Abigail Pesta
Abigail Pesta is an award-winning investigative journalist who writes for major publications around the world. She is the author of The Girls: An All-American Town, a Predatory Doctor, and the Untold Story of the Gymnasts Who Brought Him Down.
Latest articles by Abigail Pesta
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Must-See Film: Redlight
If you happen to live in New York City, skip The Bachelorette tonight and go see something real: a documentary about young girls who are being sold into sexual slavery in Southeast Asia. We're talking girls as young as five years old.
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Get to Know: YouTube Shopping Stars
Love or hate them, an army of shopaholic video bloggers is becoming a major force in the fashion world.
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Breaking: Female Terrorist Malika Found Guilty
Last year, we met and spoke with terrorist Malika el Aroud, described by authorities as an "al Qaeda living legend." Today, she was convicted. Read more...
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Would You Survive a Disaster?
Depends on your gender, your reaction time, and a little luck. A new book shows how you can up your odds.
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From POW to Pastry Chef
Once a prisoner in Iraq, Shoshana Johnson soldiers on.
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Queen of Spade: Deborah Lloyd
Deborah Lloyd, the enterprising creative director of Kate Spade, has designed a bracelet you can feel good about buying.
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Jenny Sanford: The Smart Wife
Amid the recent rash of cheating-man scandals (Tiger Woods, John Edwards, Eliot Spitzer, David Letterman), the wife of philandering Republican Governor Mark Sanford has emerged as a hero to wronged women.
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Think Your Job's Hard? Read This.
Oscar-winning director Kathryn Bigelow describes the heroic bomb squad at the heart of her film The Hurt Locker.
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Sanitary Pads...Made Out of Bananas?
It's not every Harvard Business School grad who puts her degree to use making sanitary pads out of banana trees.
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Need Some Rehab?
Rehab, like everything else, it's getting outsourced to India ... on the cheap.
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I Had an Unthinkable Disease...and Made Myself Better
When I was diagnosed with multiple sclerosis, the doctors told me I could end up paralyzed. Here's how I coped.Read about more reversals of fortune:I Tackled a Powerful Family LegacyI Was a Homeless, Drug-Addicted Army Veteran
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A Woman's Battle with Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder
One woman's battle with obsessive behavior.
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To Breed or Not to Breed?
Many women never feel a desire to have kids, ever.
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Girl Crush: Amy Robach
Not only does she rule the sofa as host of the Saturday Today show, she's also a national correspondent for the NBC Nightly News, fills in on occasion for anchor Brian Williams, and is routinely described as the next Katie Couric.
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5 Dangerous Jobs
In trying times, it's tempting to play it safe in your career. But here's another idea: Be bold. Meet five American women who have taken on some intensely gutsy gigs.
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My Father The Fraudster
In her new memoir, The Impostor's Daughter, she describes how she found out her father was a con man, and what she did about it.
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Is The Economy Making You Fat?
Watch out—bad times can take a toll on your good looks. The ugly truth, by the numbers . . .
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How Women Across the World Are Coping with the Economy
Women from Boston to Hong Kong share their strategies.
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Q&A Fighting with Food
You give some vivid descriptions of vomiting in this book. Why?
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Natasha Bedingfield's Sweet Gig
What makes pop star Natasha Bedingfield a rebel? Being good in the ultimate bad-girl industry.
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Diane's Double Life
Diane von Furstenberg doesn't just run a fabulous fashion empire. She's helping train 100,000 female moguls-in-the-making.
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Get Shorty
At four-foot-two, Lauren Ruotolo suffers from a rare disease that stunted her growth — but not her ambition. Every day she puts on a pair of fabulously high heels and lives life in the fast lane, juggling a jet-setting job, celebrity pals, and a pair of crutches. Here's how.
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