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...Lowdown: Considering that women make up half the world's population, "over time," the authors write, "a nation's competitiveness depends significantly on whether and how it educates and utilizes its female talent." That's just part of the reason why even incremental strides toward eradicating gender inequity should be hailed. But while more than two-thirds of the 115 countries covered in the report since its inception in 2006 have posted gains-particularly in educational attainment and quality of health-females worldwide still lag far behind in economic participation and political empowerment. The report underscores yet again that while...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Bridging the Gender Gap | 10/28/2009 | See Source »

...more? No, because it's a surprise. If I told you, you'd be horrified. It's going to be good. It's the book I was born to write. (See the top 10 YouTube holiday specials...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Author Augusten Burroughs | 10/27/2009 | See Source »

...obviously, I guess, that's not true because there are a bunch of memoirs that [were falsified]. They must have had something in there that rang true to people, like good novels. I haven't even read any of those memoirs. I don't read memoirs. But if you write a memoir, I would think you'd want people to know, "O.K., look, I've taken some liberties here." It's just a matter of being open with your readers. (See the top 10 literary hoaxes...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Author Augusten Burroughs | 10/27/2009 | See Source »

Does being set in your ways extend to your writing process? I would imagine so. I never question the way I write. Writing is the only thing that's without seams for me. It's an effort to talk because my pictures have to be turned into these sounds. It's an effort to be alive. It's work. But writing is wonderful...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Author Augusten Burroughs | 10/27/2009 | See Source »

...objectionable displays of sexuality can be addressed by curtailing sexual activity. TLR’s blanket rejection of premarital sex ignores that there can be room for empowered sexual expression, and, while there is nothing feminist about pornography made for the male gaze, I’m hesitant to write off any and all displays of female sexuality and any and all sexual activity without regard to the nuances of individual decision-making. That, after all, is the ultimate feminist crime...

Author: By Lena Chen | Title: The Abstinence Mystique | 10/27/2009 | See Source »

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