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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 […]
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 […]
Have you ever been in a situation where you have to choose between a romantic relationship or your career? The choice to make may not be the same for everyone and whatever you choose should depend on what you think matters more to you. Twitter user @mzbat shared an overheard story of a couple fighting […]
When pop star Taylor Swift released her latest single “Look What You Made Me Do” last August, she clearly declared that the “old Taylor is dead” and rebrands herself as one badass b*tch coming for blood. However, it seems not everyone in Twitterverse believes that she’s as badass as she portrays. After user @xnuiz tweeted […]
In almost every Romance movie ever-made, young girls are often portrayed to be dreaming about their ‘perfect’ wedding with the ideal man. And in many instances, these films even go so far as to link marriage as a requisite to the aspirations of the female youth. Although this notion may be true in some cases, […]
It is not unusual that ideas pitched by women are completely ignored until a man repeats or tweaks their ideas–and gets the credit for it. Women across age groups have, at one point, experienced such instances at home, in school, or in the workplace. And there has not been a term for it–until now. Hepeated, […]
Montreal-based artists Emilie Mercier and Frédérique Marseille decided to pay tribute to the beauty of the female body with a unique and artistic project dubbed 1001 Fesses. Emilie Mercier, 29 years old, (the photographer) and Frederique Marseille, 28 years old, (the artistic director and manager of the project) have always shared the same sensibility for […]
Featured images via Twitter users @gloomyhome, @piecesaebyeol, @birries, and @amidstsilence The Twitter hashtag #VisibleWomen first came to be in 2016, as a response to the Angoulême International Comics Festival nominating 30 men and zero women for the award. For those who don’t know, it is one of the largest comics events in the world and […]
In case you missed it, Tito Sotto once again earned the ire of people online— this time, because of remarks he made at the senate during the confirmation hearing for DSWD Sec. Judy Taguiwalo. As his last question in the hearing, Sotto asked the Secretary about the fact that she has two children but no […]