<?xml version='1.0' encoding='UTF-8'?><feed xmlns='http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom' xmlns:openSearch='http://a9.com/-/spec/opensearchrss/1.0/'><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14911199</id><updated>2008-10-18T09:58:53.270-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Features Blog - thebroadroom.net</title><subtitle type='html'>Articles of interest to women.</subtitle><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/14911199/posts/default'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://thebroadroom.net/fun/feature/blogger.html'/><link rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#feed' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://thebroadroom.net/fun/feature/atom.xml'/><author><name>TheBroadroom.Net</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/11474971338995816520</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email></author><generator version='7.00' uri='http://www.blogger.com'>Blogger</generator><openSearch:totalResults>14</openSearch:totalResults><openSearch:startIndex>1</openSearch:startIndex><openSearch:itemsPerPage>25</openSearch:itemsPerPage><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14911199.post-127849039419846630</id><published>2007-10-15T22:12:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2007-10-15T22:23:47.347-07:00</updated><title type='text'>The Right Words at the Right Time by Marlo Thomas</title><summary type='text'>For those of us in need of hope, a hero, or a healthy dose of inspiration, here is a heartwarming collection of personal revelations from some of today's greatest luminaries whose lives were changed by hearing the right words at the right time.

The Right Words at the Right Time
By Marlo Thomas and Friends 
Published by Atria Books 
January 2004; $16.00US/$24.00CAN; 0-7434-4650-X

Author 
Marlo </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/14911199/127849039419846630/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=14911199&amp;postID=127849039419846630' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/14911199/posts/default/127849039419846630'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/14911199/posts/default/127849039419846630'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://thebroadroom.net/fun/feature/2007/10/right-words-at-right-time-by-marlo.html' title='The Right Words at the Right Time by Marlo Thomas'/><author><name>TheBroadroom.Net</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/11474971338995816520</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email></author></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14911199.post-3085673704422820884</id><published>2007-10-15T21:58:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2007-10-15T22:11:08.641-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Who Cares What You're Supposed to Do? Breaking the Rules to Get What You Want in Love, Life, and Work by Victoria C. Dickerson, Ph.D., with Carla Fine</title><summary type='text'>Who Cares What You're Supposed to Do? 
by Victoria C. Dickerson, Ph.D., with Carla Fine 
Published by Perigee 
August 2004; $14.95US/$22.95CAN; 0-399-52999-3 

What are you doing with your life?

Have you hit a quarter-life crisis? Is the Big 3-0 looming large? Are you hearing from friends, family, and everyone around you that you're "supposed to":
--Have a fabulous career
--Be financially </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/14911199/3085673704422820884/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=14911199&amp;postID=3085673704422820884' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/14911199/posts/default/3085673704422820884'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/14911199/posts/default/3085673704422820884'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://thebroadroom.net/fun/feature/2007/10/who-cares-what-youre-supposed-to-do.html' title='Who Cares What You&apos;re Supposed to Do? Breaking the Rules to Get What You Want in Love, Life, and Work by Victoria C. Dickerson, Ph.D., with Carla Fine'/><author><name>TheBroadroom.Net</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/11474971338995816520</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email></author></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14911199.post-1106215965539935311</id><published>2007-10-15T21:50:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2007-10-15T21:54:44.765-07:00</updated><title type='text'>A Mother's View of Afghanistan by Masha Hamilton</title><summary type='text'>Below is an original article from veteran middle east correspondent, Masha Hamilton about reporting in Afghanistan from the perspective of a woman and mother. 

We are printing it as part of an effort to help promote Masha's forthcoming novel about journalists affected by violence in the war zones of the world, The Distance Between Us.

A Mother's View of Afghanistan
by Masha Hamilton, author of </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/14911199/1106215965539935311/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=14911199&amp;postID=1106215965539935311' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/14911199/posts/default/1106215965539935311'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/14911199/posts/default/1106215965539935311'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://thebroadroom.net/fun/feature/2007/10/mothers-view-of-afghanistan-by-masha.html' title='A Mother&apos;s View of Afghanistan by Masha Hamilton'/><author><name>TheBroadroom.Net</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/11474971338995816520</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email></author></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14911199.post-8095102926111541459</id><published>2007-10-15T21:33:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2007-10-15T21:42:34.700-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Traveling Toward Home by Libby Gill</title><summary type='text'>Below is an original article from the author of Traveling Hopefully, a book about emotional baggage and achieving life goals.

Traveling Toward Home
by Libby Gill, author of Traveling Hopefully

Thomas Wolfe is the guy who said you can't go home again. Now, he didn't check with me first, but if he had, I would've set him straight. Because once in a while, you do get a chance to go back home. I </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/14911199/8095102926111541459/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=14911199&amp;postID=8095102926111541459' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/14911199/posts/default/8095102926111541459'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/14911199/posts/default/8095102926111541459'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://thebroadroom.net/fun/feature/2007/10/traveling-toward-home-by-libby-gill.html' title='Traveling Toward Home by Libby Gill'/><author><name>TheBroadroom.Net</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/11474971338995816520</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email></author></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14911199.post-115976586081467605</id><published>2006-10-01T22:06:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2006-10-01T22:11:00.826-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Nine safety tips</title><summary type='text'>This is a change from our regular features, but it's important. Got it from here: babblebook.


