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Monday, December 19, 2011

The Jane Dough Newsletter - Facebook's "Timeline" Marketing Is Actually Sexist

	Facebook's "Timeline" Marketing Is Actually Sexist The critics are out on Facebook's finally-released Timeline feature: some love it, some hate it. But others are pointing out that the marketing surrounding it is pretty darn sexist. Read More »
	REPORT: More Women In Power Leads To… More Reports Of Crime? Do more women in government really lead to more documented cases of violence against females? It could be, according to a new report on political "gender quotas" and crime. But this isn't bad news -- in fact, researchers say that the climbing number of cases could be a good thing. Really. Read More »
	Horrendous Holiday Ad Countdown: UPS Says Christmas Shopping Drives Ladies Insane Ever notice how many Christmas ads are awfully female-centric? Sure, surveys show that women are often responsible for holiday shopping in their households, so it makes sense that companies would target us. But what doesn't make sense is how jaw-droppingly obnoxious some of these T.V. spots are. Are you a crazed, retail-obsessed nutcase? Nope, neither are we! And yet… well, let's just say there are plenty of ads that suggest otherwise. With that in mind -- and with less than a week left to go till Christmas -- we're counting down the most annoying, irritating, lady-stereotypin' Christmas ads around. They're the ads we love to hate. Read More »
	Corner Office Q&A: Nicole Lapin, Business News Anchor Turned Multimedia Mogul While we spend a lot of time writing about powerful women, we also like to hear from those women, in their own words. Today we spoke with Nicole Lapin, CNBC anchor turned financial media entrepreneur. In September, the 27-year-old left her gig as a CNBC anchor to found Nothing But Gold Productions, a new media company that aims to teach young women about the ins and outs of finance. Think of Lapin as your cool tour guide slash interpreter in the world of jargon-y finance. We spoke about why girls don't dig chatting about money, and taking advice from Sex and the City's Samantha. Read More »
	Monday PSA: Reading Romance Novels Means You Don't Care About Your Career It wasn't enough to be a "working girl" of the 1950s -- as this taped radio show from the era proves, you have to show your mettle in the working world by displaying absolutely zero interest in personal relationships. Read More »
	Warning: Unemployment Could Cause "Women Explosion" Here's an unexpected end result of unemployment: "women explosion." Read More »
	EOD Dossier 12/18 Did you have a totally boring weekend? Well, the dossier is here for you with some surprises in store. Be shocked by the first person to get a million followers on Google Plus. Be wowed by the multi-million dollar jewel almost eaten by a dog. Read More »
	Trade Show "Booth Babes" -- A Trend To Get Rid Of Hey there, marketers. You know what people really don't like anymore? When companies use sexy women, often referred to as "booth babes," to try to peddle their products at trade shows. Read More »
	Wealthy People Still Buying Cars And Caviar Fear not, the Rolls Royce and caviar businesses are still booming. Read More »
	No Thanks! NYT's Hot New Trend: Client Meetings At The Gym Two weeks ago, it was holding meetings in a room of treadmills. Today, it's throwing punches at clients in a boxing ring. Please, make it stop! Read More »