Shayna Zamkanei, 03/06/12

PhD Candidate, University of Chicago

While celebrating larger models such as Adele can help diversify our conception of beauty, weights and figure shapes shouldn't be fads.

Rachel Sklar, 03/06/12

Change The Ratio

It's barely two months old, but 2012 has already been incredibly interesting -- and specifically, interesting for women. Now, more than ever before, women are positioned to be a hugely decisive engine of political power.

Ellen Galinsky, 03/07/12

President, Families and Work Institute, Author, "Mind in the Making"

When we do get help and take some time for ourselves in the midst of our busy lives, we feel much better about ourselves.

BritChick Paris, 03/05/12

British girl living the Parisian life with all its highs and lows

I was a dumpy, spotty teen and plagued by teasing at school. I had zero confidence and so a few years later at university I became anorexic.

Maddy Dychtwald, 03/05/12

Nationally recognized author, demographer, public speaker and entrepreneur.

I'm not talking about the "feminization" of men, where men simply swap roles with women, putting on aprons while we don suits. What's happening isn't role reversal: It's role reinvention.

Keli Goff, 03/06/12

Author, Commentator and Contributing Editor, TheLoop21.com

March happens to be Women's History Month. While we all know that for the next month we can look forward to occasional references to our country's greatest women, you may not know that we still don't have a national museum to honor the contributions of women.

Kathy Caprino, 03/06/12

Women's work-life expert, career coach, and Founder of Ellia Communications

Let the top five reasons most women are miserable at work be the catalyst you need to change your career and change your life.

Natasha Koifman, 03/06/12

President, NKPR

Is it more important to have a contented love relationship or achieve your full potential? Which outcome will make you happiest... and does it have to be a choice?

Lincee Ray, 03/06/12

TV enthusiast

The show has never really delivered any moments of true drama since the day Jason Mesnick told Melissa, "I love you, just kidding."

Gillian Clark, 03/06/12

Chef

Not many people outside of the business of food know the meaninglessness of gender that food industry workers experience. Gender is insignificant when tickets are piling up and you wish you had another arm to get through the night.

Dr. Logan Levkoff, 03/03/12

Sexologist and AASECT-certified sexuality educator

I am not suggesting that it is inappropriate to talk about violence against women; I am stating that "Fifty Shades of Grey" and other types of non-vanilla erotica have nothing to do with violence against women.

Soraya Chemaly, 03/06/12

Feminist satirist and media critic

It's about expanding the definition of human to include what is female and about working together to dismantle systematized biases in culture.

Barbara & Shannon Kelley, 03/06/12

Coauthors, "Undecided: How To Ditch The Endless Quest For Perfect and Find The Career--and Life--That's Right For You"

Real progress will happen when grown-ups no longer choose to listen to grown men behaving like children, or defend grown men behaving like children on the grounds that it's "entertaining."

Megan Rosker, 03/06/12

Writer for the Good Men Project and Let Children Play

Cynthia Leive, editor-in-chief of Glamour, has decided to take a stand against the impingement of obsessive retouching in the world of beauty. Her magazine has pledged that it won't be putting models on a digital diet.

Patricia Leavy, PhD, 03/06/12

Pop-feminist author and commentator

It's hardly a radical insight to note that popular culture has a limiting view of femininity. Despite how toxic the images of popular culture may be to a woman's self-image, there are lessons we can learn about how to enjoy pop culture while avoiding the bloat.

Jane Espenson, 03/06/12

Writer, Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Game of Thrones, Once Upon a Time, Husbands and more

There are a lot of reasons why a particular writer might not get hired to work on a staff: lack of talent, inability to write to specifications, combativeness, slowness, and offensive hygiene. In no rational world does the sex of the writer deserve to be on that list.

Kate Fridkis, 03/05/12

Blogger, Eat The Damn Cake

I can look at my face in the mirror and describe to you at great length exactly what would have to change in order for me to be gorgeous. I am mathematical in my precision.