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This story is part of an ongoing series of profiles by CNN about economic survival in this time of financial crisis.

Jean Lindsay records a video telling people to get out of their nightgowns and look for work.

(CNN) -- Jean Lindsay, a spunky 67-year-old with two masters' degrees, panicked after she failed to land a job in the garden center of a Lowe's home-improvement store.

She started to wonder whether a woman of her age ever would be able to find work. She worried about her debt, and weeks of unemployment were turning into months.

After the job interview, she stayed up most of the night in the fits of an anxiety attack -- vomiting and huddling under the bedcovers with her two dogs.

"God, I felt like I was falling off the ends of the earth," she said.

A few days later, though, she tossed on a red sweater, plopped down in front of her computer, flipped on her Web camera -- and, suddenly, while streaming her story onto the Internet, things seemed OK.

"I know I can count on you to send me great letters of support and cheer," Lindsay told viewers on CNN's iReport.com. "And remember, if you're going through this, I'm going through it too. There are lots of us going through this." Watch Lindsay's post

For Lindsay, like many people these days, the Internet has become both a tool for economic recovery and a cure for isolation. iReport.com: Share your survivor story

At a time when the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics says that 1.07 million people 55 and older are unemployed and looking for work, the Internet is an increasingly useful tool for older people looking for jobs and a sense of community, said Deborah Russell the AARP's director of workforce issues.

"It's a great way of being able to network with people who are either in a similar situation or who may have some resources to help you," she said.

The number of people who need this help is on the rise. Some older people are delaying retirement because of the economic recession; and, according to an analysis by the AARP Public Policy Institute, those who are looking for work typically search for about a third longer than people younger than 55.  Watch how one senior goes back to school for a living Â»

Lindsay had been out of work for about three months before her brother gave her a Web camera for Christmas last year.

Almost immediately, she was hooked.

Her brother intended her to use the Web cam mostly to communicate with family members who are spread out across the country, she said. But Lindsay didn't stop there. She got a creative jolt from filming quirky videos of her own. So, she started posting video monologues for the Internet world to see.

In the past three weeks, she's posted nearly 40 videos on iReport. Her most popular video -- in which she talks about depression while wearing a plaid nightgown -- has been viewed by more than 140,000 people.

"I was in my nightgown at noon, and I wasn't getting at the job search very fast, and I thought, 'this is instructive,' " she said, laughing.

She signs off from the video simply: "Get up, and get out!" Watch Lindsay's tips for getting out of the house

Her own advice compelled her to do the same.

Lindsay says sharing her failures as well as successes online is cathartic, but she also hopes it's helpful for people in similar circumstances.

She's not shy about saying that she suffers from mild bipolar disorder. This economy can push people into depression and mental illness, she said, and she wants people to know they're not alone.

The same goes for her job search.

"This has really invigorated me," she said of her forays with a virtual persona. "It's something where I've had success. And the job search is not always successful -- it's dealing with a lot of rejection, especially when you're older."

On iReport, Lindsay posts under the name "infoaddict," which seems fitting for a former librarian and information technology expert with masters' degrees in literature and library information sciences.

Like a good book, Lindsay says the Internet also opens new worlds for her.

While she's not sure exactly how, she has a sense that all of her online storytelling will help her in the job search. If nothing else, the online videos market her computer skills, she said.

Dan Beach, Lindsay's second cousin, who lives in Florida, said Skype, social media sites and online video have been "a salvation" for Lindsay. "Frankly, I think she was very, very depressed. And I think this has brought her out enormously," he said.

The 72-year-old added: "It helps an older person feel younger because there is so much youth [online]. I've done the Facebook thing in the past couple of months myself."

At first, Lindsay's online presence surprised him.

"She's gotten so much response to it, and I'm wondering whether she might try to make something out of that," he said. "She's just the dotty aunt enough to be able to do that kind of thing. She's a charming person." iReport.com: Send us your job hunt stories

Lindsay, who said she needs a job because she has home-improvement debt and can't sell her house in this slumped market, said she is able to keep hunting for jobs partly because of her creative outlet online.

She grew up loving to help her grandfather on his farm. Together, they would build manure loaders and chicken pluckers -- machines Lindsay found fascinating.

Those experiences translated into her love for hardware stores, gardening and gadgetry.

"I love hardware stores, so Lowe's would have been perfect. I'm just a crazy old lady, I've just got catholic taste," she said.

But she believes that something better than Lowe's is out there. She plans to apply to an office-supply store, an electronics store and for a telecommunications job she could do from her home in western New York.

