Laina Bay-Cheng, University at Buffalo, The State University of New York When it comes to power in romantic relationships, men are often cast as dominant and women as deferential. But working against this are caricatures of domineering women with their “hen-pecked husbands” and “whipped boyfriends.” At the same time, popular culture is replete with representations of striving and self-serving women – from celebrities like Beyoncé to the TV show “Girls” – who engage in relationships with men as social equals on a level playing field. The idea that during relationship conflicts, women can be just as volatile, combative and aggressive…
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Gillian Foulger, Durham University Earthquakes threaten to be a show-stopper for fracking. In the Netherlands, the largest gas field in Europe will be shut down by 2030 after sustained damage to homes from earthquakes became too severe. In Oklahoma, US officials have severely curtailed operations after injection of waste water underground caused several earthquakes above magnitude five – one nearly 180,000 times stronger than the 2.3 magnitude earthquake that brought a seven-year pause on fracking in the UK. While operations have since resumed in Britain, the practice still remains a political battleground, with earthquakes at the centre. The UK government’s…
We always love an unapologetic woman who is proud of her roots and culture. That woman for us today is Nigerian author and speaker, Luvvie Ajayi. Taking a place as our Woman Crush Wednesday, Ajayi’s brilliance and witty sense of humour beamed through her first book, “I’m Judging You: The Do-Better Manual” which became a New York Times best-seller. Since then she’s taking on one successful project after another, her recent ones being the launch of two podcasts: “Rants and Randomness” with Luvvie Ajayi and “Jesus and Jollof” which she co-hosts with Yvonne Orji. Recently, she got to successfully represent…
Lindie Koorts, University of the Free State In October 1963 Nelson Mandela and nine of his African National Congress (ANC) comrades went on trial in South Africa’s capital Pretoria on charges of sabotage. In what became known as the Rivonia Trial, they hired Bram Fischer, an Afrikaner as their senior advocate. This made Fischer an Afrikaner fighting an Afrikaner government. He was also a senior leader of the South African Communist Party (SACP). He clandestinely belonged to the underground party, which was not only banned in South Africa at the time, but as the epitome of the “red peril” was…
Dear Dorothy, I have been involved with a married man for about two years now. He’s 45 and I’m nearly 30, he’s also my boss in the office and everyone in the company knows what’s going on. He says he wants to be with me and not his wife because he doesn’t love her any more. But, he says that her emotions are fragile and would have to be careful how he breaks up with her as they’ve been married for 18 years and have two children together. My man insists that he cannot live without me and that I…
Rachel Cohen, University of Technology Sydney; Amy Slater, University of the West of England, and Jasmine Fardouly, Macquarie University Social media use is often described as being problematic for mental health and body image. But is all social media use bad? Our new research shows that viewing body positive Instagram content may actually improve women’s body image, at least in the short term. With more awareness, social media users might be able to curate a social media environment that promotes positive body image by unfollowing or blocking idealised accounts, and following more body positive accounts – possibly including more Celeste…
Bamidele Adekunle, University of Guelph Lack of funding is one of the major challenges in the development of micro enterprises in sub-Saharan Africa. One of the ways small business holders survive is by belonging to informal interdependent societies. The availability of finance is necessary for small business development and players in the market often use informal avenues. These include friends and family, moneylenders and informal savings schemes such as Esusu in West Africa and stokvels in South Africa. Esusu operate as a savings group, an insurance scheme and an avenue for social interaction. The scheme operates under a trustworthy leader…
Shoshana Dobrow Riza, London School of Economics and Political Science Are you part of the whopping 60% of people in both the UK and US who are feeling unhappy at work? Now that it’s spring – a time of new beginnings – perhaps you are scratching your head, wondering if it’s worth leaving your job and looking for something new, something more exciting and meaningful, something more satisfying. Some of our recent research analysed data spanning 40 years from 21,670 people in a diverse array of occupations and found that people’s job satisfaction goes in cycles throughout their lives. Here…
Consultant physician, dermatologist and venereologist Dr Grace Chita Okudo, a Fellow of the Medical College of Physicians of Nigeria, and recently retired Assistant Inspector General of Police (AIG) and Head of Nigeria Police Medical Services is one of the speakers billed to speak at the 2019 Pride Women Conference. Dr Okudo has served Nigeria meritoriously both as a medical doctor and a fine police officer, which earned her a written commendation from the Inspector General of Police. She is a national merit awardee of the Medical Women Association of Nigeria, amongst other awards. She is currently an examiner at the…
Do things have to change? Do things have to pass by? Do things have to leave? Do things have to evolve? Do things have to be created? Do things have to be remembered? I don’t want change. It is frightening and scary. But that is what life is – change. It has to be done, In order for life to move on. It will be so, It is permanent. It can never change. Adaudo Anyiam-Osigwe from her book of poems – Words from Beyond When Crying for Myself: Musings from Childhood.xosotin chelseathông tin chuyển nhượngcâu lạc bộ bóng đá…