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Climate Change is a Feminist Issue That Affects Women and Girls Around the World Way More Than Men. Here's Why That's a Problem, and Ways We Can Fix
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(Feminism)
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... means that, in rural zones, they have to walk longer to find and have access to water as they are usually the ones in charge of bringing water for the crops, the animals and their families.
In Bangladesh, ...
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Created on 24 November 2021
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CEO and Poet Kanchan Singh Illustrates The Ugly Truth Behind Healing From Trauma In Her Newest Book "Dear Me, I Love You": BUST Interview ...
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(Books)
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... I just hit a breaking point. Travel and animals have always been my escape, and I had been dreaming about volunteering at this elephant sanctuary [in Thailand] ever since I had heard about it years ago. ...
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Created on 20 May 2021
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Lend A Socially Distanced Hand To These Worthy Causes
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(Living)
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... animals), then craft some awesome placeholders (on plain paper with no stickers, glitter, or 3D elements) of your own.
Pen Pal
Jacob Cramer launched Love for Our Elders (loveforourelders.org) at age ...
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Created on 18 December 2020
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How Victorians Cared For Their Furry Friends
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(Living)
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... and I have seen it cause the ejection of a great quantity of those destructive animals.”
George Mountford, Huntsman to the Quorn, and W. Derry, Whipper-In, at John O’Gaunt’s Gorse, near Melton Mowbray ...
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Created on 23 October 2019
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These 19th Century Sporting Cats Put Dogs To Shame
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(Living)
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... dogs? Chaos, I suspect. What do you think?
Snipe Shooting Cats on a Winter’s Day by R. Seymour, 1830s. (Wellcome Trust CC By 4.0)
Thus concludes another of my Friday features on Animals in Literature ...
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Created on 18 September 2019
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In Her Final Show, Mitski Confronted The Spectacle of Performance
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(Music)
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... her body across the table top and froze like an upturned animal corpse on its surface during “I Bet on Losing Dogs.” Later in the same song, she lifted her leg like a dog pissing on it. Halfway through ...
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Created on 10 September 2019
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How Georgian and Regency Literature Shaped Society's View Of Cat
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(Books)
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... as favorably as dogs. Part of this can be blamed on the literature of the day. In stories featuring animals, courage and loyalty were traits frequently assigned as canine virtues, while cats were often ...
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Created on 08 May 2019
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How The 19th Century Recognized Their Obligation To Proper Animal Welfare
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(Living)
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... generally focused on environmental issues such as the effects of greenhouse gases. Instead, those in the 19th century—and Victorians especially—focused on conservation and man’s treatment of animals.
The ...
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Created on 24 April 2019
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Make An Emergency Plan for Your Four-Legged Family Members
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(Living)
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... animal shelters along with 85 percent of housing. Residents had to evacuate in a hurry, and many pets got left behind. In California, where I live now, during the record-breaking wildfires of 2018, there ...
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Created on 17 March 2019
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Lassie Wasn't The First: The Collie In Literature And Histor
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(Books)
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... a special fondness for collies, and among these faithful animals ‘Noble’ and ‘Sharp’ were for many years chief favourites, and always travelled with her to and from Balmoral. ‘Noble,’ [the queen] writes ...
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Created on 28 January 2019
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British Death Omens, From Magpies To Corpse Candles
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(Entertainment)
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... indication that you can expect a fatality within the week.
2. ANIMALS
Ah, man’s best friend. Because of dogs' supposedly close connection to humans, it was thought that they could sense trouble coming ...
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Created on 26 November 2018
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This Legendary Dog-Like Monster Is Referenced In "Jane Eyre" And "Harry Potte
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(Living)
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... of Emotions in Man and Animals, 1872. (Image Courtesy of The Wellcome Library, CC BY 4.0.)
It is thus that Jane first meets Mr. Rochester and his dog, Pilot. But what of the Gytrash? Was it really a ...
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Created on 22 August 2018
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The Trump Administration Is Separating Immigrant Children From Their Parents: Link Roundup
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(Feminism)
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... Read more at The New York Times.
Photo credit: Flickr Creative Commons/U.S. Customs and Border Protection
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Trump Calls Undocumented Immigrants “Not People" And "Animals”: Link Roundup ...
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Created on 11 June 2018
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Trump Calls Undocumented Immigrants “Not People" And "Animals”: Link Roundu
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(Feminism)
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Trump Calls Immigrants “Not People" And "Animals” Donald Trump continued his racist rhetoric against undocumented Latinx immigrants during an immigration roundtable yesterday, saying, “We have people ...
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Created on 17 May 2018
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Artist Jilly Ballistic Makes Literal Underground Art — In The New York Subways
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(Arts)
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... it’s a whole other animal down there, and I like that challenge. So at the time, like maybe 5 or 6 years ago, I was still using text but also texts and images, and I was kind of making stickers, and then ...
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Created on 02 October 2017
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6 Ways To Help Houston And Other Areas Affected By Hurricane Harvey
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(General)
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... is rescuing and providing shelter for affected animals and is taking donations. Portlight works to help people with disabilities with their evacuation and medical needs.
3.Help National Organizations: You ...
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Created on 28 August 2017
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Solange On Intersectional Feminism And "A Seat At The Table": BUST Cover Stor
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(Feminism)
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... a break, I stroll over to check out the pulsing playlist we’ve been enjoying, featuring Sun Ra, Sade, Outkast, Prince, Cassie, Michael Jackson, Animal Collective, and Marvin Gaye. When I notice the music ...
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Created on 22 May 2017
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The 'Kitten Lady' Hannah Shaw Is A Professional Cat Rescue
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(Living)
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... the way we treat animals.”
By Laura Barcella
Photos: courtesy of @kittenxlady (kitten lady)
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A Must-See Film For Cat Lovers
Here's One Way To Empower Girls
Hey, New York Post ...
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Created on 15 February 2017
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Looking Back At Mary Tyler Moore's Legac
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(TV)
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... was known in later life for being an activist and animal lover, encouraging people to adopt animals from shelters, and a spokesperson for the Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation.
Via Twitter/@Quad_Finn ...
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Created on 25 January 2017
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Always Remember Your First
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(Sex)
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My first date with a real human occurred almost exactly a week after I’d lost my virginity to this person (yes, after). We’d met at a bar through a mutual friend, but the attraction didn’t immediately ...
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Created on 28 November 2016