"There is a real Catch-22 for people my age who are still hale and hearty and still have some talent left. We're probably fooling ourselves that we can go on and do anything," she said, "but we can't live that way."

Her online life helps ensure she won't have to.

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question: Who is Jean Lindsay?

answer: a spunky 67-year-old with two masters' degrees, panicked after she failed to land a job in the garden center of a Lowe's home-improvement store.

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(CNN) -- It was described by evangelical pastor Jerry Falwell as "obscene trash."

High schools and public libraries banned it, while teenagers -- male and female -- hid it under their beds like a dirty magazine.

Women across the country passed it to their friends, their sisters, their neighbors. They read chapters about rape in closets with flashlights. They gaped in dorm rooms at the photos of childbirth.

The landmark women's health handbook was filled with sometimes graphic information about the most intimate aspects of women's lives. It was revolutionary in its candid discussions -- and depictions -- of the specifics of sex, birth control, childbirth, lesbianism and other formerly taboo topics.

In 1971, the first "Our Bodies, Ourselves" book sold 250,000 copies. Today, it is available in 25 languages and has sold more than 4 million copies.

It's hard to believe it all began in Boston with just 12 women.

They met during a women's liberation conference in 1969. At the time, fewer than 10% of doctors were women, and topics like sexuality, pregnancy and abortion were rarely discussed. But a long conversation after a workshop on women and their bodies prompted this small group to launch the beginning of the women's health care movement.

"Many of them had had very bad experiences around their health and medical care, around their encounters with physicians," "Our Bodies, Ourselves" executive director Judy Norsigian remembered. "You lived in an era then where, if you went to a physician, and you were a married woman, and you (were diagnosed with) gonorrhea, your physician would tell your husband and not you."

The next year, their work came to fruition: a 193-page booklet printed on newsprint titled "Women and Their Bodies" that sold for just 75 cents.

"Part of why (the booklet) got off the ground is because women wanted to change this kind of environment in which what women had to say, where what women reported about their own experiences, could be so readily discarded," Norsigian said.

In August, Time magazine named "Our Bodies, Ourselves" one of the best nonfiction books since 1923. This year, the organization behind the book, the Boston Women's Health Book Collective, celebrates its 40th anniversary with a new edition.

Norsigian was the youngest member of the 1971 editing team and still plays a big part in editing the text. Norsigian spoke with CNN about the controversial book, the strides in women's health care since then and the one thing she hopes readers take away. The following is an edited version of that interview:

CNN: Describe yourself in the early 1970s. What were you doing, and what were you wearing?

Norsigian: In the early '70s, I was just out of college. The year after I graduated ... I lived on a farm as part of a small commune and learned a tremendous amount about organic gardening. This is before it came in vogue.

I met through mutual friends the women who had produced the newsprint edition of "Our Bodies, Ourselves." I was acutely aware of the lack of good information out there for women of all ages, so I was very excited about being a part of this effort.

You can't ask me what I wore, because I can't remember. ... I probably had a bell bottom or two in those days.

CNN: What were some of the most controversial issues covered in the first book?

Norsigian: Well, there's no question about that. I would say there were three things that drew fire from various sources. One is the lesbian chapter; it was called then "In Amerika they call us dykes." That was obviously going to be very controversial because there was huge resistance to the idea of homosexuality. When people tried to ban the book in schools, they often pointed to this chapter as "filthy trash."

The second, of course, is the abortion chapter (which was still illegal at the time) ... and the third -- can you guess? -- it's masturbation. That was singled out in the sexuality chapter as one of the sections that was inappropriate, pornographic, you name it.

CNN: "Our Bodies, Ourselves" was definitely known as a feminist book in the 1970s. Do you still identify with that ideology?

Norsigian: There is no question in our minds that it's a feminist book. But one of the problems that has emerged over the last several years or so is that members of the media have failed to educate themselves about what feminism means, so there's been a lot of distortion. (The term) has different definitions depending on who you talk to.

One of the things we hope is that by having people read a book like this, which is feminist but is not anti-male ... is that they'll adjust their thinking about what feminism consists of.

CNN: How has society's view on women's health changed since the first book came out?

Norsigian: There were three things that kept hitting us between the eyes: sexism, paternalism, condescension -- things that really interfered with getting good health and medical care. There was also a lack of good data. Much medical care was driven by convention. ... There are many, many examples of where the medical care was not good or appropriate for the situation. (To get where we are today) has taken better research, it's taken a strong advocacy community, and it's taken reaching out to the general public.

