Category: Feminism
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The Week in Stories Around the Globe

In India, female bodybuilding is as challenging as it is rewarding “These bodybuilders on the contrary focus on their muscles and strength, which often defies the conventional views on femininity,” Kunnath explains. “It’s a complex landscape of stereotypical ideas and societal expectations of femininity they have to navigate.” #India #bodybuilding #WomenEmpowement #weightlifting 4 Talking Points…
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The Week in Stories Around the Globe

Leftist Climate Scientist Claudia Sheinbaum Wins Mexican Presidency in Landslide With Mexico facing a devastating heatwave and other climate impacts, Sheinbaum has pledged to prioritize clean energy development, vowing to “lead a $13.6 billion program to jumpstart Mexico’s renewable energy sector,” Politicoreported. Sheinbaum is set to take office in October. #MEXICO #ClaudiaPrimeraPresidentaDeMéxico #LatinAmerica #EleccionesMéxico2024 Lebanon: Israel’s White Phosphorous Use…
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A Letter from an Alpha Male

Dear Question Culture Hosts, My pen scratches across the paper. The only sound in the quiet cabin. Outside, the wind whips through the pines, a challenge I meet head-on with each exhale. Maybe that’s dramatic, but that’s the thing about being an alpha male–things just feel a little more intense. Listen, I’m not here to…
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The Week in Stories Around the Globe

Sudan’s conflict hits the 1-year mark, sparking fears of repeated atrocities “Twenty years ago, Darfur was the world’s largest hunger crisis and the world rallied to respond,” World Food Programme Executive Director Cindy McCain said last month. “But today, the people of Sudan have been forgotten.” #Sudan #Africa #CivilWar #conflict Texas State Troopers in Riot Gear…
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Lonely Boy II

Single Awareness Day? Valentine’s Day 2024 is upon us. It’s a day where if you’re single, society really makes you feel like a loser. Hence, some folks call V-Day the single awareness day. A 2022 Pew Research Center study found that 63% of men aged 18-29 reported being single, compared to 34% of women in the same age group. There appears…
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The Week in Stories Around the Globe

Internal documents show the World Health Organization paid sexual abuse victims in Congo $250 each “It’s not unheard of for the U.N. to give people seed money so they can boost their livelihoods, but to mesh that with compensation for a sexual assault, or a crime that results in the birth of a baby, is…



