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☆ ‘Her Story’: China’s answer to ‘Barbie’ becomes latest smash hit - but some men are not amused
▼ + stars: | 2024-12-22 | by ( Joyce Jiang | Nectar Gan | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +8 min

Men at oddsWhile “Her Story” has been overwhelmingly celebrated by Chinese women, not all men are fans. Similar anecdotes of men railing at the screenings or walking out of theaters have circulated on Chinese social media – mirroring the conservative backlash seen during screenings of “Barbie” in the United States last year. “Many plots in this movie have already glorified most men in life … It looks objective and gentle enough to me,” Xu wrote on Xiaohongshu, China’s Instagram-like platform. “Certain groups of men tend to put themselves in opposite of women and oppose whatever women like.” Wang, the two-time watcher, told CNN. “Feminist movement in China today is only visible on the cultural front,” said Lü Pin, a prominent Chinese feminist based in New York.

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☆ An airline apologized for accusing a man of disrupting a flight he wasn't even on — and snitching to his boss
▼ + stars: | 2024-02-08 | by ( Pete Syme | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +2 min

Ryanair said it "mistakenly identified" a man as disrupting a flight he wasn't on. The airline reportedly wrote to Eoin Michael Cahill's boss and put him on a no-fly list. AdvertisementRyanair has apologized in court to a man it accused of misbehaving on a flight he never boarded, according to Irish newspaper The Journal. The court heard that the following day, Cahill's boss received an email from Ryanair saying he had been "disruptive" on the flight, The Journal reported. The airline also said it would write a letter to Cahill's employers, saying its accusations were "fully withdrawn," per The Journal.

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☆ Russian police are overwhelmed by the number of people snitching on neighbors and colleagues: report
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-20 | by ( Tom Porter | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +2 min

Russians are snitching on rivals and neighbors, a BBC report said. The Kremlin has introduced draconian laws to suppress criticism of the Ukraine war. NEW LOOK Sign up to get the inside scoop on today’s biggest stories in markets, tech, and business — delivered daily. download the app Email address Sign up By clicking “Sign Up”, you accept our Terms of Service and Privacy Policy . AdvertisementRussian police are being inundated with denunciations by Russians of their fellow citizens over their alleged views on the Ukraine war, BBC News reported.

Persons: —, Everyone's, Anna Korobkova Organizations: BBC, Service, BBC News, Kremlin, Police, Financial Times Locations: Ukraine, Russia

☆ Surviving the Holidays at Work When You Dread the Season
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-10 | by ( Roxane Gay | More About Roxane Gay | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +7 min

My boss simply never, ever, ever gives positive feedback. This seems to be fine for most of my colleagues, but I really thrive on positive feedback and always have. Most people benefit from positive feedback and other forms of affirmation, so you aren’t a drip for seeking that. If you need to frame it as positive feedback, you can certainly do so, but there’s no reason you cannot ask your boss for positive feedback in addition to the constructive feedback she provides. The reality is that you do not owe your employer anything but doing good work in exchange for fair compensation.

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☆ At Rosemead High, generations of students were harassed or groomed for sex as they tried to get an education
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-03 | by ( Matt Drange | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +87 min

Students were regularly subjected to sexual harassment by Hall, two former students told me. “I feel like so many of us were victims to the culture,” one former Rosemead student told Insider. Manipulation by a trusted adult has been passed like a virus to generations of Rosemead students. AdvertisementThe Shops at Santa Anita in Arcadia have long been a local haunt for Rosemead High students. We wondered aloud whether Masiello had harassed our mother the same way he'd done to generations of Rosemead students.

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☆ A former guard at one of Putin's luxury palaces said it's like a toxic 'little town' where everyone is snitching on each other
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-25 | by ( Mia Jankowicz | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +7 min

One of Putin's former palace guards has spoken out about working to protect him in Crimea. AdvertisementAdvertisementBut the luxury of the Olivye palace compound, compared to ordinary Russian lives, also disgusted Brizhaty, he now says. AdvertisementAdvertisementBrizhaty's job was to help make security arrangements for Putin's arrival at the palace, or around Crimea. The arrival of "Number One" in Crimea demonstrated how little Putin trusts his own security service. Forced to protect a warmongerThat culture was a particular problem for Brizhaty when Putin's tanks rolled across Ukraine's borders.

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☆ Nipsey Hussle's killer sentenced to at least 60 years in prison
▼ + stars: | 2023-02-22 | by ( Jorge Garcia | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

Apu Gomes/Pool via REUTERSLOS ANGELES, Feb 22 (Reuters) - A California man was sentenced on Wednesday to at least 60 years in prison for the 2019 killing of Grammy-winning rapper Nipsey Hussle after a chance encounter in the south Los Angeles neighborhood where the men grew up. A jury had found Eric Holder Jr, 32, guilty of first-degree murder in July 2022 for fatally shooting Hussle outside a clothing store the rapper owned. Holder was ordered to serve an additional 10 years in prison for shooting two bystanders. Public defender Aaron Jansen acknowledged that Holder killed Hussle but argued that he should not be convicted of first-degree murder because he said the attack was not pre-meditated. Reporting by Lisa Richwine and Jorge Garcia in Los Angeles Editing by Leslie Adler, Matthew Lewis and David GregorioOur Standards: The Thomson Reuters Trust Principles.

☆ Analysis: The final season of ‘Dead to Me’ is a poignant eulogy
▼ + stars: | 2022-11-19 | by ( Lisa Respers France | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +6 min

Believe it or not, one of the things that has been helping me lately is just carving out some chill time. Three things to watch‘Dead to Me’ Season 3Christina Applegate as Jen Harding in a scene from "Dead to Me" on Netflix. Saeed Adyani/NetflixThe new season of “Dead to Me,” starring Christina Applegate and Linda Cardellini, will be the dark comedy series’ last. I am especially invested in this last season given Applegate’s revelation that she has multiple sclerosis. ‘The Santa Clauses’Tim Allen (second from right) in a scene from "The Santa Clauses" on Disney+.

CNN —Houston officials vowed to deliver justice in the killing of rapper Takeoff, with the chief of police calling the 28-year-old Atlantan a “peaceful” man and urging any witnesses to the shooting to come forward. There were roughly 40 people at the event, many of whom left “possibly out of fear,” Houston Police Chief Troy Finner said. “This great city, with our great citizens, with our police department – we will find who’s responsible for it. Finner was clear, however, that investigators do not believe Takeoff was “involved in anything criminal at the time,” he said. Rap star was on an upward trajectoryThe news of Takeoff’s death was a blow to the hip-hop community, still reeling from the fatal shooting of rapper PnB Rock in September.

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