CNN: What are the biggest issues facing women today?

Norsigian: We still have a long way to go. If you don't deal with things like education and housing, access to health care, these are critical issues that ultimately have a profound impact on women's health and well-being. The single greatest influence on a woman's health and well-being is her poverty status. ... If you look at surveys across the globe, many women identify violence as the biggest threat. So that's not often fully appreciated.

Most of the issues we write about are not just about a single person dealing with an individual choice; it's really connected to a larger reality where we can, if we take action, do something to reduce the problem to begin with.

CNN: What's new in this year's edition of the book?

Norsigian: The new book has a focus on sexual and reproductive health across the lifespan. There's a whole chapter on gender identity and sexual orientation. Many chapters are totally redone incorporating new awareness, new activism. The perimenopause chapter is totally different. The politics chapter is totally different ... with a much more in-depth discussion of health care reform. The sexuality chapter includes a wiki conversation; I think more than 200 people contributed to a several month-long conversation that was then synthesized into this fabulous collection of insights and exchanges.

CNN: Why did you decide to focus on just sexual and reproductive health?

Norsigian: Well, you're going to laugh. The book was becoming too encyclopedic, and we also wanted to return to earlier versions where we had more space for women's experiences and stories. So that was one of the reasons. But in the end, we got so much good content. ... It ended up being longer than the last book in 2005. It's not something you're going to carry around with you; it's more than 3 pounds.

CNN: With so much information out there and varying opinions on almost everything, how do you edit the book to ensure that it's unbiased?

Norsigian: Well, everybody has a point of view, and everybody has a bias. There's no question that that exists, whether we try hard to keep it out or not. One of the ways we (try) is by having people with different biases go at the same text, making their case with one another.

CNN: With all the Internet resources out there, what's the purpose of owning a comprehensive book like this?

Norsigian: I talk on about 60 college campuses a year, and you won't believe the misinformation young people have. This is one of the ironies that we face now. There are more and more sources of information. ... It's out there to find, but you have to know where to look. There's tremendous amounts of misinformation, distorted information. That's one of things about this book: It's probably the most trustworthy source about women and health out there.

CNN: What's one thing you hope women take away from the book?

Norsigian: I would say that we can all make more intelligent decisions about personal health and medical care as well as the policies we want to see in our communities. The key is finding reliable sources of information that will guide those kinds of decisions.

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(CNN) -- After hours of back and forth between members, the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America decided Friday evening to accept noncelibate clergy members and lay leaders who are in "lifelong" and "monogamous" same-sex relationships.

Previous Evangelical Lutheran Church policy allows gay and lesbian clergy, lay people to serve only if celibate.

One of the country's largest Protestant denominations, the Lutheran church approved four recommendations to its ministry's policies that underscore a new approach to homosexuality.

While the recommendations passed at the weeklong Churchwide Assembly in Minneapolis, Minnesota, do not address recognizing same-sex marriage or civil unions, they do allow congregations to support same-sex relationships among their members and allow individuals in same-sex relationships to hold clergy positions.

The previous policy of the 4.6-million member church allowed gay people to serve as members of professional rosters only if they were celibate.

Some members argued prior to the vote that the change would fly in the face of religious teachings.

"Brothers and sisters, I ask you, before you dig yourselves deeper into this hole, if you are so absolutely certain that these behaviors are not sinful that you are willing to place yourselves and this church at the spiritual risk that comes from encouraging sin," said the Rev. Steven Frock of the Western Iowa Synod.

Among those on the other side was Alan Wold of the Northern Illinois Synod. "If according to some I am going to be in err for supporting this... Let me err on the side of mercy, grace, justice, and love of neighbor. Let me err on the side of gospel, which makes all things new."

Many feared the emotional debate could tear at the unity of the church. So the members voted to re-order their resolutions -- moving to the top a resolution that the church "commit itself to bear one another's burdens, love thy neighbor, and respect the bound consciences of all." It passed with overwhelming support.

Other religious denominations, including Episcopalians and Unitarians, have made moves to accept gay clergy, and Evangelical Lutherans would not be the first to accept those openly in same-sex relationships, said David Masci, a senior researcher at the Pew Forum on Religion and Public Life. But ELCA would be the largest to make such a move.

The church is the third largest Protestant denomination, representing 2 percent of the U.S. population, according to the Pew Forum.

The battle Friday was the latest in what Masci said many "socially moderate" denominations, including those in Judaism, are grappling with: balancing the growing acceptance of same-sex relationships with traditional teachings.

