1+ week, 6+ day ago  (447+ words) Our senior gender advisor Becky Palmstrom looks at how new technology is reshaping women's rights " and where we go from here It's a stark figure: 31 years after the Beijing Declaration pledging action on the rights of girls and women, in…...

4+ mon, 5+ day ago  (347+ words) "Parasocial" is the Cambridge Dictionary's Word of the Year, defined as a relationship felt by someone between themselves and a famous person they do not know. Its examples include the parasocial interest displayed by fans when singer Taylor Swift and…...

7+ mon, 1+ week ago  (892+ words) Chyaz Samuel started her podcast about strange-but-true stories in 2022 "I don't think there's really a blueprint for how it should feel when something like that happens, but it was probably one of the most surreal moments of my life." YouTuber,…...

6+ mon, 2+ week ago  (189+ words) Dr Jessica Aiston talks to Michael Rosen about her research into the language of online misogyny How did terms like "down the rabbit hole" and "gaslighting" enter the English language? How do other languages adapt expressions like these? Find out…...

7+ mon, 1+ week ago  (1228+ words) Two decades ago, a comedian's "big break" might have been getting a network TV sitcom. Today, many comics can find just as many viewers on YouTube or TikTok as they could have on television." I would have thought that modern…...