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Women’s invisible labor leaves them feeling empty, study finds

sudshr47 January 22, 2019

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Invisible labor is a benign way of describing the never-ending, sometimes soul-crushing to-do list that women manage in order to keep their children thriving and households running smoothly. 

You might recognize the broader concept of unappreciated yet essential household work from a 2017 digital comic strip on “mental load.” Countless women saw their own exhaustion and simmering resentment in the comic’s feminist rendering of why women end up taking on tiny tasks like unloading the dishwasher to huge decisions like choosing a nanny. Of course, it went viral.

A new study, published Tuesday in the journal Sex Roles, offers original data to illustrate the widespread phenomenon of invisible labor — and its depressing impact on women’s emotional and psychological well-being.  Read more…

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A skeleton’s blue teeth represent a ‘bombshell’ discovery for women’s history

sudshr47 January 12, 2019

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It’s not surprising to learn that women who lived during the Middle Ages didn’t always get the credit they deserved, but tangible proof that further erodes our male-centric view of history is always welcome.

A new study asserts that lapis lazuli found in the teeth from the remains of a Medieval woman indicates that she was an artist. Researchers are calling the discovery a “bombshell” because it provides extremely uncommon proof of the role that women played as skilled artists at the time.

“It’s kind of a bombshell for my field,” Alison Beach, a medieval history professor at Ohio State University and co-author of the study, told the Associated Press. “It’s so rare to find material evidence of women’s artistic and literary work in the Middle Ages.” Read more…

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18 of the best books written by women in 2018

sudshr47 December 26, 2018

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So, it’s almost the end of the year. Time to put your feet up, grab a mince pie, and curl up with a good book. 

Some truly brilliant books have been published by women in 2018 — so many, in fact, that it was nigh-on impossible to whittle down the list to just 18 books. 

But, here are 18 books that really stood out this year, grabbed our attention and didn’t let go until we’d reached the very last page. 

Here are 18 of the best books by women in 2018. 

1. 

Normal People

By Sally Rooney

Sally Rooney’s second novel Normal People is just so damn readable. It tells the story of two young people, both from very different backgrounds, who embark on a secret relationship. The writing feels so strikingly intimate that you start to feel deeply invested in Connell and Marianne’s lives as they leave the town they grew up in to start their studies at Trinity College Dublin. Not for some time has book captured so the complexity of millennials and their relationships in such a sensitive and relatable fashion.  Read more…

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Bellabeat’s new hybrid smartwatch tracks your stress…and goes with your outfit

sudshr47 December 21, 2018

Bellabeat, the company behind a variety of health and wellness wearable devices aimed at women, is now selling its first smartwatch. The device, which is simply called “Time,” was announced earlier this month right in the midst of holiday shopping season. Like other fitness trackers, the watch is capable of basic tasks like counting your […]

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Ada Hegerberg becomes first woman to win the Ballon D’Or, gets asked if she can twerk

sudshr47 December 4, 2018

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When Norwegian footballer Ada Hegerberg became the first woman to win the Ballon D’Or, she likely wasn’t expecting to get asked about her dancing prowess.  

Not only are we still living in an age where women are having “firsts,” we’re also still living in an era where men think it’s cool to ask women if they know how to twerk just as they’re accepting a historic award. 

After Hegerberg delivered a speech with an empowering message to young girls, French DJ Martin Solveig decided it’d be a great idea to ask her — after she’d literally just been named the best female footballer in the world — “est-ce que tu sais twerker?“, which means: “Do you know how to twerk?” Read more…

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‘Beautiful’ and ‘bittersweet’: Why the midterm elections should give you hope for America

sudshr47 November 7, 2018

After two years of waiting for the chance to rebuke President Trump and the Republican Party at the polls, voters from across the political spectrum finally got their chance Tuesday night. 
By flipping the House, several statewide offices and le…

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‘Crazy Ex-Girlfriend’ star Rachel Bloom wrote a song skewering women’s magazine covers

sudshr47 October 24, 2018

Crazy Ex-Girlfriend star Rachel Bloom has been skewering unrealistic expectations of women (set by both men and women) and debunking sex myths for years. But now, the actress, singer, and comedian has a new platform: a musical magazine cover.
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Harassment of young girls in public is so relentless it has become normalised, report finds

sudshr47 October 23, 2018

Women and girls are enduring street harassment “so frequently” that it is normalised to become “a routine part of everyday life,” a new government report has found. 
MPs on the Women and Equalities Committee investigated the issue of street hara…

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Why I’m only reading books by women this year

sudshr47 October 18, 2018

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My bookcase in my bedroom in my childhood home is bursting full of books that have shaped my education and, come to think of it, my entire life to date. 

During a recent visit home, I observed that the overwhelming majority of these books — many of which were prescribed texts during my sixth form studies and my literature degree — are authored by men. 

However, among those books gathering dust, the most dog-eared, well-thumbed ones were written by women. These books were old friends I’d revisit time and again throughout my teens and twenties. Their authors: Virginia Woolf, George Eliot (AKA Mary Anne Evans), the Brontë sisters, Mary Shelley, Margaret Atwood, Edith Wharton, Maya Angelou, Iris Murdoch, Sylvia Plath, Joan Didion, to name a few.  Read more…

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