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The Financial Times has a woman problem, or so it thinks. In the push for gender equality, and to reach out to female readers, boffins at the paper have developed a bot that warns journalists when they’re quoting too many men. The paper, which mostly covers the stuffy, male-dominated worlds of finance and industry, found […]
At least 1,600 signatures have been submitted to a letter protesting a sexist talk given by physicist Alessandro Strumia at CERN last week. https://media.wired.com/photos/5bb7d1a5f8a2e62d0bd5c537/master/pass/cern-472001669-(1).jpg
A woman won the Nobel Prize in Physics for the first time in 55 years. The announcement came just a day after a physicist was suspended by CERN for controversial remarks about women. The two events highlight the sexism that endures in physics, but also some positive changes underway.
It started with a tweet — a simple, if sassy, missive sent from L.A. Memorial Coliseum before the Los Angeles Rams hosted the Houston Texans in a preseason game. I’d like to do an investigative piece on the percentage of male sportswriters who actually played the sports they cover, and at what level, and then […]
Williams branded Ramos a thief during the final at Flushing Meadows in an incredible meltdown in the second set as she lost 6-2 6-4 to Naomi Osaka. Williams refused to shake hands with Ramos following the match having been given a game penalty for her outburst. It came after Williams was accused of being coached […]
REX/Shutterstock Carolyn Radford, CEO of Mansfield Town Football Club As one of only a handful of female CEOs in professional football I know how hard it can be to make a name for yourself in an industry that’s rife with outdated attitudes. When I took the job at Mansfield Town FC seven years ago I […]
Piers Morgan struggled to keep his cool on today’s Good Morning Britain, as he took on the actress who plays Nicola Rubinstein in Coronation Street. Nicola recently wrote a column for Metro.co.uk which spoke about inappropriate photography on red carpets. Nicola argued that the language used within articles online such as “flashed the flesh” and “busty […]
Kevin Winter/Getty Images Emma Stone presented the Oscar for best director Sunday night. She joked about the male-majority nominees. “These four men and Greta Gerwig created their own masterpieces this year,” she said. Only five women have ever been nominated for a directing Oscar, and only one has ever won. While announcing the winner […]
Enlarge / Atari co-founder Nolan Bushnell applauded the Game Developers Conference for rescinding his own award, apologizing “if my personal actions or the actions of anyone who ever worked with me offended or caused pain to anyone at our companies.” (credit: Flickr / CampusPartyMexico) On Tuesday, the Game Developers Conference announced its prestigious Pioneer Award […]
Social VR platform VRChat has vowed to tackle “disrespectful or harmful behavior” in an open letter to the community. VRChat, which launched early last year, is one of many VR platforms that enables friends and strangers to meet up online and hang out. Unlike many other apps, though, VRChat has users creating their own 3D models […]
