On recent rape allegations against the British celebrity, the case of Danny Masterson and what these two have in common — This hasn’t been a great month for abusive men who wanted their abuse to remain unnoticed and unpunished. Over a week ago, American actor and former high-ranking Scientologist Danny Masterson, best known for his role in That ’70s Show, was sentenced to 30 years to life for raping two women.

As society’s compassion is vanishing before our eyes, we risk losing the one thing that holds us all together — I got a strange message the other day. It was, I presume, from a very young man. And apart from being drenched in that unmistakable adolescent anger at everything and everyone, it also implied that I’m being far too sensitive and whiny. Just like all the other women on the…

Research shows we do ask. And yet we’re still paid less than our male counterparts. — All you have to do is ask for more. It’s that easy. The doors are open. But women usually just don’t have what it takes, do they? I’ve heard this sentiment quite a few times during my corporate rat years, mostly coming from men, but on one occasion also from…

And that’s just the tip of the iceberg of a broader culture of disregard for women’s health — It’s not every day that I read something that makes me want to roll my eyes so far back I could see the inside of my skull. But it happened roughly a month ago when I first came across a recently published study on menstrual products done by a team…

And why we can’t hope to address either without recognising their common root cause — You might have already heard of climate change being called the ‘threat multiplier.’ It’s a phrase coined nearly two decades ago by an American federal agency to capture how it amplifies cracks, imbalances and injustices already present in current society. Because while climate change is undoubtedly a collective, planet-threatening issue…

What, is that supposed to fill me up with dread or something? — In a little over a couple of weeks, I’ll be exactly five years too old to be dating Leonardo di Caprio. Yup, I’m turning 30. And it’s near-impossible not to notice that it’s one of those milestone birthdays that’s still often treated as a really, really Big Deal. …

In defence of ‘Euro Laziness’ and taking it easy in a world increasingly set on glorifying overwork — Just like every year, I took much of August off. In many — if not most – European countries, this is still a pretty normal and common thing to do. Actually, it existed for long enough for some historians to start calling it a ‘tradition.’ When I used to work…

Or: the story of the first electric car and the wheeled suitcase and what they have in common — We tend to think of those fume-producing, four-wheeled machines known today as cars as extensions of men. It’s a little-known fact, though, that the very first long-distance car ride in August 1888 was undertaken by a woman: Bertha Benz, wife of German engineer Karl Benz who’s considered the ‘father of…

Although the bar for men is still in hell, some would like to see it lowered even further — I don’t talk about my partner and our relationship all that often, but when I do, I’ve noticed there’s at least one or two people calling him a ‘simp.’ Derived from the word ‘simpleton,’ the term seems to have evolved in recent years from an insult for men who pander…