San Franciscan urban planner Sarah Levine loves to make maps. She is also a woman — which makes her vulnerable to street harassment, something that all women go through. As a man, it never hit me how frequent this phenomenon happens to the women I know. That is, until Sarah mapped out four days of…
While I was watching this, I really couldn’t believe the wave of emotion that came over me. A film this simple, beautiful, and heartbreaking comes along so rarely — and to get its point across, we hardly need to hear a word. http://player.vimeo.com/video/25563376?title=0&byline=0&portrait=0&color=c9ff23&api=1&player_id=vim0 Please share this if you think people should know about this. Read…
You know how your parents used to say, “I don’t want to hear it. Life’s not fair!” when you’d whine about something being unfair? Well, in this case, life really isn’t fair. Let’s work together to turn this around. Read more: http://upworthy.com/being-the-smallest-is-very-bad-in-this-case-it-means-youre-gonna-be-the-first-one-to-drown
There’s no way for me to look at this and not be concerned. You? Read more: http://upworthy.com/this-counter-is-showing-us-the-difference-between-a-middle-class-and-do-you-want-fries-with-that
In 2011, there were 3,191 reports of sexual assault in the military. Only 240 moved to trial. In this clip, Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand is asking the military brass about a case at Aviano Air Base where a general reversed the decision of a military jury and overturned a conviction against a high-ranking officer who attacked…
Some background: In 1989, the Exxon Valdez ran aground and dumped over 10 million gallons of oil into Alaska’s Prince William Sound. Meanwhile, it looks as though poet T.S. Eliot was pretty close to the mark. “This is the way the world ends: not with a bang but a REALLY awkward phone call.” Read more: http://upworthy.com/these-canadians-seem-to-have-a-better-sense-of-americas-mistakes-than-americans