Latest items for United States
March 27, 2023, 5:24 p.m.
Countries: United States
Variables: CRPLB-PRACTICE-1
"Three days before Christmas, the only hospital in this remote city on the Yakama Indian Reservation abruptly closed its maternity unit without consulting the community, the doctors who delivered babies there or even its own board. At least 35 women were planning to give birth at Astria Toppenish Hospital in January alone, and the sudden closure — which violated the hospital’s commitment to the state to maintain critical services in this rural area — threw their plans into disarray. Victoria Barajas, 34, expecting her first child, scrambled to find a new doctor before her due date, Jan. 7. Jazzmin Maldonado, a 29-year-old schoolteacher due to give birth soon, wondered how...more
Variables: CRPLB-PRACTICE-1
"Three days before Christmas, the only hospital in this remote city on the Yakama Indian Reservation abruptly closed its maternity unit without consulting the community, the doctors who delivered babies there or even its own board. At least 35 women were planning to give birth at Astria Toppenish Hospital in January alone, and the sudden closure — which violated the hospital’s commitment to the state to maintain critical services in this rural area — threw their plans into disarray. Victoria Barajas, 34, expecting her first child, scrambled to find a new doctor before her due date, Jan. 7. Jazzmin Maldonado, a 29-year-old schoolteacher due to give birth soon, wondered how...more
March 27, 2023, 5:24 p.m.
Countries: United States
Variables: CWC-DATA-2
"Three days before Christmas, the only hospital in this remote city on the Yakama Indian Reservation abruptly closed its maternity unit without consulting the community, the doctors who delivered babies there or even its own board. At least 35 women were planning to give birth at Astria Toppenish Hospital in January alone, and the sudden closure — which violated the hospital’s commitment to the state to maintain critical services in this rural area — threw their plans into disarray. Victoria Barajas, 34, expecting her first child, scrambled to find a new doctor before her due date, Jan. 7. Jazzmin Maldonado, a 29-year-old schoolteacher due to give birth soon, wondered how...more
Variables: CWC-DATA-2
"Three days before Christmas, the only hospital in this remote city on the Yakama Indian Reservation abruptly closed its maternity unit without consulting the community, the doctors who delivered babies there or even its own board. At least 35 women were planning to give birth at Astria Toppenish Hospital in January alone, and the sudden closure — which violated the hospital’s commitment to the state to maintain critical services in this rural area — threw their plans into disarray. Victoria Barajas, 34, expecting her first child, scrambled to find a new doctor before her due date, Jan. 7. Jazzmin Maldonado, a 29-year-old schoolteacher due to give birth soon, wondered how...more
March 27, 2023, 5:24 p.m.
Countries: United States
Variables: MMR-DATA-1
"Astria Toppenish Hospital is one of a string of providers across the nation that have stopped providing labor and delivery care in an effort to control costs — even as maternal deaths increase at alarming rates in the United States, and as more women develop complications that can be life-threatening." (para 5). "The United States is already the most dangerous developed country in the world for women to give birth, with a maternal mortality rate of 23.8 per 100,000 live births — or more than one death for every 5,000 live deliveries. Recent figures show that the problems are particularly acute in minority communities and especially among Native American women,...more
Variables: MMR-DATA-1
"Astria Toppenish Hospital is one of a string of providers across the nation that have stopped providing labor and delivery care in an effort to control costs — even as maternal deaths increase at alarming rates in the United States, and as more women develop complications that can be life-threatening." (para 5). "The United States is already the most dangerous developed country in the world for women to give birth, with a maternal mortality rate of 23.8 per 100,000 live births — or more than one death for every 5,000 live deliveries. Recent figures show that the problems are particularly acute in minority communities and especially among Native American women,...more
March 27, 2023, 5:24 p.m.
