Gender Imbalance in Music Production: A 6.5% Female Presence
A Spotify and USC Annenberg study reveals that only 6.5% of music producers are women globally, while Billboard charts show only 64 women among 1,972 producers in the last nine years; this underrepresentation is due to systemic biases and lack of visibility but is changing with the rise of home stud...
Gender Imbalance in Music Production: A 6.5% Female Presence
A Spotify and USC Annenberg study reveals that only 6.5% of music producers are women globally, while Billboard charts show only 64 women among 1,972 producers in the last nine years; this underrepresentation is due to systemic biases and lack of visibility but is changing with the rise of home stud...
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52% Bias Score
Authenticity and Shared Values Key to Lasting Relationships
New research reveals that aligning life values and worldviews is more crucial for long-term relationship success than sharing hobbies or personality traits; authenticity and compromise are essential for navigating differences and fostering healthy communication.
Authenticity and Shared Values Key to Lasting Relationships
New research reveals that aligning life values and worldviews is more crucial for long-term relationship success than sharing hobbies or personality traits; authenticity and compromise are essential for navigating differences and fostering healthy communication.
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44% Bias Score
Controversial Appointment of Anti-LGBTQ+ Activist as Italy's Child Rights Guarantor
Marina Terragni, a gender-critical feminist known for her opposition to LGBTQ+ rights, was appointed Italy's child and adolescent rights guarantor by the Senate and Chamber of Deputies presidents on Thursday, sparking widespread criticism from LGBTQ+ advocacy groups.
Controversial Appointment of Anti-LGBTQ+ Activist as Italy's Child Rights Guarantor
Marina Terragni, a gender-critical feminist known for her opposition to LGBTQ+ rights, was appointed Italy's child and adolescent rights guarantor by the Senate and Chamber of Deputies presidents on Thursday, sparking widespread criticism from LGBTQ+ advocacy groups.
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64% Bias Score
Insufficient Osteoporosis Care in Wales Leads to Repeat Fractures
A 50-year-old Welsh woman, Sam Mitchell, fractured her pelvis in a minor fall, highlighting the under-diagnosis and inadequate preventative care for osteoporosis in Wales, where fragility fractures are rising by 10% annually, costing the NHS millions and leaving thousands of individuals living with ...
Insufficient Osteoporosis Care in Wales Leads to Repeat Fractures
A 50-year-old Welsh woman, Sam Mitchell, fractured her pelvis in a minor fall, highlighting the under-diagnosis and inadequate preventative care for osteoporosis in Wales, where fragility fractures are rising by 10% annually, costing the NHS millions and leaving thousands of individuals living with ...
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52% Bias Score
NCAA Adds Women's Wrestling as Championship Sport
The NCAA announced Friday the addition of women's wrestling as a championship sport at the Division I, II, and III levels, with the first NCAA women's championship set for 2026; the decision comes after 76 NCAA institutions had women's wrestling programs in the 2023-24 school year, with 17 more expe...
NCAA Adds Women's Wrestling as Championship Sport
The NCAA announced Friday the addition of women's wrestling as a championship sport at the Division I, II, and III levels, with the first NCAA women's championship set for 2026; the decision comes after 76 NCAA institutions had women's wrestling programs in the 2023-24 school year, with 17 more expe...
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36% Bias Score
Smaller People's March Replaces Women's March Eight Years After Trump's First Inauguration
On Saturday, a smaller-than-expected People's March, a rebranded successor to the Women's March, took place in Washington D.C. and other US cities, eight years after Donald Trump's first inauguration, protesting his second term and focusing on a wider range of social justice issues than the 2017 mar...
Smaller People's March Replaces Women's March Eight Years After Trump's First Inauguration
On Saturday, a smaller-than-expected People's March, a rebranded successor to the Women's March, took place in Washington D.C. and other US cities, eight years after Donald Trump's first inauguration, protesting his second term and focusing on a wider range of social justice issues than the 2017 mar...
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44% Bias Score
UK Judge Rules Lack of Breastfeeding Facilities is Sex Harassment
An employment judge ruled that insufficient provisions for expressing breast milk constituted "harassment related to sex," highlighting widespread issues faced by working mothers, as reported by dozens of women who shared their experiences of inadequate facilities and lack of support.
UK Judge Rules Lack of Breastfeeding Facilities is Sex Harassment
An employment judge ruled that insufficient provisions for expressing breast milk constituted "harassment related to sex," highlighting widespread issues faced by working mothers, as reported by dozens of women who shared their experiences of inadequate facilities and lack of support.
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56% Bias Score
Bipartisan Push for Remote Voting for New Parents in Congress
Republican Rep. Anna Paulina Luna is teaming up with House Democrats, led by Rep. Brittany Pettersen, to force a vote on a bill that would allow new parents 12 weeks of remote voting; Speaker Mike Johnson opposes the measure, citing its unconstitutionality.
Bipartisan Push for Remote Voting for New Parents in Congress
Republican Rep. Anna Paulina Luna is teaming up with House Democrats, led by Rep. Brittany Pettersen, to force a vote on a bill that would allow new parents 12 weeks of remote voting; Speaker Mike Johnson opposes the measure, citing its unconstitutionality.
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60% Bias Score
Australian Survey Exposes Gender Bias in Access to Permanent Contraception
An Australian survey found widespread gender bias in healthcare, with women facing significant barriers to accessing permanent contraception, including dismissal of their requests and unreasonable requirements for consent, highlighting systemic inequality in reproductive healthcare.
Australian Survey Exposes Gender Bias in Access to Permanent Contraception
An Australian survey found widespread gender bias in healthcare, with women facing significant barriers to accessing permanent contraception, including dismissal of their requests and unreasonable requirements for consent, highlighting systemic inequality in reproductive healthcare.
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56% Bias Score
FIFA Bans Panama Football President for Insulting Player
FIFA banned Panama's football federation president, Manuel Arias, for six months and fined him CHF 10,000 for calling national team player Marta Cox "fat" and "out of shape", violating FIFA's code of ethics which protects player dignity; Arias apologized and accepted the punishment.
FIFA Bans Panama Football President for Insulting Player
FIFA banned Panama's football federation president, Manuel Arias, for six months and fined him CHF 10,000 for calling national team player Marta Cox "fat" and "out of shape", violating FIFA's code of ethics which protects player dignity; Arias apologized and accepted the punishment.
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52% Bias Score
People's March Downsizes, Broadens Scope
The People's March, a smaller successor to the 2017 Women's March, is occurring in Washington D.C. on Saturday before President Biden's inauguration, focusing on broader social justice issues including feminism, racial justice, anti-militarization, and others, in contrast to the 2017 march's singula...
People's March Downsizes, Broadens Scope
The People's March, a smaller successor to the 2017 Women's March, is occurring in Washington D.C. on Saturday before President Biden's inauguration, focusing on broader social justice issues including feminism, racial justice, anti-militarization, and others, in contrast to the 2017 march's singula...
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44% Bias Score
Smaller Anti-Trump Protest Marks Shift in Resistance Movement
On Saturday, a smaller-than-expected protest of several thousand people, primarily women, marched in Washington, D.C., in opposition to President-elect Trump's upcoming inauguration. The march, held at three locations and focusing on various left-wing causes, contrasts sharply with the half-million-...
Smaller Anti-Trump Protest Marks Shift in Resistance Movement
On Saturday, a smaller-than-expected protest of several thousand people, primarily women, marched in Washington, D.C., in opposition to President-elect Trump's upcoming inauguration. The march, held at three locations and focusing on various left-wing causes, contrasts sharply with the half-million-...
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52% Bias Score