The US suffragette movement tried to leave out Black women. They showed up anyway

 Posted on May 5, 2024  |  5 minutes  |  996 words  |  Kary Bruening

The fight to voteUS voting rightsRacism and sexism were bound together in the fight to vote – and Black women made it clear they would never cede the question of their voting rights to others Published in collaboration with PBS for the documentary The American Experience: The Vote which explores the arduous battle that finally led to the passage of the 19th amendment. In late winter 1913, suffragette Alice Paul and her committee of the National American Woman Suffrage Association (NAWSA) were at work planning a women’s parade that aimed to upstage Woodrow Wilson’s inauguration with a many-thousand-strong phalanx of women protesting for the right to vote. [Read More]

Why shades keep you cool

 Posted on May 5, 2024  |  5 minutes  |  882 words  |  Jenniffer Sheldon

Research notesResearchSunglasses have their uses, but research shows they are becoming much more important in western culture as a cool accessory suggesting power, prestige and mystiqueThere can't be many connections between Lady Gaga, Andy Warhol, the cows on yoghurt adverts and Father Christmas. But here's one: they've all been spotted wearing sunglasses and analysed by Vanessa Brown, senior lecturer in design and visual culture at Nottingham Trent University, as part of her theory into the " [Read More]

Babies can tell good people from bad | Psychology

 Posted on May 4, 2024  |  2 minutes  |  237 words  |  Chauncey Koziol

PsychologyBabies can tell good people from badBabies as young as six months can distinguish between good and bad people, according to a study in which babies observed characters being helpful or unhelpful. Scientists had thought that social judgments developed with language at about 18 months to two years old. But the results suggest that the ability to make moral judgments has innate foundations and is not just learned from parents. [Read More]

Capitalism is killing the planet its time to stop buying into our own destruction | Climate c

 Posted on May 4, 2024  |  17 minutes  |  3504 words  |  Jenniffer Sheldon

Composite: Guardian/Rex/ShutterstockInstead of focusing on ‘micro consumerist bollocks’ like ditching our plastic coffee cups, we must challenge the pursuit of wealth and level down, not up by George MonbiotThere is a myth about human beings that withstands all evidence. It’s that we always put our survival first. This is true of other species. When confronted by an impending threat, such as winter, they invest great resources into avoiding or withstanding it: migrating or hibernating, for example. [Read More]

Dear doctor | Health & wellbeing

 Posted on May 4, 2024  |  4 minutes  |  769 words  |  Aldo Pusey

Health & wellbeingDear doctorThe effects of ecstasy, postnatal depression and bowel movements Drug culture Q I take ecstasy once or twice a week when clubbing or out with friends. Is it going to damage me mentally in the long-term? A Ecstasy (MDMA) is a powerful, potentially dangerous drug which can damage the nerves in the brain that produce serotonin, one of the chemical messengers within the nervous system. Animals who are given MDMA end up with low serotonin levels, which don't recover for years. [Read More]

Flushing: New York's forgotten airport and most contested development site

 Posted on May 4, 2024  |  8 minutes  |  1592 words  |  Aldo Pusey

CitiesOnce the city’s busiest airfield and home to the Goodyear blimp, the abandoned airport is one of New York’s last vacant tracts of land. Development proposals – a distribution centre, a wetlands park – keep falling through … Abandoned airports around the world – in pictures The old Flushing Airport lies vacant, returned, 30 years after its closure, to the wetlands that sprawled across this part of Queens a century ago. [Read More]

Harry Benson's best photograph: the Beatles pillow-fighting

 Posted on May 4, 2024  |  3 minutes  |  596 words  |  Aldo Pusey

My best shotThe Beatles'Paul was having a brandy. John crept up behind and hit him with a pillow. Then it all took off'I was meant to be going to Uganda to do a big news story for the Daily Express but, at the last minute, the paper called and said they wanted me to shoot the Beatles in Paris instead. I considered myself a serious journalist, so I managed to talk them out of it. [Read More]

I have mourned her for decades: why first loves can shape our lives for ever

 Posted on May 4, 2024  |  12 minutes  |  2358 words  |  Jenniffer Sheldon

RelationshipsIn our early romantic relationships, there is often a mismatch between the strength of our feelings and the stark reality. So why do they linger in our memories? Do you remember your first love? Mine had soulful eyes, a shy smile, and I thought he was beautiful. I spent months trying to put myself in Brad’s way. He was in the same tutorial class at secondary school as me, so I enjoyed at least one daily encounter, and others could be manufactured if I walked a certain way to the lunch hall or chose my PE options wisely. [Read More]

If Zac Efron has a dad bod, what hope is there for the rest of us? | Priya Elan

 Posted on May 4, 2024  |  4 minutes  |  843 words  |  Jenniffer Sheldon

Zac Efron in Down to Earth. ‘We have ended up in a position where Efron’s ridiculously healthy body is somehow deemed a dad bod.’ Photograph: NetflixZac Efron in Down to Earth. ‘We have ended up in a position where Efron’s ridiculously healthy body is somehow deemed a dad bod.’ Photograph: NetflixOpinionBody image This article is more than 3 years oldIf Zac Efron has a ‘dad bod’, what hope is there for the rest of us? [Read More]

Naked swimmers and climate protesters: the weekends best photos | News

 Posted on May 4, 2024  |  3 minutes  |  589 words  |  Valentine Belue

Naked swimmers and climate protesters: the weekend’s best photos Share on Facebook Share on Twitter Share via Email The Guardian’s picture editors select photo highlights from around the world Arnel Hecimovic Main image: Climate activists of the Last Generation group try to block a street before the Berlin marathon in Germany. Photograph: Clemens Bilan/EPA Sun 24 Sep 2023 07.57 EDT Last modified on Tue 10 Oct 2023 08. [Read More]