Countries: United States
Variables: RISW-PRACTICE-2
"The closure in Toppenish mirrors national trends as financially strained hospitals come to a harsh conclusion: Childbirth doesn’t pay, at least not in low-income communities. From 2015 to 2019, there were at least 89 obstetric unit closures in rural hospitals across the country. By 2020, about half of rural community hospitals did not provide obstetrics care, according to the American Hospital Association. In the past year, the closures appear to have accelerated, as hospitals from Maine to California have jettisoned maternity units, mostly in rural areas where the population has dwindled and the number of births has declined." (para 6-8). "A study of hospital administrators carried out before the pandemic...more
Variables: RISW-PRACTICE-2
"The closure in Toppenish mirrors national trends as financially strained hospitals come to a harsh conclusion: Childbirth doesn’t pay, at least not in low-income communities. From 2015 to 2019, there were at least 89 obstetric unit closures in rural hospitals across the country. By 2020, about half of rural community hospitals did not provide obstetrics care, according to the American Hospital Association. In the past year, the closures appear to have accelerated, as hospitals from Maine to California have jettisoned maternity units, mostly in rural areas where the population has dwindled and the number of births has declined." (para 6-8). "A study of hospital administrators carried out before the pandemic...more
March 27, 2023, 4:03 p.m.
Countries: United States
Variables: MMR-PRACTICE-1
"Many parts of the United States have much higher maternal mortality than California, and fewer policies to support families. California was the first state to offer paid family leave. It has one of the most generous public insurance programs for pregnant women. The state has invested in specific programs aimed at reducing maternal deaths and racial disparities in childbirth." (para 28). "Like California, Sweden has also started targeted efforts to reduce maternal deaths. When officials there recognized that African immigrants giving birth were dying more frequently, they began piloting a 'culture doula' program, with doulas who were immigrants themselves helping pregnant women navigate the country’s health system. Local maternal health...more
Variables: MMR-PRACTICE-1
"Many parts of the United States have much higher maternal mortality than California, and fewer policies to support families. California was the first state to offer paid family leave. It has one of the most generous public insurance programs for pregnant women. The state has invested in specific programs aimed at reducing maternal deaths and racial disparities in childbirth." (para 28). "Like California, Sweden has also started targeted efforts to reduce maternal deaths. When officials there recognized that African immigrants giving birth were dying more frequently, they began piloting a 'culture doula' program, with doulas who were immigrants themselves helping pregnant women navigate the country’s health system. Local maternal health...more
March 27, 2023, 4:03 p.m.
Countries: United States
Variables: CRPLB-PRACTICE-1
"Research has repeatedly shown that Black mothers and babies have the worst childbirth outcomes in the United States." (para 7). "That approach also reveals that premature infants born to poor parents are more likely to die than those born into the richest families. Yet there is one group that doesn’t gain the same protection from being rich, the study finds: Black mothers and babies." (para 10). "'It suggests that the well-documented Black-white gap in infant and maternal health that’s been discussed a lot in recent years is not just explained by differences in economic circumstances,' said Maya Rossin-Slater, an economist studying health policy at Stanford and an author of the...more
Variables: CRPLB-PRACTICE-1
"Research has repeatedly shown that Black mothers and babies have the worst childbirth outcomes in the United States." (para 7). "That approach also reveals that premature infants born to poor parents are more likely to die than those born into the richest families. Yet there is one group that doesn’t gain the same protection from being rich, the study finds: Black mothers and babies." (para 10). "'It suggests that the well-documented Black-white gap in infant and maternal health that’s been discussed a lot in recent years is not just explained by differences in economic circumstances,' said Maya Rossin-Slater, an economist studying health policy at Stanford and an author of the...more
March 27, 2023, 4:03 p.m.
Countries: United States
Variables: IM-DATA-1
"New data from California shows that, for every 100,000 births, 173 of the babies born to the richest white mothers die before their first birthday. 350 babies born to the poorest white mothers die. 437 babies born to the richest Black mothers die. 653 babies born to the poorest Black mothers die." (para 2-5). "In the United States, the richest mothers and their newborns are the most likely to survive the year after childbirth — except when the family is Black, according to a groundbreaking new study of two million California births. The richest Black mothers and their babies are twice as likely to die as the richest white mothers...more
Variables: IM-DATA-1
"New data from California shows that, for every 100,000 births, 173 of the babies born to the richest white mothers die before their first birthday. 350 babies born to the poorest white mothers die. 437 babies born to the richest Black mothers die. 653 babies born to the poorest Black mothers die." (para 2-5). "In the United States, the richest mothers and their newborns are the most likely to survive the year after childbirth — except when the family is Black, according to a groundbreaking new study of two million California births. The richest Black mothers and their babies are twice as likely to die as the richest white mothers...more
March 27, 2023, 4:03 p.m.
