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A history of danger for women working in Bangladesh’s factories. 

huffingtonpostwomen:

We’ll never get tired of this quote.

guardiancomment:

Now, I know that air travel is really just a portal to foreign climes: a privilege for people who can afford to go on holidays abroad, an efficient means of transport for those whose work enables them to travel, and maybe even, for some, a one-way ticket to a new and better life. I know this, everyone on the plane knows this, so why is the notion that air travel is the sexiest thing since records began still pushed on us by endless tedious advertising campaigns? Wouldn’t Richard Branson do better to put down the women he insists on picking up for photo opportunities and spend his money on food that doesn’t taste like a foot, instead? ‘Sorry, Virgin - sex and air travel don’t mix

(via guardian)

newsweek:

In fairness, he probably didn’t have time to change his T-shirt.

CNN Interviews Tornado Hero Wearing Misogynist Tee

The combination of a tough job market and the growing demand for nurses by an aging population drove up the number of nurses between 2007 and 2008 by over 240,000.

With many of them women, how is that working out? 

Artist Derya Kilic’s recent exhibit portrayed familiar female faces from famous artworks all marred by cuts and bruises.

Being a fat woman at the gym is in itself an act of social disobedience.