This is what happens when chivalry dies and ‘misguided’ feminism arises
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Future University of Adelaide criticized for ad depicting mansplaining
Five women, 1 guy explaining it all.
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The book was crowdfunded and has raised over $1 million, the most funded original book through crowdfunding.
15 books every feminist needs to read
These are great times to be a woman. Yes, we still hear stories of harassment and discrimination almost every other day, but we’re hearing something else: stories of women standing up for one another and demanding accountability. We heard about the #MeToo movement around the world, Times’s Up in Hollywood, and of countries like Iceland […]
Keira Knightley explains why she prefers to do historical films over modern day pieces
Keira Knightley is a multi-awarded actress who has starred in films like Pride and Prejudice, Anna Karenina, Atonement—movies that take place in a historical past rather than in the present. In an interview with Variety for yet another historical film she is set to headline, Keira explained that she really does prefer to do historical pieces […]
Paying men more than women for same work is now illegal in Iceland
Iceland started the year with a solid step towards closing the gender wage gap by making it illegal for companies to pay men more than women for the same work. The country has become the first in the world to legalize equal pay. The new law which came into effect on January 1 states that companies […]
Women in Hollywood launch ‘Time’s Up!’ campaign to fight sexual harassment
More than 300 women in Hollywood—actresses, writers, and directors—have launched a campaign called “Time’s Up!” to combat sexual harassment in the film industry and in the workplace. The initiative was announced in a full-page advertorial printed in the New York Times. The campaign came after the many sexual allegations against men in Hollywood like Harvey […]
Trump is TIME’s Person of the Year runner-up and people are mad
You’ve probably already seen TIME Magazine’s 2017 Person of the Year, which honored “The Silence Breakers”–women who have spoken up about the sexual assault they have experienced from powerful men–and referred to them as “the voices that launched a movement.” Many people applauded the cover, but that praise was short-lived. TIME released the runner-ups to […]
Women musicians react to sexual allegations against local indie bands
Twitter user @_tapsilog started a thread on the platform that exposed certain members of local indie bands for sexually assaulting several women fans. The thread has since become viral and has led to three of the named bands to be removed from the line-up of their gigs. It’s a pretty long thread, but here’s the […]