Countries: United States
Variables: MMR-DATA-1
"In the United States, the richest mothers and their newborns are the most likely to survive the year after childbirth — except when the family is Black, according to a groundbreaking new study of two million California births. The richest Black mothers and their babies are twice as likely to die as the richest white mothers and their babies. Research has repeatedly shown that Black mothers and babies have the worst childbirth outcomes in the United States." (para 6). "The researchers found that maternal mortality rates were just as high among the highest-income Black women as among low-income white women." (para 19). Table 3 titled 'Rate of Maternal Mortality in...more
Variables: MMR-DATA-1
"In the United States, the richest mothers and their newborns are the most likely to survive the year after childbirth — except when the family is Black, according to a groundbreaking new study of two million California births. The richest Black mothers and their babies are twice as likely to die as the richest white mothers and their babies. Research has repeatedly shown that Black mothers and babies have the worst childbirth outcomes in the United States." (para 6). "The researchers found that maternal mortality rates were just as high among the highest-income Black women as among low-income white women." (para 19). Table 3 titled 'Rate of Maternal Mortality in...more
March 3, 2023, 11:59 p.m.
Countries: United States
Variables: GP-DATA-1
"Admiral Linda L. Fagan shattered the military's glass ceiling on Wednesday to become commandant of the U.S. Coast Guard and the first female officer to lead a branch of the U.S. armed forces" (Para. 1).
Variables: GP-DATA-1
"Admiral Linda L. Fagan shattered the military's glass ceiling on Wednesday to become commandant of the U.S. Coast Guard and the first female officer to lead a branch of the U.S. armed forces" (Para. 1).
March 3, 2023, 11:59 p.m.
Countries: United States
Variables: EWCMS-DATA-1
"Admiral Linda L. Fagan shattered the military's glass ceiling on Wednesday to become commandant of the U.S. Coast Guard and the first female officer to lead a branch of the U.S. armed forces" (Para. 1). "Previously the service's second-in-command, Fagan has worn the Coast Guard uniform for more than four decades and on all seven continents. She graduated from the Coast Guard Academy in 1985, one of 16 women who graduated her year in the sixth class to include women" (Para. 2). "Fagan is the 27th commandant of the service..." (Para. 3). "'We're a learning organization striving to be more diverse and representative of the great nation that we serve,'...more
Variables: EWCMS-DATA-1
"Admiral Linda L. Fagan shattered the military's glass ceiling on Wednesday to become commandant of the U.S. Coast Guard and the first female officer to lead a branch of the U.S. armed forces" (Para. 1). "Previously the service's second-in-command, Fagan has worn the Coast Guard uniform for more than four decades and on all seven continents. She graduated from the Coast Guard Academy in 1985, one of 16 women who graduated her year in the sixth class to include women" (Para. 2). "Fagan is the 27th commandant of the service..." (Para. 3). "'We're a learning organization striving to be more diverse and representative of the great nation that we serve,'...more
March 3, 2023, 11:59 p.m.
Countries: United States
Variables: EWCMS-LAW-1
"In 2015, the Obama administration dropped policies formerly barring women from serving in combat roles" (Para. 21).
Variables: EWCMS-LAW-1
"In 2015, the Obama administration dropped policies formerly barring women from serving in combat roles" (Para. 21).
March 3, 2023, 11:59 p.m.
Countries: United States
Variables: EWCMS-PRACTICE-1
"'We're a learning organization striving to be more diverse and representative of the great nation that we serve,' Schultz told crowds gathered at Wednesday's ceremony. 'To be the world's best, we must also be the world's most inclusive'" (Para. 10). "The Coast Guard has changed quite a bit since Fagan entered the academy in 1981. At that time, the service's cutters still required new sleeping accommodations and bathroom facilities for enlisted females. Building permanent facilities for women across the U.S. Coast Guard fleet took years" (Para. 11).
Variables: EWCMS-PRACTICE-1
"'We're a learning organization striving to be more diverse and representative of the great nation that we serve,' Schultz told crowds gathered at Wednesday's ceremony. 'To be the world's best, we must also be the world's most inclusive'" (Para. 10). "The Coast Guard has changed quite a bit since Fagan entered the academy in 1981. At that time, the service's cutters still required new sleeping accommodations and bathroom facilities for enlisted females. Building permanent facilities for women across the U.S. Coast Guard fleet took years" (Para. 11).
