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Note: This story includes some graphic descriptions. Every woman who has ventured online is well aware of the perils. Sheltered by anonymity, sexual predators thrive on the Internet, where sending vulgar missives rarely has consequences. Most women cope by promptly deleting these inappropriate messages and trying to forget about them. Mia Matsumiya, a professional violinist based…
article start The gender pay gap is widening again because men’s earnings are growing this year at twice the rate of women’s. The median weekly earnings for full-time male workers was $889 in the third quarter, the Labor Department said Tuesday. That’s a 2.2% increase from a year earlier. Meanwhile, full-time female workers’ earnings were $721, up…
Last night, the third trailer for the upcoming Star Wars: The Force Awakens premiered on YouTube and ESPN. Did you shit your dick? I definitely shat my dick. I think the dick-shittingest moment, for me, was when the new Darth Vader guy was doing the Force to the other guy’s brain, but the low-altitude aerial…
*pinches bridge of nose* *exhales noisily* Of course there’s a Star Wars Episode VII boycott. And there’s a hashtag to boot. Because of course there’s a hashtag. One-click buffet-style serving of shittiness, coming right up. (Behold, the Mary Sue article about it.) Apparently people are mad because blah blah black dude protagonist with a lightsaber, or…
The past week has been a nightmare for Americans who use Russell Simmons’ pre-paid RushCard debit cards and have been completely unable to access their money, including recent paychecks, thanks to glitches arising from a “technology transition.” Today marks the eighth day some customers are unable to access their funds. On its own, that’s stunningly…
Marcia Davis, a mother of six in Baltimore, walked to work this morning. And not for the fresh air or the exercise — she walked because she couldn’t pay for her bus pass. She couldn’t buy it for the same reason she can’t buy anything else: Since last week, she has been unable to access…
I’m so freaking bored of geek culture feeling the need to knee-jerk defend enormous corporate entities. Large organizations hire professionals for the sole purpose of defending themselves against bad press. We don’t need to jump in. Tesla isn’t the five issue comic you loved as a teenager – it is a enormous money-rich company; no…
In less than 24 hours, Star Wars: The Force Awakens has already exploded the records for at least two major ticket sales sites. According to a statement from Fandango, the seventh Star Wars movie has surpassed The Hunger Games’ sales record. “We have already sold eight times as many tickets as we did on the…
Start Article Post Content Few would doubt Lena Dunham has many awards coming her way as her career unfolds, from the Emmys she’s bound to receive to the Oscars to which she probably aspires. But given her recent foray into digital publishing, could the Pulitzer Prize be what she’s really after? Dunham seems to be…
Yahoo Inc (YHOO.O) said on Tuesday it had signed a search advertising deal with Google Inc, providing a potential boost to Marissa Mayer’s efforts to turn around the company, which also reported revenue and profit that fell short of market estimates. The deal with Google, a unit of Alphabet Inc (GOOGL.O), builds on an…