I'm Still Not Tired - Larkin Callaghan
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CDC’s director, Tom Frieden, MD, MPH, on polio eradication.
(From CDC)
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We are bundling up like these SHETLAND PONIES IN CARDIGANS and heading out.
Thank you, Waldo Jaquith.
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From a book of photographs and essays about London by Chicago-based writer and photographer Brian Leli. Explaining the project on his website,...
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…I’ll keep on saying it; Senator Bernie Sanders is great!
An infographic depicting the percentage share of formal firms that are owned by women in Africa. Data from the World Bank.
Inspiring profile in the NY Times about Korean women who were “comfort women” to Japanese soldiers during WWII, forced into sexual slavery for years. The few women still alive are demanding Japanese government recognition for what they endured and have silently protested in front of the Japanese embassy in Seoul every week for two decades.
Why invest in women? Here’s a wealth of reasons why. Click through for a clearer image.
I am thrilled to now be a regular contributor to About Face. This non-profit organization educates and equips women and girls with the tools to critically analyze media messages that are directed at them and can affect their self-esteem and body image. They offer media literacy workshops, are designing a curriculum, and have action groups that allow girls to become engaged in developing their media literacy.
Check out my first post, about Kellogg’s “Special K Challenge” and how it is a thinly veiled campaign that supports a fasting mindset contributing to disordered perceptions of what a healthy nutritious diet truly is.
Legal professionals: Kit Hoover, on Access Hollywood Live - my primary source of sexist commentary as of late - thinks you’re ugly. She said this to Nicolette Sheridan who confided that as a young girl she had wanted to become a lawyer. Another strong message sent by this “news” group that your looks are what determine your ideal job - and that if you’re considered attractive by the masses, taking a job that doesn’t allow them to ogle at you is a real tragedy.
To her credit, Ms. Sheridan replied, “Well, ah, I don’t really know how to respond to that.” Which is a tactful way of saying, “Good lord, one day you’re probably going to need a lawyer because you can’t filter that stream of BS”
The new Playboy Club show debuts on NBC this fall. Let’s talk about why this isn’t “entertainment” - and why it’s actually about reinforcing tired power dynamics constricting to women.
Can…anyone tell these people apart? It’s like that episode of Twilight Zone “Number 12 Looks Just Like You” when all the women undergo plastic surgery as they enter adulthood to look like carbon copies of one another, achieving one unified vision of what is “beautiful.” Does this look terrifying to anyone else? The lack of original selves? The inability to distinguish one from another?
Fantastic post by Jaclyn Friedman over at Good.
