So far, Twenty-Three Shockingly Sexist Vintage Ads, posted on AWR last month, has been the subject of a Washington Post survey and has been viewed more than 11,500 times.

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Susan notes: this guest blog by executive coach Lynn Harris, author of Unwritten Rules: What Women Need To Know About Leading In Today's Organisations, is one I wished I had written myself. On the other hand, it's also one I wish didn't have to be written at all...

In our privileged world “Feminism” has become a dirty word. For most western young women, to be called a Feminist is an

Susan notes: this guest blog was penned by one of my favourite Twitter friends Uzm Atcha (aka @LHjunkie). She's a 21-year-old firecracker, blogger and activist living in the UAE. She writes for Mideast Youth (where this post was originally published), manages the March 18 Movement campaign, and supremely commands Mideast  Tunes, a platform for regional underground musicians. Find her on

A Powerful Noise is an extraordinary film with a simple yet compelling message: empowering women changes communities for the better.

My own corollary to that message is this: changing communities for the better is the first step toward changing the world.

Considering the less-than-ideal situation in which many of us find ourselves, that can only be a good thing. This inspirational movie

 Virtually every woman on the planet is amazing.

 Here are a few examples:

 

Who are the amazing women in your life?

Send Susan your/her story, podcast, video clip, whatever...and she will post it on AWR

(maybe not IMMEDIATELY, but as soon as she can ;)