The UK’s Top Female Role Models: Not Who You’d Think

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A new poll of women for mydaily.co.uk has revealed that the likes of Kate Moss and Cheryl Cole are non-starters in terms of influence when compared with the more ‘heavyweight’ likes of Baroness Thatcher, Condoleezza Rice and The Queen. I’m genuinely surprised by the results of this survey, which asked the question ’which woman do you find most influential’ – but pleasantly surprised. The women who make the survey’s list are women who have made a difference to the lives of others, rather than just being famous women in the public eye.

Harley Street psychologist Sue Frith told The Daily Telegraph that the findings of the survey are ‘very much substance over style,’ and went on to say that ‘this is very reassuring.’ She’s right. The mainstream media feeds us this …

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Male Survivors of Sexual Abuse Speaking Out on The Oprah Winfrey Show

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Female victims of sexual abuse are generally received with sympathy. While there are at times accusations of “she made it up” or even “she deserved it for dressing that way,” there is a basic connotation of empathy for girls and women who have survived everything from childhood molestation to rape.

Men aren’t sexually abused.

Except, of course, that they are, to the tune …

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Montana Fishburne Believes Porn is the Best Gateway to Stardom

Montana Fishburne, the 19-year-old daughter of actor Laurence Fishburne, is set to release her debut sex tape on August 18th. But Montana isn’t pretending that this tape was leaked without her knowledge or permission. Instead, the budding actress argues that she believes the sex tape is one of the best ways to quickly rise to fame for today’s young female stars.

As Mary Elizabeth Williams at Salon puts it:

The younger Fishburne’s foray into adult entertainment might be viewed as a depressing confirmation of what many of us have long suspected – that some of those shocking sex tapes those D-list celebrities didn’t want you to see are in fact carefully contrived publicity stunts.

Fishburne makes no such claim. Instead, she readily cites Kim Kardashian as a major inspiration, saying:

I’ve watched how successful Kim Kardashian became and I think a lot of it was due to the release of her sex tape by Vivid. I’m hoping the same magic will work for me. I’m impatient about getting well-known and having more opportunities and this seemed like a great way to get started on it.”

Many sources are viewing …

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Are Bristol Palin and Levi Johnston Back On? Will This Affect Sarah Palin’s Run For Office?

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Word on the street from CNN to CBS is that Bristol Palin and Levi Johnston are reuniting for the purpose of “co-parenting their child.”

From Us Magazine:

Although Bristol Palin and Levi Johnston broke off their engagement in March 2009, an insider tells UsMagazine.com that relations have thawed considerably between the young parents to son Tripp, nearly 18 months.

“Bristol and Levi are still very close,” a source close to Bristol, 19, tells Us. The eldest daughter to former Alaskan Gov. Sarah Palin claimed in the June issue of Harper’s Bazaar that ex Johnston, 20, was “a stranger to me.”

But the source reveals, “Now that Mama Palin is out of the picture and Bristol is on her own in Anchorage, they spend more time together than most people think.”

Adds the source: “Levi even stays overnight. I even think they are back together.”

[Bristol] Palin told RadarOnline.com, “Levi and me are co-parents of Tripp and we are actively working on being good parents together.”

Added Johnston, “Nothing is more important to me or Bristol than our son Tripp. We are taking active steps to work cooperatively in raising him, and in sharing the joys — and challenges — of parenthood.”

Now, there are a couple of ways of approaching this very interesting development.  Some are attributing this as a snub directed at Mama Bear Palin.  I, however, have a different theory.  Maybe it’s even a conspiracy theory.

Okay, Sarah Palin is vehemently against comprehensive sex education in lieu of an abstinence-based curriculum.  Fine.  Great.  Then her daughter gets pregnant at seventeen, pretty much disproving her point.  As John McCain’s running mate, Palin made sure to publicly include Johnston in anything that would show her support of family values.  Bristol and Levi break up, Levi talks to the media (and you know a lot of it has got to be true … I mean, between pillow talk and just spending time with the family, Levi Johnston probably knows more about the Palin family dynamic—and Sarah Palin herself—than most), and Sarah Palin looks like an idiot yet again
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