Sentences with phrase «about women in his stories»

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A woman that was mentioned prominently in the story, Rowanne Brewer Lane, also complained about the coverage.

The wave of sexual misconduct stories we saw in 2017 were outrageous, but ultimately, they shed light on problems that women in Silicon Valley have known about for a long time.

Chip Wilson, Lulu's founder, built his empire on a story about women and yoga and looking really great in clothes that also felt really good.

Next, Diane Sawyer and the 60 Minutes crew showed up to do a story about the Women's Economic Development Corp., a program for women entrepreneurs in which Gordon was invoWomen's Economic Development Corp., a program for women entrepreneurs in which Gordon was invowomen entrepreneurs in which Gordon was involved.

In my 2007 book about Lazard, I tell the story of Mina Gerowin, the first woman banker at Lazard and her arrival at the firm in 1980, fresh from Harvard Business School, where she was a Baker ScholaIn my 2007 book about Lazard, I tell the story of Mina Gerowin, the first woman banker at Lazard and her arrival at the firm in 1980, fresh from Harvard Business School, where she was a Baker Scholain 1980, fresh from Harvard Business School, where she was a Baker Scholar.

Much like the success of last year's Warner Bros. film Wonder Woman helped change the conversation around a female superhero movie helmed by a woman director, a box - office smashing debut for Black Panther could pave the way for a similar paradigm shift in Hollywood with regard to how studios approach big - budget stories about characters of cWoman helped change the conversation around a female superhero movie helmed by a woman director, a box - office smashing debut for Black Panther could pave the way for a similar paradigm shift in Hollywood with regard to how studios approach big - budget stories about characters of cwoman director, a box - office smashing debut for Black Panther could pave the way for a similar paradigm shift in Hollywood with regard to how studios approach big - budget stories about characters of color.

It only launched late last month, and already the Tumblr blog Sh-t People Say to Women Directors (& Other Women in Film) is deluged with horror stories about working in Hollywood.

Donald Trump has accused «sick media» of fabricating stories about a slew of women who have made similar accusations in recent days.

It immediately put me in mind of the horror stories I've heard about what it's like to be a woman in Silicon Valley.

More broadly, her story has kindled a national conversation about whether women can truly «have it all» in terms of work - life balance.

Damore's memo followed a wave of recent stories in which women in tech have gone public about the sexual harassment they've experienced, be it from co-workers, bosses, or investors.

I've been helping an elderly woman with her taxes this year and she's shared a lot of insight with me about investing in rental properties (she shared stories of drug - dealing tenants in Pontiac and more).

The more stories we can tell about the success of women in tech, the more diversity we can attract to the field.

She added that the Gamergate incidents, as well as the stories of sexism in the industry described by many female game developers, have spurred some women to tell Edwards that they're thinking about leaving the industry or discouraging their daughters from working in it.

«This isn't a story about a fat, ugly woman who gets beautiful,» she says in an interview.

On June 30, star investor Chris Sacca wrote on Medium that he took some personal responsibility for «the unrelenting, day - to - day culture of dismissiveness that creates a continually bleak environment for women and other underrepresented groups» in Silicon Valley (shortly before allegations of his own sexual misconduct emerged in the same piece that broke the story about McClure).

A week after The New York Times and The New Yorker ran back - to - back reports cataloguing Harvey Weinstein's alleged serial sexual harassment of women in Hollywood, actress Selma Blair saw a story on HuffPost about writer and director James Toback's new film that made her blood run cold.

On the day that Daniels canceled the deal, protesters gathered in front of Trump Tower in New York City to express outrage over week - old revelations that the Republican presidential nominee had once bragged about grabbing women by the crotch, news that was prompting a number of women to come forward with stories of alleged sexual misconduct by the candidate.

There were 38 stories in the book, but only seven were about women.

No More Page 3 is uncompromising in its judgement of what some consider a British institution, condemning the messages The Sun gives out to children and explaining how jarring it looks next to stories about rape and domestic violence, which supposedly display a more supportive attitude towards women's issues.

Why not a story about how muslim men are raping white women in Norway and Sweden?

Here is what seems like the 1,000 th story in the New York Times about our wonderful women in the Gulf and the poor unliberated women of Saudi Arabia who must surely envy them.

So I thought that a book in which some of these women told their own stories about Jesus would not only bring the Gospels to life in our minds, but it would also bring Jesus alive in our hearts.

It is easy to dismiss the women of Holy Week, to say their presence at critical moments in the Easter story is inconsequential, holding no significance in modern - day conversations about gender equity in the Church.

I was pleased to see many pro-life advocates acknowledge that the story highlights the role poverty plays in abortion, admitting that the women in this case were marginalized and vulnerable, and that their needs ought to be talked about more often.

If the reader expects to be entertained, instead, by the story of the delightful Wife of Bath and her tale about «What women most desire in the world» — even that is denied us.

In the presentation, I mentioned that upon reading the story of Joshua and the Battle of Jericho for myself, I realized it was a story about genocide, with God commanding Joshua to kill every man, woman, and child in the city for the sole purpose of acquiring lanIn the presentation, I mentioned that upon reading the story of Joshua and the Battle of Jericho for myself, I realized it was a story about genocide, with God commanding Joshua to kill every man, woman, and child in the city for the sole purpose of acquiring lanin the city for the sole purpose of acquiring land.

