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KFC's major update to iconic mascot leaves Colonel Sanders looking almost unrecognizable
Colonel Sanders' new look is for a very good cause.
1 min read - NewsErica Rae Chong
7 dumb ways tampons are marketed to women
Women have made some major strides in 2016 – We saw Hillary Clinton become the first woman to accept a major party presidential nominee in the U.S. — and we’ve also seen more diversity than ever on the runways of NYFW, including a model who’s survived an acid attack. But when it comes to periods and feminine hygiene products, the topic is still often considered taboo.
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Spice Girls remake is being used to empower young women
Released in 1996, the British pop group and this grainy video featuring Melanie Brown, Melanie Chisholm, Emma Bunton, Geri Halliwell, and Victoria Beckham running through the streets on a wild night took the world by storm. The Spice Girls were all about “girl power” and now, 20 years later, a remake of the video is once again calling for girl power and giving women across the globe a place to voice what they “really really want.” The video begins in India, where a group of girls dance through
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Willow Smith stars in dreamy campaign for socks
Just days after 17-year-old Jaden Smith posed for a gender fluid editorial for Vogue Korea, Willow just released a series of dreamy campaign photos for whimsical sock brand, Stance. There’s simply no box large enough to contain the force that is Willow.
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This is why some chocolate bars cost $12
Mast Brothers, a Brooklyn-based artisanal chocolate maker, recently came under fire when DallasFood.org exposed that the brothers have not always produced ‘bean to bar,’ as their company website implies. While bean to bar may not mean much to the average consumer, to chocolate makers, bean to bar is a really big deal.
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Jeweller gets slammed for ‘comically bad’ sexist ads
@iloveugly Trust that nervous instinct it’s probably trying to tell you something useful. “The images use women’s bodies as mere props and promote unequal power dynamics,” Rae Duff, the president for the National Council of Women for New Zealand told BuzzFeed. “It reflects how too often women in our society are seen as merely sexual objects and this feeds into our culture of abuse and violence against women.
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Is this Japanese makeup ad a comment on gender fluidity?
Right now the Internet is filled with talk of gender fluidity. It’s the latest catchphrase, and with advocates like Cara Delevingne and Ruby Rose, more and more people are starting to question the restrictions and boundaries of gender and gender stereotypes.
