Feminism, as it stands, well... stands. It has ground to a halt.

What is feminism? Simply the belief that women should be as free as men, however nuts, dim, deluded, badly dressed, fat, receding, lazy, and smug they might be.

A majority of women's magazines feature women who do amazing things, but then the article focuses on how she ruined it with her shoes.

In the U.K., we have a paper called 'The Daily Mail,' which is quite misogynist. And every day, it just writes pieces about: 'Women, you're going to die now! Women, here's shoes that give you cancer! Women, just hate yourselves!'

My mother's love has always been a sustaining force for our family, and one of my greatest joys is seeing her integrity, her compassion, her intelligence reflected in my daughters.

My parents were French and Irish and our family even has Spanish blood-and I do so love the United States and consider myself part American.

My family comes from Panama, and I grew up in a single parent household with my mother, who barely spoke English. She couldn't get a good job, yet there were four of us for her to raise.

And maybe that's being the third child, although my entire family are very resilient - very, very resilient.