Feb. 2, 2023, 2:39 p.m.
Countries: United States
Variables: PRN-LAW-1, IIP-LAW-2
"In many US states including New York, revenge porn laws are stronger today than they were just a few years ago" (para 5). "Nearly all 50 states now have laws that outlaw nonconsensual pornography, or revenge porn. Most states make it a criminal offense to disseminate intimate images of someone if the defendant acted with intent to harm. In New York City, a law passed in 2017 goes even further, making it a crime to even threaten to send revenge porn. Victims can also go to family court and get a civil restraining order directing offenders to destroy the victims’ intimate images in their possession, or face arrest if they...more
Variables: PRN-LAW-1, IIP-LAW-2
"In many US states including New York, revenge porn laws are stronger today than they were just a few years ago" (para 5). "Nearly all 50 states now have laws that outlaw nonconsensual pornography, or revenge porn. Most states make it a criminal offense to disseminate intimate images of someone if the defendant acted with intent to harm. In New York City, a law passed in 2017 goes even further, making it a crime to even threaten to send revenge porn. Victims can also go to family court and get a civil restraining order directing offenders to destroy the victims’ intimate images in their possession, or face arrest if they...more
Feb. 2, 2023, 2:39 p.m.
Countries: United States
Variables: ERBG-DATA-5
"There’s also an increased understanding that many people are turning to online sex work out of economic necessity. 'Part of the reason why people are doing this is because they can’t live off of the salaries that are being paid,' Seifullah said. 'It’s a larger question of, how do we make money? How do we live? How do we have the freedom to do what we need, to be who we are?'” (para 11).
Variables: ERBG-DATA-5
"There’s also an increased understanding that many people are turning to online sex work out of economic necessity. 'Part of the reason why people are doing this is because they can’t live off of the salaries that are being paid,' Seifullah said. 'It’s a larger question of, how do we make money? How do we live? How do we have the freedom to do what we need, to be who we are?'” (para 11).
Feb. 2, 2023, 2:39 p.m.
Countries: United States
Variables: WAM-LAW-1
"Nearly all 50 states now have laws that outlaw nonconsensual pornography, or revenge porn. Most states make it a criminal offense to disseminate intimate images of someone if the defendant acted with intent to harm. In New York City, a law passed in 2017 goes even further, making it a crime to even threaten to send revenge porn. Victims can also go to family court and get a civil restraining order directing offenders to destroy the victims’ intimate images in their possession, or face arrest if they continue to distribute them" (para 7). "In the last decade, a handful of states including New York, Pennsylvania and Washington have also passed...more
Variables: WAM-LAW-1
"Nearly all 50 states now have laws that outlaw nonconsensual pornography, or revenge porn. Most states make it a criminal offense to disseminate intimate images of someone if the defendant acted with intent to harm. In New York City, a law passed in 2017 goes even further, making it a crime to even threaten to send revenge porn. Victims can also go to family court and get a civil restraining order directing offenders to destroy the victims’ intimate images in their possession, or face arrest if they continue to distribute them" (para 7). "In the last decade, a handful of states including New York, Pennsylvania and Washington have also passed...more
Feb. 2, 2023, 2:39 p.m.
Countries: United States
Variables: SEGI-PRACTICE-3
"Stories about employees who lose their jobs after sexual pictures of them come to light are tabloid favorites. In the last few weeks, we’ve heard about a tri-state area nurse and an Indiana schoolteacher who were fired by employers after their OnlyFans accounts came to light. It’s an even bigger story when it happens to a public personality, like Erick Adame, a New York City weatherman who was sacked last week by Spectrum News after an unknown viewer sent Adame’s secret adult livestream to his boss and his mom. Adame has apologized for what he called a 'lapse in judgment', but has also enjoyed an outpouring of support from fans,...more
Variables: SEGI-PRACTICE-3
"Stories about employees who lose their jobs after sexual pictures of them come to light are tabloid favorites. In the last few weeks, we’ve heard about a tri-state area nurse and an Indiana schoolteacher who were fired by employers after their OnlyFans accounts came to light. It’s an even bigger story when it happens to a public personality, like Erick Adame, a New York City weatherman who was sacked last week by Spectrum News after an unknown viewer sent Adame’s secret adult livestream to his boss and his mom. Adame has apologized for what he called a 'lapse in judgment', but has also enjoyed an outpouring of support from fans,...more
Feb. 2, 2023, 2:39 p.m.
