A legend lightens up

Guardian - She has played a concentration camp survivor and a working-class whistleblower, but in Mamma Mia! Meryl Streep sings, dances - and does the splits. Stuart Jeffries hears about women in Hollywood and why Abba are more important than we think

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Feminism Past and Present: Ideology, Action, and Reform

Arion, by Camille Paglia - Feminism is back in the news. After a long period when feminist debate has been mainly confined to Web sites and to books that, however well reviewed, did not find a readership beyond that of other feminists, the current presidential campaign has restored gender war to the center [...]

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The perilous joys of middle-aged sex

Independent - The social obligation to have sex responsibly – intermittently conveyed by educational campaigns – is barely audible beneath the blizzard of messages, in commercials, fiction and the general culture, which encourage us simply to have sex, and imply that retirement from the game isn’t any longer an option.

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Having Kids Makes You Happy

Newsweek - Parents may openly lament their lack of sleep, hectic schedules and difficulty in dealing with their surly teens, but rarely will they cop to feeling depressed due to the everyday rigors of child rearing.

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Hairstyles and finance: the long and short of it

Independent - Hair extensions are out, edgy crops in. There must be a downturn on the way, says Rachel Shields

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Live albums are dead, and music is the loser

Independent - No crystal-clear DVD or shoddy hand-held YouTube clip can ever match the power and majesty of a live concert album. Simon Hardeman mourns the loss of a medium that created many of pop’s defining moments.

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Distracting Miss Daisy

Atlantic, by John Staddon - What is the limited resource, the commons, in the case of driving? It’s attention. Attending to a sign competes with attending to the road. The more you look for signs, for police, and at your speedometer, the less attentive you will be to traffic conditions. The limits on [...]

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