It's hard to say what makes every woman happy or what every woman wants, and as a woman myself, I'm not a fan of sweeping generalizations based on gender. However, there are certain elements of walking through the world as a woman that are fairly universal, which makes me feel confident in saying this: If you ever want to see pure, spontaneous joy, watch a woman put on a dress and suddenly realize it has pockets! Happy Fashion GIF by Rosanna PansinoGiphy Women's clothes are notorious for havi...| Upworthy
The latest from Grift of the Holy Spirit makes me want to run up and down the street, grabbing people by the shoulders and saying LISTEN TO THIS and reading it to them, interspersed with loud noise…| Gaudete Theology
How did attitudes towards women and their role within the family unit and greater society change under the Chinese Republican government? What rights did they gain? Did they generally benefit from ...| History Stack Exchange
Georgia’s women writers — from Margaret Mitchell’s “Gone with the Wind” to Flannery O’Connor’s haunting Southern Gothic tales — have ... The post Voices That Shaped The South: Legacy of Georgia’s Female Writers appeared first on Grady Newsource.| Grady Newsource
Today's links Melissa Mendes's "The Weight": Graphic novel as emotional roller-coaster. Hey look at this: Delights to delectate. Object permanence: Windows 10 killswitch; Ashley Madison copyfraud; Ulysses pacts; "Blackheart Man." Upcoming appearances: Where to find me. Recent appearances: Where I've been. Latest books: You keep readin' em, I'll keep writin' 'em. Upcoming books: Like I said, I'll keep writin' 'em. Colophon: All the rest. Melissa Mendes's "The Weight" (permalink) The Weight is ...| Pluralistic: Daily links from Cory Doctorow
The Family Proclamation stands firm, even as institutions, campuses, and congregations blur its message. The post Proclaiming the Family Proclamation: When Doctrine Is Clear but Messaging Isn’t appeared first on Public Square Magazine.| Public Square Magazine
Video games have become a more accepted hobby over the years, but playing video games is still often considered a man’s hobby. According to the 2023 Global Gamer Study, 45% of people who play video games are women. This article explores the experience of women in video games, both in the industry and playing these […] The post Gender Inclusivity in Video Games: What Needs to Change? first appeared on The Badger.| The Badger
These days, more and more people are identifying with the term “feminist” to show their support for women. While there is an increased popularity in being a feminist and proclaiming... The post True Feminism Raises the Spiritual Bar appeared first on BahaiTeachings.org.| - BahaiTeachings.org
On August 26th, the day in 1920 when the United States certified the 19th Amendment to the Constitution, which granted women the right to vote, Americans observe Women’s Equality Day.... The post Women: the Key to Human Progress appeared first on BahaiTeachings.org.| - BahaiTeachings.org
When I asked why Boys can’t play Barbies dolls And girls can’t play with cars Teachers looked at me Like I said, a bad word To young me A toy is just a toy No other meaning behind it Alex| Mybookworld24
How should INGOs share power to work with others – and especially grassroots and community groups - to achieve a feminist economy that values all care work? Ridhi Kalaria and Silvia Galandini share insights from Oxfam’s influencing across the UK; from backing existing movements and investing in long-term change, to knowing when to step back. Illustrations by Sonaksha Iyengar.| Views & Voices
Vebi Levni is a member of the Istanbul Bar Association and currently pursuing an LLM in International Migration and Refugee Law and Policy at the Irish Centre for Human Rights. – “Today, women’s leadership is a cause. Tomorrow it must be the norm”.(António Guterres 2021) UN Secretary-General. Article 1 of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights… Continue reading Gender Quotas: Towards a Greater Representation of Women in Leadership Positions in Politics?→| Irish Centre for Human Rights
A wide variety of gender-neutral sex toys, including vibrators, dildos, and anal toys, cater to different preferences and body types, ensuring accessibility for all.| queer voices
Pacific Media Watch “Speak Up Kōrerotia” — a radio show centred on human rights issues — has featured a nuclear-free Pacific and other issues in this week’s show. Encouraging discussion on human rights issues in both Canterbury and New Zealand, Speak Up Kōrerotia offers a forum to provide a voice for affected communities. Engaging in| Asia Pacific Report
