Patrisse Cullors has had a major influence on the Black Lives Matter movement ever since it began in the wake of the Trayvon Martin shooting. Here she explains what many people get wrong when it comes to how they think about Black History Month and wh…
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Black Lives Matter co-founder explains what people get wrong about Black History Month
Patrisse Cullors has had a major influence on the Black Lives Matter movement ever since it began in the wake of the Trayvon Martin shooting. Here she explains what many people get wrong when it comes to how they think about Black History Month and wh…
View More Black Lives Matter co-founder explains what people get wrong about Black History MonthDoritos may introduce a softer chip for women because apparently only men have teeth
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As a woman, I have long dreamed of the day I could bite into a chip that has the same density as a menstrual pad.
That day may be coming sooner than I thought. In a new Freakonomics interview with the C.E.O. of PepsiCo, Indra Nooyi, Nooyi revealed that the company is getting ready to release special snacks for women that would be designed and packaged differently.
Nooyi disclosed some of the essential gendered (and scientifically unproven) differences between men and women and how they eat chips.
“When you eat out of a flex bag — one of our single-serve bags — especially as you watch a lot of the young guys eat the chips, they love their Doritos, and they lick their fingers with great glee, and when they reach the bottom of the bag they pour the little broken pieces into their mouth, because they don’t want to lose that taste of the flavor, and the broken chips in the bottom,” Nooyi told Freakonomics. “Women would love to do the same, but they don’t. They don’t like to crunch too loudly in public. And they don’t lick their fingers generously and they don’t like to pour the little broken pieces and the flavor into their mouth.” Read more…
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Morgan Freeman had 1 very blunt comment about his SAG Award statue
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Just because you won an award doesn’t mean you can’t criticise it.
On Sunday, Morgan Freeman picked up a Lifetime Achievement Award at the SAGs.
He had some no-nonsense feedback about the statue, though:
Here’s a close-up of said statue. It does look pretty masculine, doesn’t it?
Morgan Freeman calls out #SAGAwards statue for being “gender-specific” from the frontpic.twitter.com/gVAKWylRnK
— Jillian Sederholm (@JillianSed) January 22, 2018
Freeman’s comments were well-received on Twitter.
When Morgan Freeman is out here dropping knowledge bombs that even award show statues are sexist #SAGAwards pic.twitter.com/Cqxpv5RU7R
— 🙅🏾♂️avier Harding (@iamxavier) January 22, 2018 Read more…
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What we can learn about sex and power from the #MeToo backlash
After months of condemning pervasive sexual harassment and assault, we’ve arrived at the #MeToo backlash.
Back in October, when the allegations against Harvey Weinstein and Kevin Spacey made it relatively easy to find your place on the battlefi…
Nasty women (and men) to crowdsource ‘marching orders’ ahead of midterm elections
This weekend marks a year since millions of nasty women (and men) marched in protest following the inauguration of Donald J. Trump.
March On, a new organization branching out from the Women’s March movement, wants to take a “bottom up” approach…
The portion of VC-backed startups founded by women stays stubbornly stagnant
It was a tumultuous year for the technology industry, with sexual harassment, pay gaps and under-representation of women often dominating the headlines. And while sexism was not born in Silicon Valley, sexual harassment is proving to be toxic for business. As part of our larger Q4 and 2017 coverage, let’s see how the venture industry invested in women last year. Read More
Diversity in the video game industry is (surprise) not good
The video game industry continues to be overwhelmingly white, male, and straight, a new study from the International Game Developers Association shows.
SEE ALSO: Game Developer Diversity Is Needed to Further Industry Boom
In a survey published Monday…
New York Times to air chilling Golden Globes ad that touts its sexual misconduct reporting
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Trump was a disaster for women in 2017. It may be his undoing.
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When historians look back on 2017 and try to describe the profound cultural upheaval that brought down Hollywood titans and powerful politicians, they’ll no doubt struggle to capture the ache and fury of women who spent their lives silenced by abusive men and finally decided they’d had enough.
There’s no tidy or sober way to describe the rot that women knew festered in our social, professional, and political institutions — a decay that once couldn’t be named or fully exposed, until it was.
When the accounts are written by those with more hindsight than we currently have, one man should play the starring role, and it’s not movie mogul Harvey Weinstein. It’s another master showman, the one we call president of the United States. Read more…
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AI-powered tool helps domestic violence survivors file restraining orders
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When a domestic violence survivor files the legal paperwork for a restraining order against an abuser, the process is often complicated, emotional, and time-intensive.
While there’s no shortcut to make that experience less painful or nerve-wracking, Dorna Moini, a lawyer who’s represented numerous survivors pro-bono, wants to make it more efficient. That’s why she launched HelpSelf Legal, a fee-based site that uses artificial intelligence to enhance the process of filling restraining order paperwork.
“It would be nice to have everyone have a lawyer to help them through the process,” says Moini, “but the reality is that there aren’t enough lawyers.” Read more…
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Black women who blocked Roy Moore need your support, not your tweets
After Democrat Doug Jones upset his opponent Roy Moore in the election to choose Alabama’s next senator, the celebration on Twitter featured a recurring theme: white people thanking black women for voting en masse to deny Moore a victory.
SEE A…