Countries: United States
Variables: SEGI-PRACTICE-2
"Stories about employees who lose their jobs after sexual pictures of them come to light are tabloid favorites. In the last few weeks, we’ve heard about a tri-state area nurse and an Indiana schoolteacher who were fired by employers after their OnlyFans accounts came to light. It’s an even bigger story when it happens to a public personality, like Erick Adame, a New York City weatherman who was sacked last week by Spectrum News after an unknown viewer sent Adame’s secret adult livestream to his boss and his mom. Adame has apologized for what he called a 'lapse in judgment', but has also enjoyed an outpouring of support from fans,...more
Variables: SEGI-PRACTICE-2
"Stories about employees who lose their jobs after sexual pictures of them come to light are tabloid favorites. In the last few weeks, we’ve heard about a tri-state area nurse and an Indiana schoolteacher who were fired by employers after their OnlyFans accounts came to light. It’s an even bigger story when it happens to a public personality, like Erick Adame, a New York City weatherman who was sacked last week by Spectrum News after an unknown viewer sent Adame’s secret adult livestream to his boss and his mom. Adame has apologized for what he called a 'lapse in judgment', but has also enjoyed an outpouring of support from fans,...more
Feb. 2, 2023, 2:39 p.m.
Countries: United States
Variables: ATDW-PRACTICE-1, CUST-PRACTICE-1
"In many US states including New York, revenge porn laws are stronger today than they were just a few years ago. That’s why Seifullah wants people to know: 'There’s lots you can do to fight back... it’s far more common for it to be very obvious who the person is who’s causing the harm,' Seifullah said. 'And it’s very, very typically an abusive, controlling, obsessive ex-partner who wants to use it to harm the person: to humiliate them or to use that kind of threat as leverage for custody or alimony reasons'” (para 5-6).
Variables: ATDW-PRACTICE-1, CUST-PRACTICE-1
"In many US states including New York, revenge porn laws are stronger today than they were just a few years ago. That’s why Seifullah wants people to know: 'There’s lots you can do to fight back... it’s far more common for it to be very obvious who the person is who’s causing the harm,' Seifullah said. 'And it’s very, very typically an abusive, controlling, obsessive ex-partner who wants to use it to harm the person: to humiliate them or to use that kind of threat as leverage for custody or alimony reasons'” (para 5-6).
Feb. 2, 2023, 2:39 p.m.
Countries: United States
Variables: PRN-PRACTICE-1
"Stories about employees who lose their jobs after sexual pictures of them come to light are tabloid favorites. In the last few weeks, we’ve heard about a tri-state area nurse and an Indiana schoolteacher who were fired by employers after their OnlyFans accounts came to light. It’s an even bigger story when it happens to a public personality, like Erick Adame, a New York City weatherman who was sacked last week by Spectrum News after an unknown viewer sent Adame’s secret adult livestream to his boss and his mom. Adame has apologized for what he called a 'lapse in judgment', but has also enjoyed an outpouring of support from fans,...more
Variables: PRN-PRACTICE-1
"Stories about employees who lose their jobs after sexual pictures of them come to light are tabloid favorites. In the last few weeks, we’ve heard about a tri-state area nurse and an Indiana schoolteacher who were fired by employers after their OnlyFans accounts came to light. It’s an even bigger story when it happens to a public personality, like Erick Adame, a New York City weatherman who was sacked last week by Spectrum News after an unknown viewer sent Adame’s secret adult livestream to his boss and his mom. Adame has apologized for what he called a 'lapse in judgment', but has also enjoyed an outpouring of support from fans,...more
Feb. 2, 2023, 2:39 p.m.
