Combat Cougar Makeover Rocked Maine

by Linda Franklin – The Real Cougar Woman

The Combat Cougars in Maine are beyond fabulous.  Last Saturday it was so much fun to watch these beautiful women - presently serving, vets and military spouses, get the royal treatment compliments of  Impulse Salon in Auburn, Maine. The owner, Jennifer Foster-Kritzer, a vet herself, pulled out all the stops providing new hair styles, color, cuts, manicures, makeup and Reiki healings.

 

 

 

But wait it gets better. Jackie Ward, from the NBC affiliate in Portland came to film a segment for the evening news.  From the moment Jackie arrived she felt the strong positive energy of the group. She not only knew, but could feel, the importance of The Shining Service message – -Appreciation and Support for our women in the military. 

Kardashians Don’t Have a Fan in Gloria Steinhem

by Linda Franklin - The Real Cougar Woman

Feminist icon and founder of Ms. Magazine, Gloria Steinem isn't too happy with television these days.

To prove that point she recently called for the boycott of NBC's upcoming series "The Playboy Club," and now she's opening up about what she thinks of the the reigning queens of reality TV, the Kardashians sisters.

At a luncheon in honor of her new HBO documentary "Gloria: In Her Own Words," Steinem said that she didn't think the Kardashians "empower" other women.

The Shriver Report – A Woman’s Nation

“The Shriver Report: A Woman's Nation Changes Everything,” is a comprehensive study examining a social transformation unfolding right now.  For the first time in history, one-half of all U.S. workers are women, and mothers are the primary breadwinners or co-breadwinners in two-thirds of American families. 

This multifaceted report – including a comprehensive national poll conducted by The Rockefeller Foundation in partnership with TIME Magazine – looks at the changing face and attitudes of the American worker and how it's impacting our lives as  families that no longer conform to the traditional paradigm, where men work outside the home and women are stay-at-home homemakers. 

 

This report contemplates what a new America should look like after we finally embrace this important new dynamic and address the challenges not as ‘women’s issues’ but as fundamental issues important to the livelihood and well being of both men and women.

 

Sunday's "Meet the Press" will kick off NBC's week of programming that addresses the changing roles of women. To read more about The Shriver Report just click on this link.http://www.awomansnation.com/