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Teacher helps students make 'skin colour' paints beyond brown and tan
'Love the skin you’re in' is the goal of second grade teacher Aeriale Johnson.
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Teacher helps students make 'skin color' paints beyond brown and tan
A kindergarten teacher in California started the new school year by having each student create a custom pigment to match their own flesh. The project sparked “great” discussions, she said.
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Teacher invites 80 students to her wedding
Because she 'couldn't picture getting married without them'.
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Teacher invites 80 students to her wedding because she 'couldn't picture getting married without them'
“We spend a lot of time together during the school year and they become a very important part of my life and I just couldn't picture getting married without them as a part of it,” Ashlyn (Houck) Kurtz says.
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Eating disorder survivor calls out 'extreme' fitness Instagrammers
Jen Bretty of Ontario, Canada, got fed up with seeing women share potentially disordered fitness habits that they pass off as “dedication,” so she addressed the issue on Twitter.
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Plus-size fashion blogger calls out Revolve's influencer press trip: 'Where is the diversity?'
While scrolling through Instagram, fashion blogger Valerie Eguavoen saw a photo from Revolve’s most recent press trip to Thailand, and noticed that there wasn't a single influencer with a dark complexion on the trip.
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This single mom of 6 believes she has the solution to lift struggling single parents out of poverty
Monica Wright is offering free courses in real estate for single parents. The goal is to provide them the tools they need to enter an industry that can offer a lot of flexibility and financial stability.
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23-year-old woman with cancer finds stylish way to help others with hair loss
Natasha Verma has launched a "cap wig" fundraiser to raise enough money to produce free hats with hair for female and children cancer patients.
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Parents stun teen with bedroom redo to 'boost her passion' for hair, and her reaction is priceless
Aniyah Hawkins, a high school junior from Richmond, Va., walked into her room on Christmas morning to find a full hair salon setup.
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Nurse's stunning photo proves women who lift weights 'look womanly'
after lifting weights for a year, registered nurse and Instagram influencer Liza Parker weighs in on whether she looks 'womanly' or not ...
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'Shameful': Walmart stole charitable Women's March logo, artist claims
Deva Pardue sent Walmart a cease-and-desist letter regarding a T-shirt that featured the Women's March logo she had designed.
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New podcast lets women anonymously vent their anger
The new podcast "For a Bad Time, Call..." is "dedicated to women’s anger.”
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Should boys play with dolls? Republicans and Democrats have different answers
"Republican men are particularly resistant to the idea of boys playing with toys and participating in activities that are typically associated with girls."
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Missguided's new #MakeYourMark campaign highlights stretch marks and cellulite
"F*** perfection. It doesn't exist." That's the message women's clothing retailer Missguided wants to spread, along with a promise not to touch up any of its models' features.
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Woman finishes college finals from hospital bed while in labor
A college sophomore tweeted a picture of herself wrapping up the semester, from the hospital where she was about to give birth.
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Watching the emotional moments these teens learn that they got into college will make you cry
This week, a video of Ayrton Little, 16, receiving the news of his acceptance to Harvard went viral, getting nearly half a million views.
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Nutritionist 'fixes' this women's magazine cover: 'Diets don't solve problems'
A registered nutritionist rewrote the cover of a magazine, to reflect what she thinks we should be paying attention to —?not what society dictates.
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High schooler's heroic act helps marathon runner cross the finish line
A high school student breaks off from her own relay race to help a fellow runner win her first marathon in Dallas.
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Women-run store selling spoof 'sex harassment' concert tour shirts
A Canadian clothing line run by women is selling shirts and sweaters emblazoned with the names of famous men called out for sexual misconduct, lining them up in chronological order based on the date the allegations against them were made public.
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Why plus-size women can't pose seductively with food like Bella Hadid and Emily Ratajkowski
“We have this perception that larger bodies are undisciplined and lazy."