As some have moved toward accepting same-sex relationships, within those same denominations "you see more conservative wings that are pushing back against it," said Masci.

On hand for Friday's debate were hundreds of "interested parties" -- including some people who are not members of the church, said John Brooks, ELCA spokesman.

When asked whether there had been protests or rallies on either side outside the convention site, he responded, "Interestingly, no."

In the convention hall, Brooks said, "The debates haven't been rancorous or mean-spirited in any way. They've been quite civil. But people have been passionate with their feelings."

The Rev. Terri Stagner-Collier of the Southeastern Synod said a vote in favor of the resolutions would cause members of her own family to leave the church. Her sister "felt her church was being ripped away from her," Stagner-Collier said tearfully, adding, I urge you not to do this to all of those people in the pew and in my family."

Sara Gross of the Oregon Synod said some "dear members" of the church will be lost if the resolution passes. But, she said, "A vote to reject this recommendation sends a message to the world saying 'not all are welcome.'"

In a "changing world," Gross argued, the Evangelical Lutheran Church of America "needs to be a voice that stands up and says 'yes.'"

CNN's Josh Levs contributed to this report.

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question: The previous policy allowed gays, lesbians to serve as clergy, if what?

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question: Who is accepting gay clergy in lifelong relationships?

answer: Evangelical Lutheran Church

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question: What would the new policy allow?

answer: noncelibate clergy members and lay leaders who are in "lifelong" and "monogamous" same-sex relationships.

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question: What is the policy?

answer: allows gay and lesbian clergy, lay people to serve only if celibate.

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question: What was the previous stipulation for gay clergy?

answer: people to serve as members of professional rosters only if they were celibate.

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question: What kind of relationships would they clergy have to maintain?

answer: celibate.

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question: What will the church do?

answer: accept noncelibate clergy members and lay leaders who are in "lifelong" and "monogamous" same-sex relationships.

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question: What denomination will accept gay clergy?

answer: Evangelical Lutheran Church

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question: What did the previous policy do?

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LOS ANGELES, California (CNN) -- The number of movies nominated for the best picture Oscar will double next year, a move apparently aimed at bolstering sagging ratings for the Academy Awards broadcast.

Danny Boyle exults in an Oscar win for "Slumdog Millionaire" earlier this year.

"Having 10 Best Picture nominees is going allow academy voters to recognize and include some of the fantastic movies that often show up in the other Oscar categories, but have been squeezed out of the race for the top prize," Sid Ganis, president of the Academy Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, said.

Doubling the nominations would make it more likely a viewer's favorite movie is in the running for the top honor, which may make them want to watch the show, said Steve Pond, author of "The Big Show: High Times and Dirty Dealings Backstage at the Academy Awards."

"This clearly is a reaction to declining ratings," Pond said. "Even though this last show the ratings were up ... over the last 10 years or so the ratings have been down."

Oscar producers realized they "can juice the show up all you want, but people watch the Oscars when there are movies competing that they have an interest in," Pond said.

The best picture nominations often consist of movies that "the vast majority of people have not seen," he said.

The problem "came to a head with 'The Dark Knight,' " which sold more than $1 billion in tickets worldwide, but was snubbed by the academy in the best picture category last year, he said.

The Batman sequel won best movie at the MTV Movie Awards and was chosen favorite movie by the People's Choice Awards. It also made many critics' top 10 lists.

If the nomination field had been expanded last year, the film might have made the best picture list, "which clearly would have been some kind of bump in the ratings," Pond said.

This would also counter the impression among TV viewers that the awards show is "for movie snobs who don't like the movies I like," he said.

The decision to double the number of features films nominated is a return to the way the Oscars were awarded in its early decades, when as many as 12 movies were considered in the field of finalists, Ganis said.

"After more than six decades, the Academy is returning to some of its earlier roots, when a wider field competed for the top award of the year," Ganis said. "The final outcome, of course, will be the same -- one best picture winner -- but the race to the finish line will feature 10, not just five, great movies from 2009."

Nominations for the 82nd Academy Awards will be announced on February 2, 2010. The awards show is set for March 7 at Hollywood's Kodak Theatre.

A best picture nomination often serves as a marketing boost for films, driving DVD sales for those films no longer in theaters.

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ATLANTA, Georgia (CNN)  -- Ramin Ostadhosseini needed to vent, and this gathering seemed the place to do it.

Teens at Camp Ayandeh learn how to blend their parents' history and culture with their contemporary lifestyles.