Countries: United States
Variables: WAM-PRACTICE-1
"Stories about employees who lose their jobs after sexual pictures of them come to light are tabloid favorites. In the last few weeks, we’ve heard about a tri-state area nurse and an Indiana schoolteacher who were fired by employers after their OnlyFans accounts came to light. It’s an even bigger story when it happens to a public personality, like Erick Adame, a New York City weatherman who was sacked last week by Spectrum News after an unknown viewer sent Adame’s secret adult livestream to his boss and his mom" (para 1-2). "Attorney Annie Seifullah is not representing Adame, but understands the stakes as a survivor herself. In 2014, she was...more
Variables: WAM-PRACTICE-1
"Stories about employees who lose their jobs after sexual pictures of them come to light are tabloid favorites. In the last few weeks, we’ve heard about a tri-state area nurse and an Indiana schoolteacher who were fired by employers after their OnlyFans accounts came to light. It’s an even bigger story when it happens to a public personality, like Erick Adame, a New York City weatherman who was sacked last week by Spectrum News after an unknown viewer sent Adame’s secret adult livestream to his boss and his mom" (para 1-2). "Attorney Annie Seifullah is not representing Adame, but understands the stakes as a survivor herself. In 2014, she was...more
Feb. 2, 2023, 2:39 p.m.
Countries: United States
Variables: SEGI-PRACTICE-1
"Stories about employees who lose their jobs after sexual pictures of them come to light are tabloid favorites. In the last few weeks, we’ve heard about a tri-state area nurse and an Indiana schoolteacher who were fired by employers after their OnlyFans accounts came to light. It’s an even bigger story when it happens to a public personality, like Erick Adame, a New York City weatherman who was sacked last week by Spectrum News after an unknown viewer sent Adame’s secret adult livestream to his boss and his mom. Adame has apologized for what he called a 'lapse in judgment', but has also enjoyed an outpouring of support from fans,...more
Variables: SEGI-PRACTICE-1
"Stories about employees who lose their jobs after sexual pictures of them come to light are tabloid favorites. In the last few weeks, we’ve heard about a tri-state area nurse and an Indiana schoolteacher who were fired by employers after their OnlyFans accounts came to light. It’s an even bigger story when it happens to a public personality, like Erick Adame, a New York City weatherman who was sacked last week by Spectrum News after an unknown viewer sent Adame’s secret adult livestream to his boss and his mom. Adame has apologized for what he called a 'lapse in judgment', but has also enjoyed an outpouring of support from fans,...more
Feb. 2, 2023, 2:39 p.m.
Countries: United States
Variables: IIP-PRACTICE-2
"Stories about employees who lose their jobs after sexual pictures of them come to light are tabloid favorites. In the last few weeks, we’ve heard about a tri-state area nurse and an Indiana schoolteacher who were fired by employers after their OnlyFans accounts came to light. It’s an even bigger story when it happens to a public personality, like Erick Adame, a New York City weatherman who was sacked last week by Spectrum News after an unknown viewer sent Adame’s secret adult livestream to his boss and his mom" (para 1-2). "Attorney Annie Seifullah is not representing Adame, but understands the stakes as a survivor herself. In 2014, she was...more
Variables: IIP-PRACTICE-2
"Stories about employees who lose their jobs after sexual pictures of them come to light are tabloid favorites. In the last few weeks, we’ve heard about a tri-state area nurse and an Indiana schoolteacher who were fired by employers after their OnlyFans accounts came to light. It’s an even bigger story when it happens to a public personality, like Erick Adame, a New York City weatherman who was sacked last week by Spectrum News after an unknown viewer sent Adame’s secret adult livestream to his boss and his mom" (para 1-2). "Attorney Annie Seifullah is not representing Adame, but understands the stakes as a survivor herself. In 2014, she was...more
Jan. 16, 2023, 9:44 a.m.
Countries: United States
Variables: PHBP-DATA-1
"A 2017 study conducted by OnePoll for Groupon revealed that women spend, on average, $225,000 on beauty expenses in their lifetime" (para 6). "A study published in Oxford University’s Carcinogenesis Journal found that Black women who used lye-based relaxers at least seven times a year for 15 or more years had an increased risk of developing breast cancer" (para 16). "During the Covid lockdowns, high heel sales dropped 71%, suggesting that women are, in fact, not wearing these shoes for their own enjoyment and comfort" (para 17).
