With the welcome reality of more women gaining corporate and political positions with high levels of power - all too often traditionally reserved for men - what do women think about power?
“The world would be a better place if more women were running it, and so long as that is true, then ambition in women [...]

“I want to question what the outside is and who defines it. I often find those that are considered to be on the outside extremely inspiring. They are the people who see through the double standards…”
“…I know what it’s like to be in one place and dream of another. I also know what it’s like [...]

“It was a life-affirming breakthrough when I saw I could choose not to allow the culture, media, and some ad agency to impose harmful, unrealistic views and ideas about beauty, size, and age on me.
“Ever since then, I’m okay with growing older. I see it as something I’m going toward, rather than something to run [...]

Yesterday’s episode of The View [ABC tv] featured a number of guests talking about the personal experience of depression [including dysthymia, and bipolar] and the variety of treatments available.
The program resource page on Depression quotes the National Institute of Mental Health: “In any given 1-year period, 9.5 percent of the population, or about 20.9 million [...]

Fiona Apple is a member of a family rich with roots in entertainment… she is the daughter of singer Diane McAfee and actor Brandon Maggart. Her older sister, Amber Taleullah, sings cabaret under the stage name Maude Maggart.
At the age of twelve, Apple was raped upon returning home from school… The rape is mentioned subtly [...]