THE POWER OF KNOWLEDGE

You can learn more about my thought process at: http://nadene.tumblr.com

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Reading with intention can change your life

“Whatever problem you’re struggling with is probably addressed in some book somewhere written by someone a lot smarter than you.”

How to retain and apply new knowledge: Impression, association, and repetition

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The Largest Analysis of Film Dialogue by Gender, Ever

Lately, Hollywood has been taking so much shit for rampant sexism and racism. The prevailing theme: white men dominate movie roles.

Finally, ideas on sexism supported with rigorous analysis and data!!

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Handful of Biologists Went Rogue and Published Directly to Internet

Molecular biologists and neuroscientists are tweeting with the hashtag #ASAPbio in protest of a system that keeps research from being shared with the public, typically for more than six months.

Go academia!!!!! 

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Sorry, Emma Watson, but HeForShe Is Rotten for Men

Until feminism recognizes discrimination against men, the movement for gender equality will be incomplete.

A critique of the current wave of feminism from the viewpoint of the other side. Clearly a holistic approach is necessary for objective improvement in societies, but how can comprehensive discussion be achieved when most journalism is skewed towards covering only one side of the discussion?

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A New Archetype: The Empowered Woman Who Leaves Over Coworkers’ Sexism

For many female leaders, starting their own companies is the only alternative to hitting the glass ceiling at existing ones—in fiction and in life.

What happens when women are unable to overcome the overwhelming strength of The Patriarchy seeping into professional life? Launching female-friendly business environments is a great way to begin, but, how should we tackle looming problems head on?

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World Press Photo 2016 winners - in pictures

For the past two weeks in Amsterdam the World Press Photo judges have been deliberating hard to pick this year’s winning images

Photography permits the outsider a framed and fleeting gaze upon the daily lived experiences of the external world one inhabits. As much as the saying "a picture is worth a thousand words" goes... What happens after we gaze upon, and are temporarily inducted into, the unfamiliar lives of others? *closes tab* *next article*

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Where Would the Kardashians Be Without Kris Jenner?

The mother, and manager, of reality TV’s most famous clan has created a strange new form of family business — and changed the nature of celebrity.

Kris Jenner is undeniably one smart and sassy lady ;)

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On a Paris sidewalk, a scarf seduces me. It tempts me from behind the window of a boutique, the size of a rich woman's closet. Just last night, in my Paris apartment -- swapped Paris apartment... o...

Too great not to share!!

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Inside the Stupid Shit No One Needs & Terrible Ideas Hackathon

Co-organizers Sam Lavigne and Amelia Winger-Bearskin solicit projects that use tech to critique tech culture.

You gotta appreciate how great satire can be sometimes :) 

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The 'Uber for childcare' lets parents order a nanny through an app

Would you trust a stranger with your kids?

Silicon Valley is the spatial nucleus of capitalism, always at the frontier of discovering new aspects of human life to commoditise. 

Here we see the beginnings of the commodification and commoditisation of childcare and child rearing. 

Technology may permit limitless freedom for adult humans, but at what social cost?

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The Language Barrier Is About to Fall

Within 10 years, earpieces will whisper nearly simultaneous translations—and help knit the world closer together

With the right boundaries, technology can always be harnessed for the greater good.

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Can You Be a Feminist and Still Enjoy Being Catcalled?

Catcallers have gotten mixed press in recent years. Through sting videos, photo essays, and apologist editorials, women have plumbed the complexities o ...

There should be more public discussion on the experiences of living within the varying degrees of femininity in a patriarchal world.

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Wanted in China: More Male Teachers, to Make Boys Men

Education officials across China are aggressively recruiting male teachers, as the Chinese news media warn of a need to “salvage masculinity in schools.”

The problem, and failure, of recognising the ideological baggage carried through subscribing to the idea of hegemonic masculinity in society. 

Who loses this time? 

Women, children, and the system of education.

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Social Media: Destroyer or Creator?

A man who helped set off the 2011 Tahrir Square uprising in Egypt has drawn some conclusions about “Facebook revolutions.”

The limits of social media on influencing political and social change

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Everyone Loses if Britain Exits the E.U.

A British exit would deal a serious blow to a European Union already battered by an economic crisis and an immigration crisis.

Your move, Britain.

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East Asians Tested Eyelid Shaping Products...And Didn't Recognize Themselves

"This is like A Clockwork Orange."

The process of conforming to the Westernised hegemonic standard of beauty for Asians is a deeply personal and arduous experience. Even with the smiles and laughter, we can observe fleeting moments of sadness and self reflection within struggles of racial identification. 

Why do we yearn to change our outward appearances so much?

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A New Vision for Dreams of the Dying

A team of clinicians and researchers is trying to understand the importance of deathbed dreams to help the ill and the bereaved.

What comes after death?