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US law leaves no choice for Boko Haram rape victims “You WILL have the terror spawn!” — The Nib — Medium.
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Does the “wife bonus” really exist? – Women in the World in Association with The New York Times – WITW
(Charles McQuillan/Getty Images) In Sunday’s New York Times, Wednesday Martin claims to blow the lid off a certain set of fashionable, hedge-fund dependent Upper East Side wives with children. It’s a group with whom she spent six years socializing at the playground and in other casual settings—an experience Martin, who holds a BA in anthropology,…
A Hobby Anthropologist Dissects the Tribes of the Upper East Side – NYTimes.com
Photo Going to school on the Upper East Side. Credit Erin Baiano for The New York Times A few weeks ago, a woman named Wednesday Martin, a hobby anthropologist whose graduate degree is in comparative literature, published an op-ed article in The New York Times outlining some of the observations she makes in her forthcoming…
Saudi Billionaire Buying $95 Million Penthouse In America’s Tallest Residential Tower: Gothamist
gallery js A billionaire from Saudi Arabia has reportedly purchased the $95 million penthouse apartment at 432 Park Avenue, the tallest residential skyscraper on this side of Planet Earth. The billionaire was likely drawn to the apartment’s six bedrooms, seven bathrooms and magnificent views, all of which are perfect for hiding millions of tax-free dollars…
Online Troll Urges Game Developer Rachel Bryk To Commit Suicide
Gaming communities are mourning the death of prominent transgender game developer Rachel Bryk, who committed suicide on April 23. Bryk, 23, was plagued by chronic pain, which she told friends was a result of rheumatoid arthritis and fibromyalgia. She took her own life by jumping from the George Washington Bridge, which connects Manhattan to New Jersey,…
Leaked Memo Reveals What ‘Breastaurants’ Actually Think Of Their Customers | ThinkProgress
by Tara Culp-Ressler Posted on May 19, 2015 at 12:58 pm Updated: May 20, 2015 at 5:11 pm “Leaked Memo Reveals What ‘Breastaurants’ Actually Think Of Their Customers” Waitresses and a customer at a Texas-area Twin Peaks restaurant CREDIT: Flickr Creative Commons via MarkScottAustinTX Popularly known as “breastaurants,” the franchises that cater to the male gaze…
How Measuring The Economy Differently Could Increase Gender Equality | ThinkProgress
CREDIT: Shutterstock Every three months, the government takes the temperature of the economy by releasing Gross Domestic Product, or GDP, figures. GDP goes up: the economy is supposedly healthy. GDP goes down: there’s a bug (or an all-out contagion, as during the Great Recession). But GDP — which adds up the value of work being…
‘The Wicked + The Divine’ Comic To Be Adapted As TV Series | Deadline
On the heels of The Wicked + The Divine comic by Kieron Gillen, Jamie McKelvie and Matt Wilson landing three Eisner Award nominations, including best new series, the breakout books are headed to TV. Universal Television has optioned the rights to the property for Matt Fraction and Kelly Sue DeConnick’s Milkfed Criminal Masterminds; they will produce…
We Have a Few More Blurbs For Michael Wolff’s New Book
Media gadfly and would-be mogul Michael Wolff has a new book out, or maybe coming out soon, presumably with a title and so on. Here are the blurbs: The blurbs for Michael Wolff’s new book pic.twitter.com/PHERgmsUeD May 29, 2015 While we appreciate our inclusion in this murderers’ row of “big shots,” we feel this quote…
A full-time minimum-wage job won’t get you a 1-bedroom apartment anywhere in America – Vox
There is no state in the union where a full-time, minimum-wage worker can afford to rent a one-bedroom apartment for less than 30 percent of his paycheck (which is a standard measure of housing affordability). That’s the depressing takeaway from a new report by the National Low-Income Housing Coalition. The paper includes this map tallying…