Tag: woman
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Ingenious Poster Uses Lemons to Illustrate Different Signs of Breast Cancer
One in eight American women will be diagnosed with breast cancer in her lifetime — frightening statistic for any woman to hear. We all know the importance of getting mammograms and self-checking our breasts, but do we know what to look for? Erin Smith Chieze, a woman who was diagnosed with breast cancer in Dec. 2015, didn’t…
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Woman Outs Street Harrassment and Catcallers by Taking Selfies With Them
Catcalling and street harassment – it’s likely only something women experience – but it’s a real and often terrifying problem and it happens all over the world. When Noa Jansma had enough of being catcalled as she walked to her university in Amsterdam each day, she decided to highlight and denounce the problem by taking…
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Playboy Playmates Recreate Their Covers 30 Years Later
To celebrate the life and death of Playboy Founder Hugh Marston Hefner at the age of 91, we thought we’d look at an interesting series by photographers Ben Miller and Ryan Lowry for Playboy. In this series, a number of Playmates were given the opportunity to recreate their iconic covers, some 30 years after their release. …
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THE CLITORIS: animation explains what it is, where to find it, and what to do with it
Simply entitled The Clitoris, this beautiful animation explains everything you have always wanted to know about this female organ and its history. It is directed by Lori Malépart-Traversy, which won the awards of numerous festivals around the world. And don’t forget, if you’re looking for a piece of original art to hang on your walls, check…
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Statue of a Girl Stares Down the Famous ‘Charging Bull’ on Wall St
Earlier this week, a small bronze statue of a girl, designed by artist Kristen Visbel, appeared overnight in the path of the bull statue. The young girl stares down the famous Wall Street charging bull in an act of defiance. It’s intended to highlight the gender disparity of senior level roles at US financial firms; 85…
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10 Women Who Changed the World We Live In
It’s surprising to us that in this day and age we still need to have an ‘official’ day to recognise and champion women and women’s rights. Nevertheless, International Women’s Day has come and gone for another year and gave us the opportunity to reflect upon how women have changed the world we live in. Throughout history, many…
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The Top Photos in the 2017 Birth Photography Competition (NSFW)
The International Association of Professional Birth Photographers (IAPBP) has just announced the finalists and winners for the 2017 competition, which celebrates “the beauty of birth and the skill of birth photographers”. The contest is split into three categories: labor, delivery, and postpartum. When we presented you with the 2016 finalists, it was one of our most viewed blogs for 2016. Many…
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Who is BANKSY? We Try to Answer the Art World’s Biggest Mystery
It’s been the art world’s biggest mystery for some time… who is Banksy? The identity of the mysterious British street artist has been a closely guarded secret ever since he popped up in Bristol and took over as the most recognizable political and satirical street artist around the world. Over the years several different people have attempted to “unmask” Banksy,…
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Animation Perfectly Comments On Our Warped Standards of the Female Body
It takes great lengths for a woman to meet today’s unattainable beauty standards. You need to work. Shave it, brush it, lift it, tuck it. Some things need to be smaller, the others — bigger. And all for that glorious moment when somebody says you are beautiful, feminine, divine. But is it worth it? French…
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Issues Woman Face Illustrated in a Hilarious Series of Comics
We’re interesting creatures us women. We’re confident and insecure, straight and weird, predictable until we’re unpredictable. A bit of everything really. Illustrator Sarah Anderson has taken a funny take on what makes the modern woman fun and unique in her comic strip called “Sarah’s Scribbles“. We think she’s on pointe. Sarah publishes one semi-autobiographical comic every Wednesday…