From Fortune authored by Jeff John Roberts: “In the darker corners of the Internet, you can now find celebrities like Emma Watson and Selma Hayek performing in pornographic videos. The clips are fake, of course—but it’s distressingly hard to tell. Recent improvements in artificial intelligence software have made it surprisingly easy to graft the heads […]
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Why Getting Into Trouble is Necessary to Make Change
From TIME authored by John Lewis: “I’ve seen unbelievable changes during the past 50 or 60 years. When people say, “Nothing has changed,” I feel like saying, “Come and walk in my shoes.” I truly believe that if there is faith and hope and determination, we can continue to lay progress and create an American […]
What Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez’s Hoop Earrings Mean to Latina Women Like Me
From Glamour authored by Frances Sola-Santiago: “Like many Latina women, I got my ears pierced when I was a baby—my mother took me to the pediatrician to have it done less than a month after I was born. (According to her, there were many other new moms and infants in line at the doctor’s office […]
The Japanese art principle that teaches how to work with failure
From Quartz authored by Ephrat Livni: “Like a favorite cup or plate, people sometimes crack. We may even break. Obviously, we cannot and ought not throw ourselves away when this happens. Instead, we can relish the blemishes and learn to turn these scars into art—like kintsugi (金継ぎ), an ancient Japanese practice that beautifies broken pottery. Kintsugi, or […]
How weight discrimination affects women
From Biz Woman authored by Catlin Mullen: “Weight-based discrimination affects more women than men and can influence both hiring and pay decisions. Rebecca Pearl, an assistant professor at the University of Pennsylvania’s Perelman School of Medicine, writes that weight-based discrimination is experienced by 20 percent to 45 percent of women, compared to 6 percent to 28 […]
The Citadel names a woman as its top cadet for the first time in 175 years
From Women in the World authored by WITW Staff: “For the first time in its 175-year history, famed South Carolina military college the Citadel has named a woman as regimental commander — a title conferred upon the student considered to be the academy’s top cadet. Sarah Zorn, a 21-year-old junior, was awarded the position — […]
How Cities Make Money by Fining the Poor
From The New York Times Magazine authored by Mathew Shaer: “In 2017, Micah West and Sara Wood of the S.P.L.C. drove to Corinth to open an investigation into the Municipal Court, with an eye toward later filing a lawsuit — the most effective way, they believed, to halt Judge John C. Ross’s jailing of low-income […]
Bernice Sadler, ‘Godmother of Title IX’, Dies at 90
From The New York Times authored by Katharine Q. Seelye: “When Bernice Sandler was a schoolgirl in the 1930s and ’40s, she was annoyed that she was not allowed to do things that boys could do, like be a crossing guard, fill the inkwells or operate the slide projector. When she was older, teaching part-time […]
Domestic Violence Shelters Scramble To Keep Doors Open Amid Shutdown
From The Huffington Post authored by Melissa Jeltsen: “Domestic violence shelters across the country are cobbling together funds to keep their doors open as the government shutdown hits the two-week mark. Most shelters pay their staff, rent and expenses out of pocket, and are repaid with federal funds at the end of each month, Kim […]
What Hillary Clinton wrote in a letter to an 8-year-old who lost her bid for class president
From CNN authored by Veronica Stracqualursi “Hillary Clinton wrote a letter to an 8-year-old girl who lost an election for class president, telling the young student that she knows “too well, it’s not easy” to run for “a role that’s only been sought by boys.” “While I know you may have been disappointed that you […]
