From The Guardian authored by:Nosheen Iqbal “Amy McKeown had been 12 weeks pregnant when she came round on her bathroom floor, blood pooling on the tiles, unable to move. Ten days earlier, in the spring of 2016, she had gone for her first scan with her husband, Matt, and their two-year-old daughter. At the appointment, […]
Monthly Archives: August 2019
Female Colonel Becomes the First Black Woman General in History of the US Marine Corps
From The Epoch Times authored by Michael Wing: “The U.S. Marine Corps has seen some historic milestones for female Marines during the Trump administration. Among these, one former Colonel Lorna M Mahlock reached the crowning achievement of becoming the first black female brigadier general to serve in the Marines. After President Trump nominated Mahlock’s historic promotion, it […]
Missing in action: Classic green Army men still have no women figurines, and this 6-year-old is not having it
From Military Times authored by J.D. Simkins: “Young Vivian Lord of Arkansas recently acquired a set of the instantly recognizable plastic green Army men figurines, iconic toys the 6-year-old had been pining after for weeks. Excitedly, the little girl from Little Rock sifted through the combat-ready green men, each figure contorted into one of an […]
Woman Wins 50K Ultra Outright, Trophy Snafu for Male Winner Follows
From Runners World authored by Hailey Middlebrook: Ellie Pell of Ithaca, New York, won the Green Lakes Endurance Run 50Koutright in 3:58:37 on August 10, earning awards for both first place woman and overall winner. Since a woman has never won the race before Pell, there was no award prepared for the first place male. “Heading into her […]
How Women Can Escape the Likability Trap
From The New York Times authored by Joan C. Williams: “There has been a lot of talk recently in the political arena about the likability trap for women: Women who behave in authoritative ways risk being disliked as insufferable prima donnas, pedantic schoolmarms or witchy women. What you haven’t heard about much is the way […]
Insurance Companies Are Paying Cops To Investigate Their Own Customers
From BuzzFeed News authored by Kendall Taggart: “When police showed up at Harry Schmidt’s home on the outskirts of Pittsburgh, he thought they were there to help. He was still mourning the disappearance of the beloved forest green Ford F-150 pickup that he’d customized with a gun storage cabinet, and he hoped the cops had solved […]
Meet the first female Marine F-35B pilot
From Marine Times authored by Shawn Snow: “Marine Capt. Anneliese Satz just made a name for herself June 27 at the Marine air station at Beaufort, South Carolina, for being the first female Marine to complete the F-35B syllabus. It’s a historic feat for the Corps, as she joins a relatively small field of Marine F-35 […]
‘It’s Like an Automatic Deportation if You Don’t Have a Lawyer’
From The New York Times authored by Mazin Sidhamed: “In February 2017, Carlos was arrested by Immigration and Customs Enforcement shortly after he dropped one of his daughters at her school bus stop; the agents had been waiting there for him. He was locked in immigration detention in the Bergen County Jail in New Jersey […]
Juvenile Defender Wants Teachers To Disrupt The School-To-Prison Pipeline
From Wyoming Public Media authored by Savannah Mayer “Over 600 Native students and their educators gathered at Central Wyoming College this week for the annual Native American Conference. Juvenile Defender Nubia Pena gave the keynote address. She talked with Wyoming Public Radio’s Savannah Maher about what teachers on the Wind River Reservation can do to […]
Fiona Kolbinger, 24-Year-Old Medical Student, Becomes First Woman to Win the Transcontinental Race
From Bicycling authored by Jason Sumner: Fiona Kolbinger, 24, won the Transcontinental Race on Tuesday. The medical student and cancer researcher is the first woman to win the ultracycling race across Europe. Finishing in 10 days, two hours, and 48 minutes, she beat the U.K.’s Ben Davies by nearly 11 hours. “Following a ride that covered nearly […]