"I get Raymond, Roman and sometimes Ramen noodles," he told the circle, describing how non-Iranians butcher his name.

This group felt his pain. Here, sprawled out on a manicured lawn at Emory University were dozens of youths attending a weeklong summer camp designed to generate discussion on what it means to be Iranian-American.

Like many attending Camp Ayandeh -- or "future" in Farsi -- Ramin has parents who were born in Tehran and immigrated to the United States after the Iranian revolution in 1979. Born in Baltimore, Maryland, six years after the revolution, Ramin grew up with two distinct and, at times conflicting, influences: the American side that met him at school and the Iranian one that greeted him at home.

It's a first-generation story as old as the United States. It's so common that Ayandeh counselors said the camp was created three years ago to address both Iranian and American parts of a new generation of Iranian-American youth -- a community they define as being "hyphenated."  Watch campers learn how to accept their backgrounds Â»

"We're really becoming mindful of how we define things," said Natasha Sallahi, a first-time counselor and aspiring filmmaker. "We realize that sometimes one word doesn't cover it all. So we're trying to create better definitions ... by putting two things [Iranian-American] together."

Camp Ayandeh is sponsored annually by Iranian Alliances Across Borders, a largely volunteer organization funded by individual donors and PARSA, a California-based philanthropic organization. First established on Thompson Island off eastern Massachusetts, Ayandeh began its gradual migration south the second year -- setting up at a campgrounds near Fairfax, Virginia.

Iranian-American teens from high schools across the nation now flock to the new Georgia address to learn about their heritage and ask questions that range from relationships and college admissions to sexual orientation and discrimination -- issues that can come with distinctly different social parameters than their parents were once accustomed to in Iran.

Camp counselor Siavash Samei remembers such angst all too well.

"There was not a single person that I could look at and say, 'He is me,' " Samei said, describing an absence of elder Iranian-American role models. " 'He is what I can do. He can snap and he can dance. And at the same time, he can talk English without an accent.' "

After two years as a camper, Samei returned this summer as counselor to help answer many of the same questions that plagued him a few years earlier. The typical adolescent anxieties and struggles were mixed with another layer of cultural confusion.

"As a high school student, I had a horrible time," he said. "One day I would come into school very dressed up thinking, 'I'm looking Iranian.' One day I would be wearing the baggy pants and dressed completely American. And I had no clue which one was right."

According to the U.S. Census Bureau, nearly 400,000 Iranian-Americans live in the United States. The largest wave of Iranian immigrants came to the U.S. immediately following the ouster of the Shah of Iran and the Islamic-led revolution in 1979.

Nearly three decades later, a new generation of Iranian-American youths are struggling to define themselves in these "hyphenated" communities.

Bobak Moazami, a 17-year-old kid from Manhattan's Upper West Side, said he likes to think of himself equally as part of both communities.

"I eat American food for lunch," he said. "Every day at school I have a grilled chicken sandwich. Then I come home and have chelo kabob or qormeh-sabzi."

For many of these students, traditional Iranian dishes such as qormeh-sabzi -- a stew of herbs and beef or lamb -- are a part of a heritage that at one time could only be preserved by their families. But with campers rediscovering pride in their cultural heritage, these teens are learning how to blend their parents' history and culture with their contemporary lifestyles.

Put simply, why not appreciate the old-world beats of the tonbak alongside the edgy lyrics of Kanye West?

At Camp Ayandeh, games of "vasati," or Iranian dodgeball, and Iranian dancing sessions are scheduled next to public speaking and college prep workshops. And the campers bring their bicultural experiences back home.

"I read about American literature in the morning [at school]," Moazami said. "We talk about great English poets like Shakespeare and Lord Byron, and then I come home and experience another set of great [Iranian] poets such as Hafez and Saadi."

Nava Behnam, a 17-year-old who's attended the camp twice, has a story that started out slightly different from most of those at Ayandeh. Unlike many of the American-born campers, Behnam immigrated to the United States at 5 after being born in Tehran. She has experienced little in the way of Iranian culture and tradition outside her home in Rockville, Maryland.

"I was never really surrounded by it too much," she said. "Or if I was, it was Persian gatherings with my parents where I'd sit in the back and be bored and have nothing to do."

Twelve years after arriving in the U.S., Behnam is part of a loyal following that returns to Camp Ayandeh each year.

"I come here to find my roots and to come to terms with where I belong and where I come from," she said.

After going to Camp Ayandeh, Behnam said she now has "an appreciation for Persian culture and our customs," even though she still describes herself as "just another teenage girl going to high school in America."

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