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This doesn’t just matter for women’s welfare – it matters for a country’s ability to succeed. 
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Dorothy Stratten was the focus of the dreams and ambitions of three men. One killed her. “The major reason that I’m … that we’re both sittin’ here,” says Hefner, “that I wanted to talk about it, is because there is still a great tendency … for this thing to fall into the classic cliché of ‘smalltown girl comes to Playboy, comes to Hollywood, life in the fast lane,’ and that was somehow related to her death. And that is not what really happened. A very sick guy saw his meal ticket and his connection to power, whatever, slipping away. And it was that that made him kill her.” Via Deanna Dahlsad, Gracie Passette
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Deanna Dahlsad's curator insight,
February 2, 2014 2:37 AM
There's more wrong with this photo than the fashions... As if it's OK to have little boys sexualized, or grown women to be props in a male fantasy. The original poster of this retro pic said, "Live yur dreams" -- more like nightmares.
Deanna Dahlsad's curator insight,
February 2, 2014 2:38 AM
There's more wrong with this photo than the fashions... As if it's OK to have little boys sexualized, or grown women to be props in a male fantasy. The original poster of this retro pic said, "Live yur dreams" -- more like nightmares.
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Much of Kate Warne’s life is shrouded in mystery, which is fitting considering she was America’s first female detective. Via Pamela D Lloyd
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The journalist on researching lust, the myth of female monogamy, and why “voyeurism is essential to good writing.”
...Among the lessons Bergner says he gleaned from his research is that “women’s desire—its inherent range and innate power—is an underestimated and constrained force.” More controversially, he makes the case that “one of our most comforting assumptions, soothing perhaps above all to men but clung to by both sexes, that female eros is much better made for monogamy than the male libido, is scarcely more than a fairy tale.” Via Deanna Dahlsad
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Nearly 400 million people live in cities in India and during the next 40 years that number will more than double. Not only is the proportion of India’s total female population that is economically active among the lowest in the world, but urban areas do even worse. New analysis of data from the 2011 census shows only...
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"A baby born today in Ethiopia is three times more likely to survive to age 5 than one born in 1990. This progress isn't a result of expensive international aid or the recruitment of foreign doctors into Ethiopia. Instead, the country has invested in simple, bare-bone clinics scattered around the country, which are run by minimally-educated community health workers." Via Lauren Jacquez
Tracy Galvin's curator insight,
May 5, 2014 2:42 PM
Education makes a huge difference in the health of poor nations. All they needed was to educate a few citizens on the basics of diseases endemic to the region and they have seen significant improvement in the health of the citizens. 
Nicole Kearsch's curator insight,
November 3, 2014 1:35 PM
This is amazing! Although Ethiopia still has a long way to go in the medical field they have made major improvements in the last few years. The building being used as an office is not anything spectacular by any means but it is helping save lives. Common ailments that used to be the cause of death of young children are now treatable and children are able to live past their fifth birthday. This is a big deal for the people in Ethiopia. This is not any expensive program brought in by the United States, but a government run program created in Ethiopia. Common remedies are given to children as well as vaccines that are carefully documented for who needs what and when by the people that run the facilities. Although the program is still improving and it may take a long time for it to become top notch, the improvement that has been because of this is stellar for the circumstances. 
Lena Minassian's curator insight,
April 8, 2015 12:58 PM
Mortality rates have become overwhelmingly high in many countries. Ethiopia has now found simple health remedies to improve these rates. Many of these poor countries do not have numerous resources or even medication to help them when they are sick. Ethiopia used to have one of the highest child mortality rate in the world. one of the statistics given was very alarming and it stated ""If you were a kid born in 1990 [in Ethiopia], you had a 1 in 5 chance of not surviving to your fifth birthday." This is horrific for children who cannot predict where they are born and raised. Since 1990, Ethiopia has improved that rate by 60%. They havented invested a lot of money but have opened basic clinics with community individuals who are minimumally educated on these matters. Many of these workers have gone through a one-year training but nothing fancy. Many of these clinics have even two rooms and no electricity. Many of these children are finally being treated properly for some basic things that shouldn't be taking their lives. There is a long way to go for improvemnet but as long as their is a will to help these children, this country will vastly improve.
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A lovely vintage photo of a woman playing Faro. Like Lady Luck herself, she draws a crowd of men. This authentic vintage casino photo is for sale from Hard Times Ranch. Via Shawnee Rivers, Gracie Passette
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The Devadasi, a centuries-old caste of sacred temple priestesses, struggles to have it's own renaissance. One woman leads the way...
The origins of the practice are often disputed, but historians agree that in India by the 10th century this caste of sacred temple servants enjoyed great wealth & property as signs of respect & clout.
Considered married to the Hindu deities, the Devadasi were talented dancers, singers & even viewed as political advisors. At the core of Devadasi faith is the belief all men are incarnations of the male deities & so in addition to performing sacred temple ceremonies, Devadasis offered sexual services. In the act of making love, a man & a Devadasi enact the sacred marriage of god & goddess which therefore allows them to become divine themselves. Via Gracie Passette, Deanna Dahlsad
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Monopoly, nuclear fission, and programming: Ladies did it first. "From computer programming to nuclear fission to the paper bag machine, it's time to stop erasing these women from their great works." Via Douglas Eby, Sharrock
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