amazing women who were represented there: Women & Power: Connecting Across the Generations

Inspiring Conversations: Feminist.com Founder Marianne Schnall Talks to Inspiring and Empowering People Who are Changing the World as We Know It

You can also read Feminist.com co-founder Marianne Schnall's exclusive interview with SNL star Amy Poehler on her new digital TV series aimed at empowering young girls, "Smart Girls at the Party".

New sections: Feminist.com is proud to announce two new, evolving sections:

Girls & Young Women:
Feminist.com is proud to announce a new section called Girls & Young Women, dedicated to raising healthy daughters and empowering girls and young women—the future of feminism.

Women & Peace:
Our Women & Peace section was inspired by the Women, Power & Peace conference. We are committed to supporting a vision of true and lasting peace in the world and promoting the visionary people and organizations working towards that goal.

New Articles and Book Excerpts:

  • Pop Culture Problems & Social Media Snags by Julia Lo, Girls Investigate

  • From Media Blitz to Women’s Conference: Has Maria Shriver Discerned a Watershed Moment? by Marianne Schnall

  • On Becoming a Grandmother by Elizabeth Lesser

  • Half the Sky: Turning Oppression into Opportunity for Women Worldwide by Nicholas D. Kristof and Sheryl WuDunn

  • Saved by a Poem: The Transformative Power of Words by Kim Rosen

  • Marrying George Clooney: Confessions from a Midlife Crisis by Amy Ferris

    What's New in Feminist.com's columns:

    Recent Column Updates:

    WOMEN'S MEDIA CENTER: Women's Media Center and Girls Learn International Launch Girls Investigate Series

    MOMSRISING.ORG: Paycheck Jobs, Paycheck Feminism

    NOBEL WOMEN'S INITIATIVE: Nobel Laureates Call for the Abolition of Nuclear Weapons

    MOTHERS & DAUGHTERS: Raising a Feminist/Raised a Feminist: A Mother's and Daughter's Perspective by Sil and Eliza Reynolds

    V-DAY: Christine Schuler Deschryver, V-Day Congo Director "Hillary's Good Start"

    WOMEN FOR WOMEN INTERNATIONAL: Where are Iraqi Women Today? by Zainab Salbi

    And we are always adding new columns from leading thinkers and organizations. We recently added a few new columns, such as Mother and Family Matters by MomsRising.org, United for Peace by the Nobel Women's Initiative, and Until the Violence Stops by our longtime partner, V-Day. We also feature a new section of video clips: Video List for the Feminist compiled by Paula Silinger. For a complete list of all our columns provided by a diverse list of important organizations and thinkers, Visit our Columns section.

    New Book by "Ask Amy" columnist Amy Richards!
    We are proud to announce that our own Ask Amy columnist Amy Richards has a new book out, Opting In: Having A Child Without Losing Yourself. We are proud to feature an exclusive excerpt right here at our site.

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