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Baileys Prize: Why do book awards keep changing their name? – BBC News
Image copyright PA Image caption Lisa McInerney won the 2016 Bailey’s Women’s Prize for Fiction for The Glorious Heresies It’s all change in the world of literary prizes. This year will be the last Women’s Prize for Fiction has the word Baileys attached to it. The liqueur company, owned by Diageo, said it had “regretfully […]
The Weather Channel takes on stereotypes in STEM
Female meteorologists have a simple request: Stop labeling us educated, highly trained scientists as “weather girls.” And maybe stop commenting on our dresses and lipstick and start asking about our forecasts. “Women on television can also be scientists. It’s that simple,” said Ginger Zee, a meteorologist on Good Morning America and ABC World News Tonight. […]
It’s called virtual reality for a reason
Tim ChangCrunch Network Contributor Tim Chang is a partner at Mayfield who champions entrepreneurs creating companies that leverage new media/tech platforms, populist commerce and digital health. More posts by this contributor: · The Attention Economy And The War Over Measurement · Changing The Rules Of E-Commerce How to join the network It all started with a fish […]
Paul Beatty: For me, Trumps America has always existed
Booker prize winner says presidents rise is not a shock and race relations have improved very little, even under Obama. When Donald Trump was being inaugurated, Paul Beatty was lying in bed with his wife, groggy with medication halfway around the world, in Jaipur, India. His book, The Sellout, a sarcastic, complex novel on race […]
Debt: Why more people are pressing the bankruptcy button – BBC News
Image copyright Thinkstock A hug, a dance and a song is hardly the reaction you would expect from someone just about to be declared bankrupt. The threat of losing your home, a year of financial restrictions, three years of paying creditors, and a six-year blight on your credit rating does not generally prompt a musical […]