For thousands of years in India, citizens have been organized by a strict caste system and expected to live, work, and marry within the class they were born into. In the top castes are priests and teachers, and at the bottom are menial laborers. Below them, there’s the poorest of the poor, the Dalits, once
*It started with a simple sentence: “You don’t know me, but you’ve been inside me, and that’s why we’re here today.” Maybe you read the powerful words—part of a “victim’s impact statement” the young woman who’d been sexually assaulted at Stanford University had prepared to read to her attacker in court. The facts of the
Before Black Panther celebrated the all-female freedom fighters of Wakanda, real-life black women formed their own type of special-forces unit in Alabama. When a whopping 98 percent of African American women voters united behind Doug Jones, they were able to elect him as the first Democrat to represent Alabama in the U.S. Senate in more
Raise your hand if you’ve been here: It’s Monday morning, and you’ve been up all night wiping your runny nose, coughing, and feeling achy all over. All you *really *want to do is wrap that duvet even tighter around you and guzzle Gatorade, but you’re going to tough it out and go into work, right?
Still have the new Justin Bieber song running through your head? You can in part thank Allison Kaye, the general manager of Scooter Braun’s SB Projects. The company has propelled not only Bieber into superstardom but also Ariana Grande and Carly Rae Jepsen, among others—and that’s just the beginning. As GM, Kaye oversees the careers
In 2016, stand-up comedian Marcia Belsky launched “The Headless Women of Hollywood” Tumblr page. Since its inception, Belsky has been tirelessly cataloging each and every movie, television, and advertising poster that features a woman’s headless body as the main art. According to her “about” page, Belsky launched the site with the hopes of bringing attention
While thousands of people hit the streets on the East Coast this afternoon to protest President Trump’s administration and come together for social and political change for the second year in a row, celebrities three hours behind on the West Coast were just getting started. In Los Angeles, we hit the city’s Women’s March and
Hundreds of new emoji, including more smiley faces, gender-neutral characters, new clothing options, and mythical creatures are coming with iOS 11.1’s launch, so get ready to blast your group chat. While these new emoji will be included in next week’s developer and public beta, you’ll actually be able to preview them today. Back in July
