#GirlsWithToys Campaign Proves Once And For All That Women Have A Place In STEM

Here’s yet another reminder that women totally kick ass in any field they want. Shrinivas Kulkarni, astronomy and planetary science professor at the California Institute of Technology, was featured in an interview with NPR on Saturday. While speaking on astronomers, the professor said, “many scientists … are what I call ‘boys with toys.’ I really like playing around with telescopes.

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‘Free The Nipple’ Campaign Re-Emerges After Icelandic Teen Mocked Online

The “Free The Nipple” movement has regained steam after a teen in Iceland was taunted for showing a photo of her breasts to promote a “Free The Nipple” day at her college. The taunts reportedly triggered a viral surge of women tweeting pictures of their nipples to protest the sexualization of women’s bodies. (The below photos may be considered NSFW.)

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#AskSeaWorld Twitter Campaign Pretty Much Goes How You’d Expect

SeaWorld dived into the Twitter shark tank with an #AskSeaWorld campaign this week, but the move probably didn’t go the way the theme park intended. In an effort to rehabilitate its image following controversy from the 2013 release of “Blackfish,” the park tried educating the public with an #AskSeaWorld campaign. It invited users to post questions on Twitter that would

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Internet Supports Man With Down Syndrome With #GiveBenAJob Campaign

One small tweet from Kensington, Liverpool, has been heard around the world. On Friday evening, Fiona Hodge took to Twitter to ask people to help her 26-year-old stepson, Ben, who has Down syndrome, find a paid job. Ben has work experience at large chain corporations, the Liverpool Echo reports, but they did not offer him a paid position. The next

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