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Thank Heaven For Little Girls

From The New York Daily News
By HEATHER ROBINSON

Overlooked in the controversy over whether China’s women gymnasts - including He Kexin, winner of this week’s tiebreaker for the gold medal in uneven parallel bars - are of age (16, as required by the International Olympic Committee to compete in the Olympic Games) is a …

Come Laugh at the New York City Dating Scene

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For every woman who’s been fixed up once too many with a man who needed fixing, for every man who’s ever been fixed up with a woman in need of a psychiatric evaluation, for everyone who needs a laugh: have I got a treat for you! This Sunday July 20, I …

Letter from Penny in Pennsylvania: Forget You, Barack

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From The Huffington Post
BY HEATHER ROBINSON

Note: Writing this post helped this Pennsylvania girl — me — to lighten up in the midst of a contentious campaign season. I hope it provides a few laughs.

Dear Barack,

Since you have got BIGGER and BETTER things to do than speak with me in …

Wake Up Democrats: You Are Hung up on Barack, but Hillary is What You Need

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From The Huffington Post
BY HEATHER ROBINSON

As a long-term registered Democrat who increasingly identifies as an independent and has weathered a torrid, post-9/11 love affair with conservatism, I am in a good position to judge Democratic prospects this nominating season. And I think we ought to listen to Mama …

I Want to Change the Power Dynamics in Relationships

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Even after Dr. Mehret Mandefro had repeatedly warned them to always use a condom, girls and women would return to her office with …

The Dating Game

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From Time Out New York
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THE DATING GAME

by HEATHER ROBINSON
Photographs by Britt Carpenter

Ask the people who run dating services why their help is sorely needed, and they’ll tell you that most New Yorkers are just too darn busy to meet …