Variables: PHBP-DATA-1
"A 2017 study conducted by OnePoll for Groupon revealed that women spend, on average, $225,000 on beauty expenses in their lifetime" (para 6). "A study published in Oxford University’s Carcinogenesis Journal found that Black women who used lye-based relaxers at least seven times a year for 15 or more years had an increased risk of developing breast cancer" (para 16). "During the Covid lockdowns, high heel sales dropped 71%, suggesting that women are, in fact, not wearing these shoes for their own enjoyment and comfort" (para 17).
Jan. 16, 2023, 9:44 a.m.
Countries: United States
Variables: WAM-PRACTICE-1
"We live in an era where the most famous people on the planet are icons for an unattainable beauty standard. The Kardashians — reality TV royalty — downplay their cosmetic surgeries and incredibly expensive beauty interventions in favor of a 'female empowerment' and wellness narrative, claiming they simply 'get up and work hard'...The family may work hard and value their health, but the reality is that the Kardashians’ are a brand, which sells shapewear, makeup, and skincare. While their products sell like crazy, what the family are really known for are their appearances. And what women around the world have learned is that success and female empowerment looks like the...more
Variables: WAM-PRACTICE-1
"We live in an era where the most famous people on the planet are icons for an unattainable beauty standard. The Kardashians — reality TV royalty — downplay their cosmetic surgeries and incredibly expensive beauty interventions in favor of a 'female empowerment' and wellness narrative, claiming they simply 'get up and work hard'...The family may work hard and value their health, but the reality is that the Kardashians’ are a brand, which sells shapewear, makeup, and skincare. While their products sell like crazy, what the family are really known for are their appearances. And what women around the world have learned is that success and female empowerment looks like the...more
Jan. 16, 2023, 9:44 a.m.
Countries: United States
Variables: PHBP-PRACTICE-1
"We live in an era where the most famous people on the planet are icons for an unattainable beauty standard. The Kardashians — reality TV royalty — downplay their cosmetic surgeries and incredibly expensive beauty interventions in favor of a 'female empowerment' and wellness narrative, claiming they simply 'get up and work hard'...And what women around the world have learned is that success and female empowerment looks like the Kardashians. The normalization of plastic surgery has gone hand in hand with that" (para 1-3). An article published in Glamour quoted a 30-year-old woman who felt nonsurgical procedures like fillers and Botox were simply another expected expense, like bikini waxes, explaining,...more
Variables: PHBP-PRACTICE-1
"We live in an era where the most famous people on the planet are icons for an unattainable beauty standard. The Kardashians — reality TV royalty — downplay their cosmetic surgeries and incredibly expensive beauty interventions in favor of a 'female empowerment' and wellness narrative, claiming they simply 'get up and work hard'...And what women around the world have learned is that success and female empowerment looks like the Kardashians. The normalization of plastic surgery has gone hand in hand with that" (para 1-3). An article published in Glamour quoted a 30-year-old woman who felt nonsurgical procedures like fillers and Botox were simply another expected expense, like bikini waxes, explaining,...more
Jan. 16, 2023, 9:44 a.m.
Countries: United States
Variables: RCDW-PRACTICE-1
"Instead, we are confined to what I call an 'invisible corset': a set of culturally-inherited beliefs that make women as uncomfortable, unhappy, and restricted as whalebone corsets once did. (Notably, Kim Kardashian sells a corset of her own, rebranded as a 'waist trainer.')" (para 8). "Even fashion trends hurt women. High heels cause all sorts of back, knee, and foot problems for women who wear them regularly. Arthritis, injuries, bunions, and shortened tendons in the calves, leading to life-long pain, are all side-effects of wearing heels long-term. During the Covid lockdowns, high heel sales dropped 71%, suggesting that women are, in fact, not wearing these shoes for their own enjoyment...more
Variables: RCDW-PRACTICE-1
"Instead, we are confined to what I call an 'invisible corset': a set of culturally-inherited beliefs that make women as uncomfortable, unhappy, and restricted as whalebone corsets once did. (Notably, Kim Kardashian sells a corset of her own, rebranded as a 'waist trainer.')" (para 8). "Even fashion trends hurt women. High heels cause all sorts of back, knee, and foot problems for women who wear them regularly. Arthritis, injuries, bunions, and shortened tendons in the calves, leading to life-long pain, are all side-effects of wearing heels long-term. During the Covid lockdowns, high heel sales dropped 71%, suggesting that women are, in fact, not wearing these shoes for their own enjoyment...more
Jan. 16, 2023, 9:44 a.m.
