The Barbara Boxer vs. Carly Fiorina Debate: A California Woman’s Perspective

These two women are running for the U.S. Senate seat from California. Ms. Boxer is the incumbent (hoping for a fourth term) and Ms. Fiorina is the businesswoman turned politician. The only reason I watched this debate last night on TV was because it followed the news and I was too lazy to get up [...]

FW NOW Award Presented to the Inestimable Diane Rehm

At the beginning of this year while driving to work, I turned on the radio to listen to one of my favorite NPR shows, Fresh Air with Terry Gross. But Terry wasn’t on. She had been bumped to an afternoon spot. In her place was another woman’s show I had never heard of. I was [...]

Pondering My Blog – One Year Later

Today is the one-year anniversary of the Fuchsia Woman Blog: America Commentary with a Kick! Yeah! (I have enough shoes. I’m sure I’ll think up something else to buy to commemorate this auspicious occasion. [I’d like to buy back my “before the change” brain. See my “menopausal blogs” for that story…) In the last year [...]

Fuchsia Woman Rates the Emmy Awards and the Important Part: the Dresses

First of all, LOVED Jimmy Fallon as the host. The Springsteen and Billy Joe Armstrong parodies were hysterical. Second, there were a bunch of awards handed out. Whatever… Third, the most important part: WHO WORE WHAT! Overall, Fuchsia Woman gives the Emmy Fashions a C-. Not that many great ones. Lots of awful ones. As [...]