Most activity books ask you to join the dots or colour by numbers. This one asks you to plan your own protest march.
I am a Rebel Girl: a Journal to Start Revolutions is a new feminist activity book filled with 100 insightful tasks for girls that all…
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Two kickass women created a neon-lit pop-up classroom to teach girls to code
This post is part of Mashable’s ongoing series The Women Fixing STEM, which highlights trailblazing women in science, tech, engineering, and math, as well as initiatives and organizations working to close the industries’ gender gaps.
Diversifying th…
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The most popular radio show in the UK is getting its first ever female host
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It’s 2018 and women are *still* having firsts. And, Wednesday marks yet another major first for women.
For the first time in the 51 year history of BBC Radio 2 — the most listened to radio station in the UK — its breakfast show will be hosted by a woman — veteran radio presenter Zoe Ball. The Radio 2 Breakfast Show is also the most listened-to breakfast show in the UK.
In a Twitter statement, Ball she was “absolutely cock a hoop” to be joining the show.
“To be the first woman to present this very special show is both an honour and privilege,” Ball said. Read more…
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Walmart to acquire women’s plus-size clothing brand ELOQUII
Walmart is expanding further into apparel with today’s announcement of its plans to acquire the digitally native, women’s plus-size clothing brand ELOQUII for an undisclosed amount. The all-cash deal includes ELOQUII CEO Mariah Chase, her executive team and its 100 employees, who will continue to be based in Long Island City, NY and Columbus, OH. […]
View More Walmart to acquire women’s plus-size clothing brand ELOQUIITinder in India launches ‘My Move,’ a Bumble-like feature where women chat first
Tinder in India is now rolling out a new feature that allows women to make the first move. The setting, called “My Move,” is similar to the core feature in rival dating app Bumble, which is currently enmeshed in multiple lawsuits with Tinder parent Match Group. Match sued Bumble for patent violations following failed acquisition […]
View More Tinder in India launches ‘My Move,’ a Bumble-like feature where women chat firstThe world isn’t ready to trust angry women. This book wants to change that.
In the women’s final of the U.S. open, the world came face-to-face with the righteous rage of a woman on live television. What came next, however, proved that society and the media were more irked by Serena Williams’ expression of anger and more inte…
View More The world isn’t ready to trust angry women. This book wants to change that.Miss America 2019 says she’s happy she didn’t have to wear a swimsuit to win
Miss America 2019 has been crowned, and she’s thankful the bikinis have been ditched.
Representing New York, Nia Imani Franklin won the title in Atlantic City on Sunday night, in the first competition since the 98-year-old pageant scrapped the swimsu…
The women of ‘Ozark’ redefine the male-centric crime genre
Major spoilers for Ozark: Season 2 lie ahead.
From Narcos to Breaking Bad, crime dramas have gained a reputation for using shallow female characters as little more than emotional fodder for male stories. Frequently minimized as damsels in distr…
World Surf League announces equal prize money for men and women
The World Surf League (WSL) has set the standard for other sports by announcing equal prize money for men and women.
Coming into force from the 2019 season, the move makes it the first U.S.-based global sports league to implement pay parity at the ev…
Stop telling women how they should talk
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“If you say ‘like’ one more time, I’m gonna lose my shit.”
These were the words uttered to me through gritted teeth as I sat in green plastic patio furniture on a humid summer night a few years back. The words dried on my tongue; I lost my train of thought. Moments before, I’d been embroiled in a heated debate about millennials and social media, as was my wont. My opponent was an older male journalist and, though he objected to the central thesis of my argument, he chose not to engage with my salient points. Instead he opted to attack something intensely personal: the way I speak.
I came away from that interaction feeling a level of anger that I couldn’t quite put into words. I felt ridiculed, undermined, and — worst of all — newly self-conscious about a vocal tick of which I’d been erstwhile blissfully unaware. Read more…
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