Countries: United States
Variables: PHBP-DATA-1
"A 2017 study conducted by OnePoll for Groupon revealed that women spend, on average, $225,000 on beauty expenses in their lifetime" (para 6). "A study published in Oxford University’s Carcinogenesis Journal found that Black women who used lye-based relaxers at least seven times a year for 15 or more years had an increased risk of developing breast cancer" (para 16). "During the Covid lockdowns, high heel sales dropped 71%, suggesting that women are, in fact, not wearing these shoes for their own enjoyment and comfort" (para 17).
Variables: PHBP-DATA-1
"A 2017 study conducted by OnePoll for Groupon revealed that women spend, on average, $225,000 on beauty expenses in their lifetime" (para 6). "A study published in Oxford University’s Carcinogenesis Journal found that Black women who used lye-based relaxers at least seven times a year for 15 or more years had an increased risk of developing breast cancer" (para 16). "During the Covid lockdowns, high heel sales dropped 71%, suggesting that women are, in fact, not wearing these shoes for their own enjoyment and comfort" (para 17).
Jan. 16, 2023, 9:44 a.m.
Countries: United States
Variables: SEGI-PRACTICE-1
"We live in an era where the most famous people on the planet are icons for an unattainable beauty standard. The Kardashians — reality TV royalty — downplay their cosmetic surgeries and incredibly expensive beauty interventions in favor of a 'female empowerment' and wellness narrative, claiming they simply 'get up and work hard'...The family may work hard and value their health, but the reality is that the Kardashians’ are a brand, which sells shapewear, makeup, and skincare. While their products sell like crazy, what the family are really known for are their appearances. And what women around the world have learned is that success and female empowerment looks like the...more
Variables: SEGI-PRACTICE-1
"We live in an era where the most famous people on the planet are icons for an unattainable beauty standard. The Kardashians — reality TV royalty — downplay their cosmetic surgeries and incredibly expensive beauty interventions in favor of a 'female empowerment' and wellness narrative, claiming they simply 'get up and work hard'...The family may work hard and value their health, but the reality is that the Kardashians’ are a brand, which sells shapewear, makeup, and skincare. While their products sell like crazy, what the family are really known for are their appearances. And what women around the world have learned is that success and female empowerment looks like the...more
Jan. 6, 2023, 4:14 p.m.
Countries: Estonia, Poland, Russia, South Korea, United States
Variables: LRW-LAW-2
"Sex offenders will be offered chemical castration in Thailand in a bid to cut down reoffending after lawmakers approved the controversial procedure...If approved, Thailand would join a small group of countries that use chemical castration, among them Poland, South Korea, Russia and Estonia, plus some U.S. states" (para 1, 6).
Variables: LRW-LAW-2
"Sex offenders will be offered chemical castration in Thailand in a bid to cut down reoffending after lawmakers approved the controversial procedure...If approved, Thailand would join a small group of countries that use chemical castration, among them Poland, South Korea, Russia and Estonia, plus some U.S. states" (para 1, 6).
Dec. 28, 2022, 11:42 a.m.
Countries: United States
Variables: NGOFW-DATA-1
"The stories are similar when pregnancy is complicated by cancer - diagnosed in about 1 in 1,000 pregnancies each year. Dr. Karen Knudsen, CEO of the American Cancer Society, said some oncologists are confused about treating pregnant cancer patients, particularly when therapies may induce miscarriage. Dr. Kristina Tocce, medical director for Planned Parenthood of the Rocky Mountains, said she's seen patients with life-threatening diagnoses forced to drive 10 hours or more, or fly out of state, to get abortions so they can begin chemotherapy or radiation treatment" (18-19).
Variables: NGOFW-DATA-1
"The stories are similar when pregnancy is complicated by cancer - diagnosed in about 1 in 1,000 pregnancies each year. Dr. Karen Knudsen, CEO of the American Cancer Society, said some oncologists are confused about treating pregnant cancer patients, particularly when therapies may induce miscarriage. Dr. Kristina Tocce, medical director for Planned Parenthood of the Rocky Mountains, said she's seen patients with life-threatening diagnoses forced to drive 10 hours or more, or fly out of state, to get abortions so they can begin chemotherapy or radiation treatment" (18-19).