International Women’s Day, held every year on March 8, is a global event that honors women and pushes for equality and women’s rights. To celebrate, you’ll want to spread the word on social media about its message of justice. Whether you craft someth…
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Lyft offers free rides through March for Women’s History Month
For riders trying to educate themselves this International Women’s Day or Women’s History Month, Lyft is offering discount codes to visit significant monuments, museums, statues, women-owned businesses, and more.
As part of Lyft’s promotion, the company is recognizing women both in history and still living and fighting for equity — no matter if through local government or a local business. Ride-hailing app users can get $10 off rides to places connected to women’s rights, fights, struggles, and achievements.
Former senior advisor to President Barack Obama Valerie Jarrett sits on Lyft’s board, so she shared some inspirational places in the capital city she recommends visiting, like the Rosa Parks statue. Read more…
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View More Lyft offers free rides through March for Women’s History MonthGrace Jones, 70, owns the runway during Paris Fashion Week
Grace Jones has never stopped being iconic.
During Paris Fashion Week, Jones hit the runway to cap off Zendaya’s collection of new clothing at the Tommy Hilfiger X Zendaya TommyNow show on Saturday, looking incredible in a gold bodysuit and striped blazer.
Zendaya just showed her #TommyXZendaya collection and had the one and only Grace Jones return to the runway to close the show #PFW pic.twitter.com/lclom9jig9
— IAMFASHION (@IAMFASHlON) March 2, 2019
Jones, who strutted to the tune of her 1981 hit “Pull Up To The Bumper,” was just one of many in the lineup modeling clothes at the show. The models — all of whom were black — represented a wide array of body types and ages in a uniquely diverse showcase of fashion inspired by the ’70s and early ’80s. Read more…
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View More Grace Jones, 70, owns the runway during Paris Fashion Week9 useful online resources for National Eating Disorders Awareness Week
You may see the hashtag #NEDAwareness trending this week. The hashtag stands for National Eating Disorders Awareness Week, a movement that lasts from February 25 to March 3, which aims to combat society’s beauty standards and promote self-acceptance….
View More 9 useful online resources for National Eating Disorders Awareness WeekHow the internet is celebrating International Day of Women and Girls in Science
Scroll through Twitter, and you’ll see the trending hashtag #WomenInScience. February 11 is International Day of Women and Girls in Science: a time to recognize the ladies making the world a better place through science and technology.
Their success stories should really be celebrated every day, especially because science remains a male-dominated field. Less than 30 percent of the world’s researchers are women, according to the UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
Here are the inspiring stories of seven women who’ve achieved remarkable successes in science through the years. Read more…
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Moving to a different city or country can be lonely. Here are some things that helped me cope.
The decision to move from Copenhagen to London was an easy one. I was 26, recently unemployed, and single. So when I was offered a job in a cosmopolitan city with a population twice that of my home country, I said yes without much hesitation. I didn’t know anyone there, but shaking things up was exactly what I needed, so I rented out my apartment and left. I was excited.
We’re told that making big changes in life is invigorating. That exposing yourself to new things and new people is the only way to really get to know yourself. That to grow as a person, you must challenge yourself. I find this to be mostly true, but I’ve also discovered that actually uprooting yourself, thrilling as it may be, comes with its own set of challenges. Challenges that have taken time to develop coping strategies for. Read more…
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View More Moving to a different city or country can be lonely. Here are some things that helped me cope.Prominent anti-gay ‘conversion therapist’ revealed that he is, in fact, gay
David Matheson has spent a large chunk of his professional life working to “cure” people of their homosexuality. Not anymore.
In a Facebook post dated Jan. 21, Matheson acknowledged that he’s a gay man. He explained that the realization struck …
The history behind the ‘bread and roses’ theme to the London Women’s March
“The worker must have bread, but she must have roses, too.” These were the words uttered on April 2, 1911 by a young Polish-born immigrant woman at a meeting at New York’s Metropolitan Opera House.
108 years later, the words “bread and roses” are the rallying cry at Women’s March London — which organisers are dubbing the “Bread and Roses March and Rally”. Protestors will wield flowers as they march from Portland Place to Trafalgar Square on Jan. 19 and they’re being encouraged to donate to local food banks.
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Slack apologized for its misguided account bans, has reactivated closed accounts
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The banned Slack accounts are coming back.
On Friday evening, Slack issued a mea culpa for what some were calling “discriminatory” account bans, made in an effort to comply with U.S. economic sanctions.
“We acknowledge that we made several mistakes here,” Slack wrote in a blog post. “Our attempts to comply with these regulations were not well-implemented. In our communications, we did not treat our customers and other users with the respect they deserve.”
We made some mistakes this week when implementing updates to our U.S. trade embargoes and economic sanctions regulations compliance program. We’d like to offer an apology and an update on our course of action. You can read more here: https://t.co/Inscg9DzM1
— Slack (@SlackHQ) December 22, 2018 Read more…
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Women are harassed every 30 seconds on Twitter, major study finds
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If you’re a woman with an opinion on Twitter, chances are you’ve been harassed, abused, or even threatened. But, a new major study by Amnesty International has explored the horrifying prevalence of this abuse.
The study — conducted with global artificial intelligence software company Element AI —analysed 228,000 tweets sent to 778 women politicians and journalists in the UK and U.S. in 2017.
The findings revealed that 1.1 million “abusive or problematic tweets” were sent to the women in the study across the year — one every 30 seconds on average. Read more…
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View More Women are harassed every 30 seconds on Twitter, major study findsWomen are harassed every 30 seconds on Twitter, major study finds
If you’re a woman with an opinion on Twitter, chances are you’ve been harassed, abused, or even threatened. But, a new major study by Amnesty International has explored the horrifying prevalence of this abuse.
The study — conducted with global artificial intelligence software company Element AI —analysed 228,000 tweets sent to 778 women politicians and journalists in the UK and U.S. in 2017.
The findings revealed that 1.1 million “abusive or problematic tweets” were sent to the women in the study across the year — one every 30 seconds on average. Read more…
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View More Women are harassed every 30 seconds on Twitter, major study findsBritish MP shares that he’s HIV positive in powerful speech in parliament
A British member of parliament has given a deeply personal and arresting speech, disclosing his HIV positive status and calling on more funding for HIV prevention medication.
Lloyd Russell-Moyle, Labour MP for Brighton Kemptown, shared that he …