Their stories often suggest the appalling extent to which the church tends not simply to ignore sexual, physical, emotional and spiritual violence against women and children as a major crisis, but actually to provide theological justification for this violence in its teachings about male headship, women's subordination, and the sinful character of sexuality.

In fact, Piper can read about some of them in his Bible in the stories of women like Hagar, Tamar, Lot's daughters, and Bathsheba, all of whom lived in highly patriarchal cultureIn fact, Piper can read about some of them in his Bible in the stories of women like Hagar, Tamar, Lot's daughters, and Bathsheba, all of whom lived in highly patriarchal culturein his Bible in the stories of women like Hagar, Tamar, Lot's daughters, and Bathsheba, all of whom lived in highly patriarchal culturein the stories of women like Hagar, Tamar, Lot's daughters, and Bathsheba, all of whom lived in highly patriarchal culturein highly patriarchal cultures.

I think I have an idea of where it began and why it grew and how it continues to grow — it's a combination of my origin story, of comparison, of our messed - up culture, of over-heard comments, of patriarchal bullshit, of feeling different than the patented ideal, of thought conditioning, of despair, of how we centre women who conform to the ideal, of our fear of getting older, of how the women in my circles spoke about their own bodies and obsessed over calorie counting and wrinkles, of how our culture speaks about women everywhere from the Internet to sanctuaries to coffee shops to our own inner monologues.

The Hadith recounts a story of a slave woman who insulted Muhammad and he was originally angry to learn that she had been killed until given the full story about how she had persisted in insulting him in spite of her master's orders for her to stop.

Indeed, one of the oldest stories written about abortion — Maria: or, The Wrongs of Woman written by feminist forerunner Mary Wollstonecraft and published posthumously by her husband William Godwin in 1798 — accomplishes precisely that.

Ch 2 is a retelling of the story to make a specific point about man's dominance over women, but it has to change the order of things from Ch 1 in order to do that.

She and Professor Exum have written a second volume Miriam's Well: Stories about Women in the Bible to be published by Delacorte in 1991.

This week, in light of even more women coming forward with stories of being abused and harassed by powerful men, she tweeted this: «If you want to know how Jesus felt about women & treated women, read the Gospels.

We owe the verses about women as well as the relevant verses in Leviticus [18:22 and 20:13] and Romans [1:26 - 27], and the story of Sodom and Gomorrah [Genesis 19] a deeper look...

I listen to these beautiful women sing about being redeemed, I know their stories, there is a long road ahead still, and I lay my head down on the cool white Ikea desk and breathe in their faith.

He «found a woman with whom he felt able to be completely open about himself» — and this not long after the Narnia stories, in which Lewis finally made his peace with the loss of his mother and his alienation from his father.

I began to read memoirs and stories and articles from women who had become caught in drinking too much and about how they felt addicted and dependent and entangled almost before they knew it.

The Christian women of the first century who repeated stories about Mary Magdalene in support of their own visions, prophecies and teachings would concur.

In an interview in the Women «s Review of Books (March 1988), Morrison talks about the necessity of black people sharing the story of slavery rather than «rushing away... because it is painful to dwell there.&raquIn an interview in the Women «s Review of Books (March 1988), Morrison talks about the necessity of black people sharing the story of slavery rather than «rushing away... because it is painful to dwell there.&raquin the Women «s Review of Books (March 1988), Morrison talks about the necessity of black people sharing the story of slavery rather than «rushing away... because it is painful to dwell there.»

Both Matthew and Luke therefore reject the implication in the present arrangement of the Marcan story that the women disobeyed the command of the unknown messenger in keeping silent about the message they were instructed to tell the disciples and Peter.

We have already seen in Chapter 3 that there are grounds for thinking that the burial pericope was originally transmitted as an independent piece of tradition, and that the account of the women's discovery of the empty tomb was added to the burial story at a later stage, around about the time of the writing of the Gospel of Mark.

May you know their stories in scripture and in history and in your own circles: may you be curious about other women and amplify their influence.

The second story, in verses 8 - 10, is about a woman who has ten coins.

Paul Harvey, in his «The Rest of the Story» radio broadcast, tells the story about a young woman named Terry, who, in 1977 wanted to buy a Christmas present for her husStory» radio broadcast, tells the story about a young woman named Terry, who, in 1977 wanted to buy a Christmas present for her husstory about a young woman named Terry, who, in 1977 wanted to buy a Christmas present for her husband.

A few months ago, I requested stories or anecdotes about how it feels to be a woman in the church.

Lilac Girls by Martha Hall Kelly:: A big thick novel about three intersecting stories of women in World War II is pretty much irresistible to me.

I used to think it was the old European women from three or four generations back that had religion and superst.ition fed to them in equal amounts — even some as recent as my mother's generation with the nuns» stories about lying before communion and having their tongue fall out of their mouths, or having the stone lions in front of the protestant church come to life and eat them or having the earth open up and swallow them because they didn't go to confession.

Harvey H. Potthoff tells a story about a woman in a certain church who was asked, after the service, whether she was a stranger there.