After reading these 9 crucial tips, forward them to someone you care about. It never hurts to be careful in this crazy world we live in.


1. Tip from Tae Kwon Do: The elbow is the strongest point on your body. If you are close enough to use it, do!

2. Learned this from a tourist guide in New Orleans.</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/14911199/115976586081467605/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=14911199&amp;postID=115976586081467605' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/14911199/posts/default/115976586081467605'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/14911199/posts/default/115976586081467605'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://thebroadroom.net/fun/feature/2006/10/nine-safety-tips.html' title='Nine safety tips'/><author><name>TheBroadroom.Net</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/11474971338995816520</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email></author></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14911199.post-115394365676094106</id><published>2006-07-26T12:37:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2006-07-26T12:57:14.326-07:00</updated><title type='text'>The Memory Keeper's Daughter by Kim Edwards</title><summary type='text'>The Memory Keeper's Daughter
A Novel
By Kim Edwards
Published by Penguin
May 2006;$14.00US/$18.50CAN; 0-14-303714-5

This stunning novel begins on a winter night in 1964, when a blizzard forces Dr. David Henry to deliver his own twins. His son, born first, is perfectly healthy, but the doctor immediately recognizes that his daughter has Down's syndrome. For motives he tells himself are good, he </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/14911199/115394365676094106/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=14911199&amp;postID=115394365676094106' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/14911199/posts/default/115394365676094106'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/14911199/posts/default/115394365676094106'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://thebroadroom.net/fun/feature/2006/07/memory-keepers-daughter-by-kim-edwards.html' title='The Memory Keeper&apos;s Daughter by Kim Edwards'/><author><name>TheBroadroom.Net</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/11474971338995816520</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email></author></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14911199.post-114178432745899214</id><published>2006-03-07T18:17:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2006-09-20T22:47:19.396-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Supernature - Goldfrapp's 3rd Album Rocks With Solid, Glossy Offering</title><summary type='text'>By Tami Yu

Electronica's magical duo from Bath, England is back, dishing up another beautiful confection with their new US release, Supernature. Alison Goldfrapp and Will Gregory have conjured up a confident explosion of sexy glam-rock. At first, it's somewhat easy to compare it as an extension of Black Cherry (2003), but this is definitely more evolved, glossy and smooth.

Reaching a broader </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/14911199/114178432745899214/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=14911199&amp;postID=114178432745899214' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/14911199/posts/default/114178432745899214'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/14911199/posts/default/114178432745899214'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://thebroadroom.net/fun/feature/2006/03/supernature-goldfrapps-3rd-album-rocks.html' title='Supernature - Goldfrapp&apos;s 3rd Album Rocks With Solid, Glossy Offering'/><author><name>Tami</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/07405181340722040563</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email></author></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14911199.post-114110699454902839</id><published>2006-02-27T21:45:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2006-09-20T22:48:02.673-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Imagining Ourselves edited by Paula Goldman</title><summary type='text'>Imagining Ourselves
Global Voices from a New Generation of Women
Edited by Paula Goldman
Published by New World Library
March 2006; $26.95US; 1-57731-524-3

What defines your generation of women?

A few years ago, Paula Goldman emailed this question to women aged twenty to forty around the world. At the time, she was fresh out of graduate school and not entirely sure how to launch her career, but</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/14911199/114110699454902839/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=14911199&amp;postID=114110699454902839' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/14911199/posts/default/114110699454902839'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/14911199/posts/default/114110699454902839'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://thebroadroom.net/fun/feature/2006/02/imagining-ourselves-edited-by-paula.html' title='Imagining Ourselves edited by Paula Goldman'/><author><name>TheBroadroom.Net</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/11474971338995816520</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email></author></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14911199.post-114037904400558874</id><published>2006-02-19T11:56:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2006-09-20T22:57:56.866-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Oscar Nominee Pride &amp; Prejudice --DVD Review</title><summary type='text'>








Pride &amp; Prejudice: DVD Launches February 28, 2006
Greetings!
This is Stevie ! I am part of Thebroadroom.net and am a fashion, beauty, lifestyle writer based in Los Angeles. Given that I cover pre-award show events, I often get to see and do things that most people read about in tabloid weeklies and see on TV in the various celebrity-based news shows.



I managed to score a preview copy </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/14911199/114037904400558874/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=14911199&amp;postID=114037904400558874' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/14911199/posts/default/114037904400558874'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/14911199/posts/default/114037904400558874'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://thebroadroom.net/fun/feature/2006/02/oscar-nominee-pride-prejudice-dvd.html' title='Oscar Nominee Pride &amp; Prejudice --DVD Review'/><author><name>Stevie</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email></author></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14911199.post-113813318636789281</id><published>2006-01-24T12:05:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2006-09-20T22:59:58.390-07:00</updated><title type='text'>The First Date Interview by Jillian Straus</title><summary type='text'>Below is an article by Jillian Straus, author of the new book Unhooked Generation: The Truth About Why We're Still Single.

