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Susan Fowler: When the time came to blow the whistle on Uber, I was ready

March 2, 2020March 2, 2020 NewsEditor#MeToo movement, Feminism, sexual harassment, Silicon Valley, Technology, Travis Kalanick, Uber, women, Women's rights and gender equality, World news

The former Uber engineer has written a memoir about exposing the companys systemic sexism she hopes it will help other women in the industry Before Susan Fowler was a whistleblower she was a violinist, and before she was a violinist she fed fruit flies to spiders that were milked for their venom at a small Arizona business known as Spider Pharm. In February 2017, Fowler was thrown into the public eye after she published a damning blogpost exposing the toxic sexism she experienced working as a software engineer at Uber.…

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Suffrage review: epic retelling of US women’s long battle for the vote

February 23, 2020February 23, 2020 NewsEditorBooks, Culture, Feminism, Gender, History books, Law, US constitution and civil liberties, US politics, women

A century after the 19th amendment, Ellen Carol DuBois makes the familiar new and sheds light on a fight against injustice It was a decidedly anticlimactic end to a life-changing campaign. The document was sent by train to Washington in the middle of the night. A government employee met the train and rushed it to the secretary of state, Bainbridge Colby, who signed the Proclamation of Ratification at dawn, three days after Tennessee became the 36th state to vote for womens suffrage. There were no photographers to record the moment,…

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Natalie Portmans Oscar Outfit Honors Snubbed Female Directors

February 11, 2020February 11, 2020 NewsEditor2020, 700-page, Directors, dress, Feminism, natalie, Oscars, portman, women

Even though celebrity life may not be everyone’s cup of tea, the Oscars ceremony is a real guilty pleasure for many of us mere mortals. It’s the night when everyone gets fancy and dressed up, we get to hear some wonderful speeches, and also see our favorite movies get recognized by the film community. Furthermore, we get to satisfy our inner fashionistas, feasting our eyes on spectacular outfits. One of those spectacular outfits showcased this year belongs to Natalie Portman and carries a very special meaning within it. Portman decided…

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Readers on the pain of miscarriage: In my head I was already a mum and then suddenly I wasnt

January 16, 2020January 16, 2020 NewsEditorfamily, Health & wellbeing, Life and style, Parents and parenting, Pregnancy, women

According to a new study, a third of women experience PTSD after losing a baby in early pregnancy. Guardian readers describe their experiences Eleanor, 34, Northamptonshire I had three miscarriages in 2018, all under 12 weeks. I became very anxious to the point that it was impacting every area of my life. It affected my sleep and I had very negative thoughts. I spent a lot of time crying and kept having flashbacks to the third, most traumatic miscarriage, particularly when I was trying to sleep or relax. I had…

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Vivian Suter: the rainforest-dwelling artist who paints with fish glue, dogs and mud

January 8, 2020January 8, 2020 NewsEditorAmericas, Art, Art and design, Climate change, Culture, Environment, Exhibitions, Guatemala, Life and style, Older people, painting, Society, Tate Liverpool, women, World news

She was ignored for decades, but now Suter has been rediscovered as a pioneering eco-artist. We meet her, and her 97-year-old collagist mum, in the wilds of Guatemala A large dog romps across a blue and white canvas, leaving a trail of brown paw prints. Oh well, shrugs Vivian Suter. Theyre part of the work now. I dont think anyone will mind. I realise Bonzo one of three Alsatian crossbreeds that shadow the artist wherever she goes in her Guatemalan home has just put the finishing touches to an artwork…

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From renewables to Netflix: the 15 super-trends that defined the 2010s

December 28, 2019December 28, 2019 NewsEditor#MeToo movement, Austerity, business, Digital media, e-cigarettes, Economics, energy, Environment, Football, Fossil fuels, Fracking, gas, Health, Life and style, Media, Mental health, Migration, Mobile phones, Netflix, Plastics, Renewable Energy, Smartphones, Smoking, Social Media, Society, Sport, Technology, Telecoms, Transgender, Veganism, women, Women's football, World news

It was the decade of austerity, fracking, populism and internet lies. But not everything about the 2010s was terrible The plastics backlash Garbage, including plastic waste, is seen at the beach in Costa del Este, Panama City. Photograph: Luis Acosta/AFP via Getty Images It was once the height of metropolitan chic: the dash into Starbucks for a skinny decaf caramel latte en route for work, the takeaway cup a mark of upward mobility. Those were the days of Sex and the City, when the culture of doing everything on the…