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Bustle
Psoriasis
6 Autoimmune Diseases That Are Different For Women Than Men
Bustle - JR Thorpe
Research is just starting to explore how different conditions affect female-bodied people differently to male-bodied people. One of these areas in …
The Washington Postadded this to The Lily
The glaring problem with father-daughter dances - The Lily
thelily.com - Caroline Kitchener
Once a year, elementary schools across the country open their gymnasiums to dads in bow ties and fourth-graders with up-dos. The DJ plays “Butterfly …
Daily Mirroradded this to Daily Mirror
Brain Tumour
Mum dies after mistaking symptoms of deadly disease for start of menopause
mirror.co.uk - Lucy Thornton
Lucy Farnsworth initially dismissed her symptoms after she started to forget things A mum died from a brain tumour after thinking warning signs were …
Raphaeladded this to Eclectic
Movies
10 films we can't wait to see this summer
SYFY WIRE - Kristy Puchko
Summer is upon us! Which means crushing heat, sloppy sweat, and stinging sunburns. Ugh. Who needs it? Play it smart and geeky! Beat the heat by …
Constantine Katevasadded this to Health
Women's Health
40 Jillian Michaels-Approved Health Habits You Should Steal
Women's Health - By Karla Walsh and and Nina Bahadur
If there's one woman who can whip you into shape, it's The Biggest Loser O.G., Jillian Michaels. The TV star, fitness trainer, and author spent 10 years as a trainer on NBC's hit weight-loss show and built
Charles Paprockiadded this to Women
Reddit
Men on Reddit Are Sharing What They Think the Worst Thing about Being Women Would Be
Working Mother - By Maricar Santos
Are men becoming more woke to the actual struggles women face? If we're going by the responses on a new discussion on Reddit, the answer is, kind …
The Guardianadded this to World News
Sarah Sanders
Sarah Sanders' job was to be the female face of a misogynistic administration
The Guardian - Arwa Mahdawi
Sign up for the Week in Patriarchy, a newsletter on feminism and sexism sent every Saturday. The kindest thing you can say about Sarah Sanders is that she was completely useless. She didn’t bother disguising
SYFY WIREadded this to Fangrrls
Father's Day
Five great games to give your dad for Father's Day
SYFY WIRE - Brittany Vincent
Another Father's Day is finally here, and that means you're probably trying to figure out what to get your geeky gamer Dad. He already blazed through …
New York Postadded this to Living
Intersectional Feminism
Why young, left-wing radicals could help re-elect President Trump
New York Post - By Mary Kay Linge
“It was traumatizing,” said Juniper, age 19. “It was sort of a personal attack, or at least it felt that way.” “It really is their 9/11,” said Laila, …
The Telegraphadded this to Business
KPMG
The inside story of the KPMG "bullying" affair
The Telegraph - By Lucy Burton and Bill Gardner
Something has gone really wrong at KPMG. Those are the words of a former senior executive who says the bean counter is repeatedly “shooting itself in the foot” – most recently with the way it handled of
ThinkProgress
Abortion
‘Men trying to tell women how to control their bodies’: College students discuss anti-abortion laws
ThinkProgress - Jessica M. Goldstein
“I knew things weren’t guaranteed. Nothing is a given to me in America.” For the generation born more than 20 years after Roe v. Wade, the most …
South China Morning Post added this to Insight & Opinion
Breast Cancer
Cancer treatments and support groups are helping, but more cancer prevention is something we really need
scmp.com - Amy Wu
This past May was my sixth “cancerversary” and, compared to the previous year, it was fairly low-key. I marked it with a silent prayer for friends …
Audioburstadded this to Audioburst World News
Sexism
Listen: Swiss Women Strike Nationwide to Protest Inequalities
Audioburst - 90.3 KAZU
"City thousands of women across Switzerland walked off the job today. Letting actions speak for themselves in the battle for gender equality. It's …
Job Interviews
Those were the days - 1971: When ‘girl barbers’ were the long and the short of it
heraldscotland.com - Russell Leadbetter
Glasgow hairdresser Ron G Stewart noted in a letter to the newspaper, however, that when a long-haired man went for a job interview he came in to get …
The Telegraphadded this to Women
Rory Stewart
Why Rory Stewart is exactly what the nation needs
The Telegraph - By Bryony Gordon
Rory Stewart is thoughtful, intelligent, full of integrity, and for all these reasons, say political commentators, he will never be prime minister. How depressing, how miserable, how utterly soul-destroying
Refinery29 UKadded this to Refinery29 UK
Maternity Leave
These Are The Best (& Worst) Countries For Maternity Leave
Refinery29 - Nick Levine
The UK has been named one of the least family-friendly countries in Europe by children's charity Unicef. Unicef based their rankings on a range of family-friendly government policies including paid parental
Kenneth Gentryadded this to Medical Health
Medicine
What's the Real Reason Women Docs Earn Less Than Men?
