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Entries by Marlo Thomas from 08/2011

We Love Lucy... At 100

| Publication 08.05.2011
Suivre: Desilu, I Love Lucy, Lucille Ball Birthday, Humor, Lucille Ball Biography, Lucille Ball 100, Black and White Tv, Marlo, Birthday, Marlo Thomas, Slidepollajax, Female Comedians, Black and White Shows, Lucille Ball, Comedy, Lucille Ball Comedy, Mondays With Marlo, Video, L'actualité

Lucille Ball, whose 100th birthday we celebrate this weekend, made us laugh for 50 years. And all I can think of is... it wasn't enough.

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Gloria Steinem... the Icon, the Girlfriend

| Publication 08.14.2011
Suivre: Marlo Thomas, Bella Abzug, Feminist, Gloria Steinem, HBO Documentaries, Documentary, Feminism, Women's Rights, Gloria Steinem Documentary, Gloria Steinem Hbo Documentary, Female Friendships, Mondays With Marlo, L'actualité

Just so you know, despite her historic achievements as a feminist icon, as a girlfriend, Gloria Steinem is every bit as real as you and me.

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DSK: Case Not Dismissed

| Publication 08.23.2011
Suivre: Marlo Thomas, Marlo, Dominique Strauss-Kahn, Workplace Discrimination, Women's Rights, Dsk Case Dismissed, Dsk, Dominique Strauss-Kahn Sex Scandal, Dominique Strauss-Kahn Rape Charges, Worker's Rights, Mondays With Marlo, L'actualité

When I heard Strauss-Kahn's charges were being dismissed, all I could think of was a picture I saw in the paper last spring of a proud army of hotel maids in their grey uniforms gathered outside the courthouse where he was being arraigned, to at last make their voices heard.

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On Women's Equality Day, Give Yourself Equal Time

| Publication 08.26.2011
Suivre: Women's Equality Day, Marlo Thomas, Equality, Women, Suze Orman, Bella Abzug, L'actualité

In past years, I've honored this day by taking part in a march, or giving a speech, or writing an essay. But this year I'm asking myself, "Equal to whom? Equal to what?"

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