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micdotcom:
“Brilliant feminist store is only charging women 76% of the retail price
Elana Schlenker, a 31-year-old graphic designer, opened 76

micdotcom:

Brilliant feminist store is only charging women 76% of the retail price

Elana Schlenker, a 31-year-old graphic designer, opened 76<100 as a pop-up shop in Pittsburgh with the simple premise that female shoppers would only have to pay 76% of the retail price of items, an allusion to the fact that women in Pennsylvania are paid 76 cents on the dollars of what men earn. The store fittingly had its grand opening on April 14, aka Equal Pay Day. But wait, the store’s feminist actions get even better.


huffingtonpost:

Cheery Robot Helps Kids Cope With Pain During Hospital Procedures

A delightful-looking robot called “MEDi,” or Medicine and Engineering Designing Intelligence, is being used to help make doctor’s visits less painful – literally.

The Alberta Children’s Hospital in Canada purchased four of the MEDi robots earlier this year, CTV News reported. The bionic friends hang out with children in the waiting room and also accompany them during different procedures, according to RxRobots, the group that created MEDi.

See more of this robot in action here. 


ultrafacts:

Surendra now has his own business, Letters In Ink, with the bulk of his work dedicated to addressing envelopes for wedding invitations. He also designs monograms for use in everything from embossing stationary to embroidering on pillowcases. But not all of his work is permanently preserved, such as writing chalkboard menus in restaurants.

More pictures of his work can be found here: [x]

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