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The End of The Manterruptor – The reFRESH

Written by Jackson Bird.  This week, we’re learning about today’s most dangerous epidemic in US media, celebrating FRESH staff and speakers’ events, and reading about the power of Black mourning. What we’re checking out… Is this real life? Following his mistrial, Bill Cosby is planning to host town halls on sexual assault. And it is NOT OKAY. […]

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Dropping The Ball And The Racial Politics Of Time – The ReFRESH

Pic via TED This week, we’re basking in WOC dragging Milo Yiannopoulos, celebrating Black History Month and LGBTQ+ history month (shoutout to the UK!), and cheering on a couple of our awesome speakers on recent successes. Before we get to the news though, let’s make some together. If you are a public speaker who has […]

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Burkini beach parties and The Big Vagenda — The Weekly reFRESH

burkini beach party

Pic via. This week, we’re reading about pro-burkini beach parties, the woman taking the advertising industry to task, and the most meta of gender bias reporting.  What we’re checking out… As the Vagenda of Manocide meme gives women on the internet the best week ever, the real Vagenda is revealed as Women’s Equality Day becomes official today, […]

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The Weekly ReFRESH

Edited by Mara Meyers This week’s reFRESH includes a critical look at Amber Rose’s slut walk, lessons from the best TED spoofs, and the history of the first computer programer who gleamed this title over 100 years before computers were even invented. This week also marked our one-year anniversary and we celebrated by launching a […]

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The Weekly ReFRESH

Edited by Mara Meyers This week we’ve got lots of tips on how to write and deliver an impactful talk, what’s wrong with all-male panels, and some harsh realities about public education. What we’ve been checking out… Kudos of the Week: Find out why this guy gave up his seat on an all-male panel. Annette […]

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