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  • NewsYahoo Canada Style

    Connie Britton defends her $475 Golden Globes 'Poverty Is Sexist' sweater

    "For those concerned with the price of my Globes sweater, I just don't think a $5,000 gown would have added to the conversation in the same way."

  • NewsYahoo Canada Style

    International Women's Day: 'Why are we still protesting this sh--?' Here's why.

    As part of Yahoo’s global coverage of International Women’s Day 2017, Yahoo Canada profiled women from various backgrounds and professions and asked them “What’s next?” What happens after Women’s Day — what would women like to see happen next in their personal lives, in their respective careers, and as a whole for females across the nation? “While women in North America might be shocked to learn that women in El Salvador can be jailed for up to 40 years for having a miscarriage, or that women i

  • NewsYahoo Life UK

    Why we're raising our sons as feminists

    Never was there a word more likely to insight controversy than the F-word. No not that F-word, I’m talking about feminism. Mention the fact that you’re a feminist and some people will automatically assume that means you’re anti-male. But it isn’t about burning your bra or wanting to live in a man-free bubble, feminism is about equality. Just ask Emma Watson.

  • NewsNora Crotty

    School Threatens to Call Police on Girl Who Wore Tux to Prom

    Such was the lesson learned by teenager Aniya Wolf when she attended her prom last week at Bishop McDevitt High School in Harrisburg, Penn. Since she was a little kid, Wolf has preferred to dress in a more typically masculine way, favoring pants and sneakers over skirts and heels. “I’ve just always been like this, ever since I was little,” she told her local ABC news affiliate. As Wolf’s mother, Carolyn, explains, they sent out a last-minute email in an attempt to dissuade her daughter from wea