Month: July 2020

Hollywood Wanted Olivia De Havilland To Play An Ingenue Forever. So She Sued Them.

Hollywood Wanted Olivia De Havilland To Play An Ingenue Forever. So She Sued Them.

Olivia de Havilland, British actress, wearing a blue dress with a matching blue feather in her hair, sitting on a yellow sofa in a studio portrait, against a black background, circa 1935. (Photo by Silver Screen Collection/Getty Images) The last fragile thread linking us to the Golden Age of Hollywood […]

Why Young Healthcare Professionals Are Posting Bikini Photos

Why Young Healthcare Professionals Are Posting Bikini Photos

Is it appropriate for a healthcare professional to post a picture of themselves in a swimsuit to social media? If your answer is, “Yes, duh,” then you’re on the same side of the debate as the hundreds of people who have been using the #Medbikini hashtag since this past Friday. […]

Google Employees Will Work From Home Until At Least Next Summer

Google Employees Will Work From Home Until At Least Next Summer

It’s been a subdued summer for most of us, with none of the usual vacation plans and get-togethers. But that doesn’t mean we can’t be making plans for next year — and for Google, those hot summer 2021 plans involve… continuing to work from home. In an announcement today, the […]

As Women, The Cities We Live In Aren’t Built For Us

The following is an extract from Feminist City by Leslie Kern, which explores how cities are built for men and the ways that women fight to take up space. Looking through the lens of geography, pop culture and public and personal history, the book exposes how female bodies are ostracised […]