Stream of Reading (Prepare to be Forwarded) – An Archive of What I'm Reading
.post-info .has-bugs .single-featured-image Tuesday, April 14, is the 19th annual Equal Pay Day. The day is a symbolic representation of the gender pay gap: The average woman would have had to work all last year and into April this year to earn as much as the average man did in 2014 alone. But speaking in…
Gender disparities in income are greater in many white-collar U.S. professions than blue-collar and don’t lend themselves to legislative remedies Dr. Anne Montgomery, left, says her pay has lagged behind that of husband Dr. Glen Stream, center, because of trade-offs for her family. ‘To get back up to speed takes a while,’ she says. PHOTO: SANDY HUFFAKER…
Melania Trump says she is shocked by Chris Matthews’s recent remarks about her physical appearance. “Unbelievable,” she said in an interview with Du Jour published on Tuesday. “That’s what I’m saying — I’m not only a beauty, I’m smart. I have brains. I’m intelligent. I would just say, Men will be men.” Matthews was caught analyzing Trump’s appearance…
Before he raped me, I considered Sean my friend. I decorated a cake for his birthday. I played my songs for him. He shared his closet-grown weed with me. He giggled as I jumped in a pile of leaves. I trusted him. And then, two days after Thanksgiving, I asked Sean to accompany me to an…
It’s three weeks late and the bare minimum possible, but it’s better than nothing, we guess. Source: CBR Three weeks after people first began openly naming senior DC Editor Eddie Berganza as a multiple-time alleged sexual harasser, followed by additional allegations of sexual assault by a senior DC art director, and after a widely expressed…
No, really, does anyone look at this stuff? Source: DC Rebirthing Continues in August Solicitations Unless you have lived under a rock (or used some other method to go out of your way to remain ignorant of such things) you know that so called adult coloring books have become a major trend. Countless jokes have…
Physicians and surgeons 64.0% Nurse anesthetists 88.0% Dentists 76.0% Pharmacists 93.0% Podiatrists 65.0% Optometrists 82.0% Nurse practitioners 89.0% Veterinarians 81.0% Physician assistants 80.0% Audiologists 87.0% Radiation therapists 87.0% Physical therapists 87.0% Occupational therapists 88.0% Speech-language pathologists 82.0% Chiropractors 76.0% Registered nurses 92.0% Dental hygienists 90.0% Diagnostic related technologists and technicians 86.0% Respiratory therapists 86.0% Miscellaneous…
There continues to be ugly fallout from the bizarre happenings at the Nevada state Democratic convention, where convention-goers, mostly Bernie Sanders supporters, screamed and freaked out and verged on rioting in anger over convention rules perceived to disfavor their candidate. The battle was as ugly as it was inconsequential — the number of delegates being fought over is far…
A new investigative piece by British tabloid The Sun reveals that the workers manufacturing Beyonce’s new athletic line Ivy Park work up to 60 hours a week and earn $6.17 per day. The Sun—which is currently releasing a series of articles about British fashion mogul Sir Philip Green (who previously owned British Home Stores and…
This summer, Ghostbusters brings a whole new generation face-to-face with how cool it is to strap a proton pack to your back and take down the undead with style. But because we live in a world where men go into fits of hysteria over the gender of things like fictional busters of ghosts, we just…