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Middle East Crisis: U.S. to Build Pier to Allow Aid Into Gaza by Sea
Officials said President Biden was expected to announce in his State of the Union on Thursday that the U.S. military would construct a floating pier off the Gaza Strip to let ships deliver tons of food and other aid.
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Ukrainians Scale Up Crowdfunding to Help the War Effort
Fund-raisers are borrowing heavily from business techniques to keep donations flowing to the military. The latest trend? Broad approaches that rely on networks of friends and acquaintances.
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Damsel
“There are many stories of chivalry where the heroic knight saves the damsel in distress. This is not one of them.” That is how Millie Bobby Brown’s sumptuous new fantasy film begins, so we know from the start that there will be a damsel, she will be in distress, and she will have to get…
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She Knew: The Women of Science Fiction Who Predicted the Future
Among my communities, women can predict the future. Aunties know when someone is pregnant. Cousins can tell which path to take at a crossroads. Mums dream of what is yet to come, and grandmas hold memories of pasts they never witnessed. This belief in the unseen, this potential to glimpse and reshape the future must…
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Brit Marling on A Murder at the End of the World and Finding Her Rhythm as a Writer
For multi-hyphenate storyteller Brit Marling, writing is like harnessing a beating heart. Marling, who only days earlier had been nominated for a Writers Guild of America Award for “A Murder at the End of the World,” describes to RogerEbert.com a writing process that seems almost visceral. The eventual words on a page, Marling explains, come from…
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Rage and Feminism in Poor Things and Lisa Frankenstein
Ever since Elsa Lanchester lifted her salt-and-pepper head in “The Bride of Frankenstein,” filmmakers have been trying to figure out how to nail the feminist take on the classic horror story. The brutish strength and massive size of Boris Karloff’s original cinematic incarnation of the Monster isn’t exactly an obvious choice as the centerpiece of…
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You’re Naked Without Us: A Report from the Costume Designers Guild
If you thought that the Hollywood union talks were over with the 2023 SAG-AFTRA strike ending last year, Women’s History Month marks the beginning of another fair contract negotiation with the Alliance of Motion Picture and Television Producers, this time with the predominantly female Costume Designers Guild. Their campaign mottoes say it all: “pay equity…
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Inspiring Inclusion: Sophos Celebrates International Women’s Day 2024
Friday, March 8 is International Women’s Day and this year we are celebrating the theme of ‘Inspire Inclusion’ by showcasing the perspectives of three successful women working in tech here at Sophos.
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Worm-Like Caecilian Moms Make Milk for Their Babies
Amphibians called caecilians add cloacal secretions of a nutritious material similar to milk to their numerous quirks, according to a new study.
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This Bird Is Half Male, Half Female, and Completely Stunning
A green honeycreeper spotted on a farm in Colombia exhibits a rare biological phenomenon known as bilateral gynandromorphism.