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Women are putting male escorts on retainer - The Age
Australian women are now turning towards male escorts for intimacy. These male sex workers help women with busy lives unwind and explore their sexuality safely.
“Women are putting male escorts on retainers – just like you would go and have your hair done once a week or once a fortnight ... it’s really an overall mind, body and soul wellness experience.”
The Turkish TikToker teaching young women to be religious girlbosses - Rest of World
Şule Kayatürk is an observant Muslim woman and a businesswoman on a mission to inspire a generation of women. From sharing snippets of her halal life to promising employees monetary benefits for repenting their sins and giving up alcohol during Ramanda, Kayatürk leaves no stones unturned when it comes to being a religious girlboss.
“There has been a shift in capital in Turkey over the past two decades, and a new sector of society that has values different [from] secular middle classes. In Sulemsi, we see an intersection: a young woman who is self-confident, upper-middle-class, beautiful, good at her job, trying to live her life according to her interpretation of Islam, spending her money the way she likes it.”
Is BroadAgenda closing down?
BroadAgenda is a one-of-a-kind research publication focusing on gender equality studies published by the Faculty of Business, Government, and Law at the University of Canberra. A few days ago, their Editor-In-Chief Ginger Gorman announced that her position has been made redundant due to university-wide restructuring. They are also not accepting pitches at the moment. Is this one more feminist publication getting shuttered?