Marissa Mayer made her name as a pioneer at Google, then as chief executive at Yahoo. Now Mayer is entering the crowded marketplace for A.I. assistants — and hoping to draw in more women.
Category: Gender
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Can Marissa Mayer, Yahoo’s Former CEO, Help Fix A.I.’s Gender Problem?
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How the World’s Longest-Running Musical Finally Made It to Broadway
The New York Times – Music:“The Fantasticks” ran for decades in Greenwich Village. Now, in time for its Broadway debut, it gets a gender makeover.
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How Gloria Steinem and Ms. Magazine Transformed the Publishing Industry
The New York Times – Business:The late feminist icon insisted that women were not a niche audience — and proved it in 1971 with the start of an influential publication owned and operated by them.
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Inside the Secretive Boards Deciding Trans Troops’ Fate
The New York Times – On the Runway:The Pentagon is relying on closed-door hearings to kick out transgender service members. An Army Reserve lawyer is one of the few who have seen how they really work.
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South Korean Court Rules Against Women in LG Inheritance Lawsuit
The New York Times – Business:The widow and two daughters of LG’s former chairman sought to invalidate an inheritance agreement, claiming they were deceived into forfeiting their rightful inheritance.
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Want to Have Better Sex This Year? Here’s How.
After 15 years teaching a class about sex, the most popular course at the University of Washington, this professor shares her most important takeaways.
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Vienna to Stage Gender-Bending, Jazz Age Comedy Once Banned by Franco
MusikTheater an der Wien will stage Pablo Luna’s “Benamor,” a rarely seen example of the Spanish zarzuela genre from the Roaring Twenties in Madrid.
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What to Know About the New Gender Rules for U.S. Passports
A policy that requires passports to display a person’s sex assigned at birth will come into play during renewals and first-time applications.
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Airlines Told to Disregard Gender- Neutral ‘X’ on U.S. Passports and Add ‘M’ or ‘F’
Although passports with an “X” marker remain valid, a new federal rule requires airlines on their internal information system to mark passengers with an “M” or an “F.”
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Iran Lures Transgender Foreigners for Surgery but Forces Operations on Locals
Iran became a pioneer in gender transition operations by forcing procedures on L.G.B.T.Q. Iranians. Desperate for cash, the Islamic republic is hoping to attract trans patients from around the world.