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August 4, 2017
via Written by Jackson Bird. This week, we’re affirming the need for equal opportunities, fighting transphobia left and right, and trying out #SquadCare. What we’re checking out… Monday was Black Women’s Equal Pay Day and Serena Williams wrote an incredible piece for Fortune about how we can work to solve the wage gap by speaking up about it. […]
June 23, 2017
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. […]
September 9, 2016
Pic via TED. This week, we’re watching/reading about what we can learn from our enemies, hard proof that Hollywood hasn’t changed, and a reinvention of The American Dream. What we’ve been checking out… Love this: A crew of 20 women scientists/superheroes teamed up to collect data on the lack of representation of female speakers in conferences […]
August 26, 2016
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, […]
August 19, 2016
Pic via Daily News This week’s reFRESH is about how the Olympics brings out the best and worst in people, reimagining how we treat terminal illness, and robot diversity. (Yes, really.) What we’ve been checking out… Rolling Stone on why Olympic champs Simone Biles’ and Simone Manuel’s wins in Rio mean more for race in […]