The First Date Interview
by Jillian Straus

Those singles who can't stand ambiguity from the very beginning develop a more direct dating approach. Meet, for instance, Steven Kaplan -- as several of my girlfriends did. I was on yet another blind date -- my third in the last </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/14911199/113813318636789281/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=14911199&amp;postID=113813318636789281' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/14911199/posts/default/113813318636789281'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/14911199/posts/default/113813318636789281'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://thebroadroom.net/fun/feature/2006/01/first-date-interview-by-jillian-straus.html' title='The First Date Interview by Jillian Straus'/><author><name>TheBroadroom.Net</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/11474971338995816520</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email></author></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14911199.post-113650789940166578</id><published>2006-01-05T16:27:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2006-09-20T23:00:41.113-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Money, A Memoir : Women, Emotions, and Cash by Liz Perle</title><summary type='text'>Money, A Memoir : Women, Emotions, and Cash
By Liz Perle
Henry Holt and Co. (January 24, 2006); ISBN: 080507712X

From Publishers Weekly
Starred Review. In spite of women's supposedly massive buying power and growing presence in Fortune 500 boardrooms, many women are still awfully old-fashioned when it comes to cash. Why do they show so little interest in managing investments? Or lie to their </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/14911199/113650789940166578/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=14911199&amp;postID=113650789940166578' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/14911199/posts/default/113650789940166578'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/14911199/posts/default/113650789940166578'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://thebroadroom.net/fun/feature/2006/01/money-memoir-women-emotions-and-cash.html' title='Money, A Memoir : Women, Emotions, and Cash by Liz Perle'/><author><name>TheBroadroom.Net</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/11474971338995816520</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email></author></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14911199.post-113650671128526891</id><published>2006-01-05T16:07:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2006-09-20T23:01:18.350-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Balanced Decorating by Lauri Ward</title><summary type='text'>Below is an article by Lauri Ward, author of the new book Home Therapy: Fast, Easy, Affordable Makeovers.


Balanced Decorating
by Lauri Ward
Think about it. Have you ever worn a sandal on one foot and a boot on the other? No? Then have you tried wearing a black leather glove on one hand with a red wool mitten on the other? Okay, probably not. Since our bodies have lots of pairs we tend to feel </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/14911199/113650671128526891/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=14911199&amp;postID=113650671128526891' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/14911199/posts/default/113650671128526891'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/14911199/posts/default/113650671128526891'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://thebroadroom.net/fun/feature/2006/01/balanced-decorating-by-lauri-ward.html' title='Balanced Decorating by Lauri Ward'/><author><name>TheBroadroom.Net</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/11474971338995816520</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email></author></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14911199.post-112313585307984957</id><published>2005-08-03T22:50:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2006-09-20T23:02:22.426-07:00</updated><title type='text'>What's in a Name? by Kate Pepper and Katia Spiegelman</title><summary type='text'>Below is an article by Kate Pepper aka Katia Spiegelman, author of the book Seven Minutes to Noon.


What's in a Name?
by Kate Pepper and Katia Spiegelman
My name is Katia. Her name is Kate. We live at the same address, share the same family, and write the same books. On the scale of professional accomplishment, one being failure and ten being success, I hover comfortably around two. Kate is </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/14911199/112313585307984957/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=14911199&amp;postID=112313585307984957' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/14911199/posts/default/112313585307984957'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/14911199/posts/default/112313585307984957'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://thebroadroom.net/fun/feature/2005/08/whats-in-name-by-kate-pepper-and-katia.html' title='What&apos;s in a Name? by Kate Pepper and Katia Spiegelman'/><author><name>TheBroadroom.Net</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/11474971338995816520</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email></author></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14911199.post-112259316620238405</id><published>2005-07-28T16:19:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2006-09-20T23:04:08.626-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Wax Nostalgic: eco-friendly cleaning products</title><summary type='text'>The following is an article about Wax Nostalgic, a company producing environmentally friendly products for the home. Wax Nostalgic was founded by, and is owned and operated by, Kristin Douglas. 




NATURAL PRODUCTS SET TO CLEAN UP ON-LINE
Busy bees can now get on with the house-work, safe in the knowledge they can do so in an environmentally-friendly manner, thanks to the products of a new </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/14911199/112259316620238405/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=14911199&amp;postID=112259316620238405' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/14911199/posts/default/112259316620238405'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/14911199/posts/default/112259316620238405'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://thebroadroom.net/fun/feature/2005/07/wax-nostalgic-eco-friendly-cleaning.html' title='Wax Nostalgic: eco-friendly cleaning products'/><author><name>Colleen Shirazi</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email></author></entry></feed>