Politicool
She’s edited a hipster music mag, called George Clooney boss, and now she’s…a DC pundit? Alex Wagner (and the female-friendly MSNBC) proves that you don’t have to be a hectoring middle-aged guy to catch the Beltway beat
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Love, Loss, and What She Wore
Olivia Stren grew up worshipping her high-flying, lipstick-and-sequins aunt, never dreaming that the most important lesson Taty had to teach would be what happens when beauty fades
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Dreaming of Hillary
Secretary of State Clinton has won over her harshest critics and become so popular that some Democrats are envisioning a future in which she replaces Joe Biden as vice president on the 2012 ticket and then—dare they imagine it—takes the top job in 2016.
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ELLE Women in DC 2012
Partisan gridlock may be the norm in DC, but not for these women who got us thinking: We’d be better off if girls really did run the world
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Christine Quinn Takes New York
Few politicians wield as much national clout as the mayor of New York. The favorite to succeed Michael Bloomberg is City Council Speaker Christine Quinn. This tough-talking daughter of a union man would be the first woman to run the place. It’s about time.
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Life Coaching: Better Than Therapy?
Like a lot of people, Bliss Broyard was skeptical about life coaching. But when a friend said it had helped her more than years of therapy, Broyard decided to try it for herself
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The New Breadwinners
What percentage of American wives outearn their husbands? The number just might astonish you, as would an inevitable "men's liberation" movement. (Ladies, you’re gonna get the corner office.)
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Shop Girl: Mindy Grossman
How the retail veteran and current CEO turned HSN from an insomniac's guilty pleasure into an upscale shopping empire with fresh programming and prodcuts worth buying
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My Bipolar Father
Lisa Chase’s dad would probably be diagnosed as bipolar today, but his manic highs made him a creative genius as a parent
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A Controversial Means of Protection
After falling victim to a string of traumatic crimes, Amanda Fortini considers a controversial means of protection
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