Those little detergent pods are handy, aren't they? But they're dangerous, too. A new report in Pediatrics reveals just how many children were hospitalized as a result of coming into contact with the convenient laundry product.
In an interesting post-script to this viral video about street harassment, Kati Heng set up a Tumblr page where women reveal what was said and what they wore when they were catcalled. The results of the mini-social experiment are fascinating.
No wonder Working Title (the film company behind Bridget Jones and Love, Actually) has gobbled up this amazing love story as a potential project- it has all the makings of the perfect romcom and modern-day fairy tale: Single woman has baby via sperm donor, then tracks him down, introduces their daughter, a
Drinking during pregnancy is one of those minefield topics that never fails to get parents fired up. How much alcohol (if any) should a mom-to-be drink while pregnant? In an extreme case in England, a mom who drank excessively during her pregnancy has been charged retrospectively for committing a “crime of violence.”
Is Your Name Elizabeth Gallagher? You'll wish it was, after reading this post. A man who split up with his girlfriend after purchasing around-the-world flights as an early Christmas present has a spare ticket up for grabs. The only snag: you have to hold a Canadian passport and your name has to be Elizabeth Gallagher.
Jimmy Kimmel's at it again. For some reason the talk show host wasn't taken aside in years past and told that his "I Told My Kids I Ate All Their Halloween Candy" prank wasn't even funny the first time around. Nor was it worth repeating.
Should a pack of razors cost more just because the handles happen to be pink? I don't think so. Neither does a French women's rights group that prompted a government inquiry into the price discrepancy of so-called "feminine" products.
As women, we live in a different time than that of our grandmothers and our mothers, even. Like them we're subjected to sexual harassment and all manner of gender bias. The hands of time haven't changed that grim fact. Yet today we have a secret weapon hitherto unavailable to us. We have—for better or for worse—social media, and it is a powerful tool. From the moment news broke of Jian Ghomeshi's firing from the CBC, the floodgates opened. Conversations erupted online. Accusations and confessions trickled out from behind closed doors and into public forums.
