South by Southwest can brag about the diversity of its keynote speaker lineup, but the annual culture, entertainment, and technology conference still managed to slip-up when it came to embracing inclusivity at this year’s show.
Case in point: O…
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Woman gets email rejecting her for a job because she’s not a man
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Finding out you didn’t meet the requirements for a job you wanted is always tough to hear.
But, a company in Spain is facing an almighty backlash after it sent a candidate an email telling her she didn’t get hired because she isn’t a man.
Carla Forcada, who lives in Barcelona, Spain, applied for the role of account executive at PR agency Impulsa Comunicación. After sending her CV, she received an email from the PR firm telling her that they were looking for a man because the role would require work with Coca-Cola and Carglass accounts. She tweeted a screenshot of the email she received, which is written in Spanish, alongside the comment: “Unbelievable to think that some companies still don’t support gender equality in the workplace.” Read more…
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View More Woman gets email rejecting her for a job because she’s not a manRipcord CEO faces allegations of improper behavior
Perry Coneybeer, who left college at age 19 to work full-time at Ripcord, is alleging improper behavior by Ripcord CEO Alex Fielding. Coneybeer also alleges she was fired in retaliation for reporting a fellow employee to human resources. In a Med…
View More Ripcord CEO faces allegations of improper behaviorWomen in music to man in charge of Grammys: ‘Time’s up, Neil’
Recording Academy President Neil Portnow (the man in charge of the Grammys) told women in music they’d have to “step up” if they wanted to win more awards. Today, women in music responded by telling him he’s the one who’ll have to step up if he wants…
View More Women in music to man in charge of Grammys: ‘Time’s up, Neil’Someone Photoshopped the male artists out of a festival poster and the result is telling
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It’s a bleak state of affairs when you look at the lineup for a festival and you can’t see any female artists on the line-up.
Lily Allen tweeted an edited version of Wireless festival’s poster with the male artists photoshopped out. The finished result showed that the three-day festival had booked just three female artists—Mabel, Cardi B, and Lisa Mercedez.
The image was created by journalist Luke Bailey, who tweeted that “Wireless festival without the men is… not great.”
Here’s what the unedited poster looks like: Read more…
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View More Someone Photoshopped the male artists out of a festival poster and the result is tellingMorgan 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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Spend a week fielding sensitive HR complaints in ‘Grayscale’ web game
If you’re looking for a way to close out your week that’s entertaining, edifying, and looks like you’re doing real work, check out Chimeria:Grayscale, a game where you act as an HR person dealing with everyday office problems via email. Okay, maybe it doesn’t sound that exciting, but there’s more to it than that. Read More
BBC men joke about the gender pay gap in leaked conversation
A leaked transcript has revealed two male BBC journalists joking about the corporation’s gender pay gap just days after a female journalist resigned over the company’s culture of pay inequality.
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BBC journalist quits after discovering she earns 50% less than male counterparts
In a powerful open letter to licence-fee payers, a veteran BBC journalist has spoken out against “secretive and illegal” culture of pay inequality at the publicly funded organisation.
China Editor Carrie Gracie announced her resignation in the …
Barbra Streisand calls out female directors being overlooked in powerful Time’s Up speech
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Barbra Streisand couldn’t quite believe her ears when she was informed backstage that she was the only woman to ever win the Best Director award at the Golden Globes.
“Did I hear right?” she said, puzzled, on-stage when she recounted this anecdote prior to announcing the nominees for Best Motion Picture.
“I was the only woman—did I hear right?— the only woman to get the Best Director award,” Streisand said. “And, you know, that was 1984. That was 34 years ago.”
“Folks, time’s up!” Streisand bellowed. Read more…
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View More Barbra Streisand calls out female directors being overlooked in powerful Time’s Up speechOprah’s must-see speech at the Globes will make you cry — and inspire you to take action
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There’s a reason why, throughout the Golden Globes, stars have been whispering her name like a prayer: Oprah.
The queen’s acceptance speech for the esteemed Cecil B. DeMille award (essentially a lifetime achievement award) at the Golden Globes Sunday night was a rallying cry for the disenfranchised that managed to perfectly articulate the #MeToo moment.
“It is not lost on me that at this moment there’s some little girls watching as I become the first black woman to be given the same award,” she said, speaking about watching Sidney Poitier as a child. “It is an honor and it is a privilege to share the evening with all of them.” Read more…
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View More Oprah’s must-see speech at the Globes will make you cry — and inspire you to take actionTrain company responds to woman’s complaint about sexist behaviour with, uh, more sexism
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Heads up, companies: when a woman makes a complaint about the misogynist behaviour of a male employee, take her seriously.
Sadly, this isn’t what happened when a woman complained to a UK train company about the dismissive and patronising conduct of one of their train conductors. Instead, her complaint was met with a snarky and completely tone deaf response.
Emily Lucinda Cole tweeted a complaint to Virgin Trains East Coast that an older male train manager dismissed her in a “patronising” way, calling her “honey.”
When virgin trains mess up and the older male train manager in the resulting conversation dismisses you with that hideously patronising word women shudder at in contexts such as these: “honey” @virgin_trainsEC.
— Emily Lucinda Cole (@EmilyLucindaRC) January 2, 2018 Read more…
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