medscape.com
Every year, after Medscape releases the Physician Compensation Report, readers write in with their theories about what's causing the gender pay gap …
SYFY WIREadded this to SYFY WIRE
Trilogies
Seven YA sci-fi and fantasy novels that are worth your time in June
SYFY WIRE - Swapna Krishna
Summer is a great time to dive into YA fiction for many reasons. First of all, there are so many new releases to choose from. Second, reading YA is …
philip holdbrookadded this to Lifestyle
Belgium
VUB reveals new IVF technique that doubles chance of pregnancy
brusselstimes.com
A team of researchers from the Free University of Brussels (VUB) has developed a technique which doubles the chances of becoming pregnant via in vitro …
mytitagirladded this to Menopause
Postpartum
Narrative Medicine Explains Why Birth Stories Are So Important
Romper - Danielle Braff
Like nearly every new mom, I found myself back in the doctor’s office six weeks after I popped out my bundle of joy... filling out a form. I quickly …
mindbodygreenadded this to mbg HEALTH
Ketogenic Diet
Here's How The Keto Diet Can Mess With Your Period & Hormones
mindbodygreen.com - By Tasha Metcalf
We know the keto diet affects men and women differently, and therefore, the approach should be adjusted accordingly. One of the things that can be …
Cathyadded this to Fitness And Health
Business (South Africa)
New drugs for breast cancer could replace chemotherapy
businesslive.co.za - Kanoko Matsuyama
The global ADC market was valued at $1.57bn in 2017 and is projected to grow 26% every year through 2025 to almost $10bn “DS-8201 may become one of …
Greatistadded this to All Stories
Endometriosis
Yoga Inversions During Your Period: Do or Don’t?
Greatist
After countless yoga classes of all styles at studios far and wide, one question continues to bug me: Why do some yoga instructors tell women not to …
SYFY WIREadded this to SYFY WIRE
Jim Jarmusch
ICYMI: The top 10 posts on FANGRRLS 06/15
SYFY WIRE - Kayleigh Donaldson
Pride month continues on SYFY WIRE FANGRRLS and the Summer season is hotting up. A new Spider-Man movie is around the corner, Chris Hemsworth and …
Quartzadded this to Redesigning Fashion
Women Entrepreneurs
Female entrepreneurs lead at Dakar Fashion Week, Senegal
Quartz - Annika Hammerschlag
Ralph Lauren, Marc Jacobs, Tommy Hilfiger—some of the many male designers who create clothes for women – often headline the fashion weeks of the West. But in Dakar, Senegal and other African hubs such
Leadership
Women in Leadership & Design Workshop
sfdesignweek.org
The Quintadded this to Entertainment
Entertainment (India)
What the Staged Attack in Karan Oberoi’s Case Means for #MeToo
thequint.com - Pankhuri Shukla
On 6 May 2019, Mumbai-based television actor and singer Karan Oberoi was arrested by the police, following an FIR lodged against him by a 34-year-old …
Lehigh Valley
Your View: How ‘one fair minimum wage’ would reduce harassment in Pa.
mcall.com - Randi Teplitz
The restaurant industry is the single largest source of sexual harassment claims filed in the United States. A staggering nine in 10 women and seven …
CBC Newsadded this to Edmonton
Women's Health
These N.L. women have plastic-free periods. Why aren't more doing the same?
cbc.ca - Lindsay Bird
Few women would say they're ever excited to see their period return for another cycle, and Kim Thompson used to be one of them. The woman from …
Will Hurd
GOP congressman nixed as keynote speaker for cybersecurity conference
hotair.com - Karen Townsend
The effort by the left to de-platform conservative speakers continues. This time it is Rep. Will Hurd, former CIA officer, and cybersecurity expert, …