COMMENTARY: By Saige England I unequivocally support Irish author Sally Rooney with all my heart and soul. The author risks imprisonment for donating funds from her books and the TV series based on Normal People to a Palestinian group. Once again the United Kingdom tells Palestinians who they should support. Go figure. In her opinion| Asia Pacific Report
Pacific Media Watch The New Zealand Green Party co-leader suspended over criticising government MPs over a “spineless” stance over Gaza has called for action. Greens co-leader Chlöe Swarbrick said in an interview with Al Jazeera that public pressure was mounting on governments to end the Israeli genocide in Gaza. The politician continues to push for| Asia Pacific Report
Dr. Marlene Kowalski ist Gender-Gastprofessorin an der Fakultät für Erziehungswissenschaft.| Aktuell Uni Bielefeld
A European nation has granted refugee status to Isabella Cêpa, a Brazilian feminist activist "guilty" of calling the […] L'articolo Status di rifugiata politica alla brasiliana Isabella Cêpa, sotto accusa per le sue idee gender critical. È il primo caso al mondo<br /><span class='post-summary' style='font-size: 17px; font-weight: 500; line-height: 22px; display: block; font-family: source sans pro; padding-top: 10px;'>La donna è stata denunciata per misgendering dal politico transgender...| FeministPost
Annual evaluations are often subjective, which opens the door to gender bias. These biases can lead to double standards — a similar situation gets a positive or a negative spin depending on gender. For example, one review described a woman as seeming “to shrink when she’s around others and especially around clients.” But a similar problem — confidence in working with clients — was given a positive spin when it was a man who was struggling with it: “Jim needs to dev...| Harvard Business Review
India’s ageing crisis is female-led, but policies remain blind to women’s work, health, and retirement needs. #ageing #gender| Policy Circle
Distance, therefore, preserves a European austerity in recorded musical practices, and electroacoustic practice is no exception; it is perhaps even responsible for reinvigorating a colonial posterity in contemporary music as so many examples in this book follow this pattern–Danielle Shlomit Sofer, Sex Sounds, 14. Sex Sounds: Vectors of Difference in Electronic Music (MIT Press, 2022) … … Continue reading →| Sounding Out!
Jean-Claude Larchet has a new book out entitled Renewing Gender: An Orthodox Perspective. It is not a very Orthodox book, however. How can you be Orthodox and publicly accuse the Orthodox Church of…| Brian Patrick Mitchell
The Research Paper Competition showcases the latest, unpublished research in people analytics. Watch finalists present their findings on a broad range of topics including diversity, performance measurement, virtual teams, and the gig economy. The post Expert Authority, Gender, and Careers: Roman Galperin | 2019 Wharton People Analytics Conference Research Paper Competition Winner appeared first on People Analytics.| People Analytics
A performance review ended with a professor out of a job, and the employer defending itself in court. The problem? Remarks about maternity leave, inconsistent flexibility, and suspicious timing after a discrimination complaint. The appellate court said a jury should hear the case. TL;DR: A finance professor at a public college alleged gender, pregnancy, […]| The Employer Handbook Blog
The Royal Borough of Greenwich defends issuing staff with an inclusive language guide which suggests they use ‘spouse’ or ‘partner’ instead. The post Council defends suggested alternatives to ‘husband’ and ‘wife’ appeared first on Personnel Today.| Personnel Today
Equality watchdog suggests government could consider reintroducing equal pay questionnaires in its response to a call for evidence.| Personnel Today
A book review and personal reflections on “Sick of it – The global fight for women’s health” Harman advises humor – including playing gender bingo – when you despair I’m a fan of …| Katri Bertram
India’s higher judiciary speaks of equality while women, after a century in law, remain a micro-minority.| India’s National Fortnightly Magazine
And you better believe that the devil is rejoicing at our rebellion.| LifeSite
The 11th and final session of the UN Open-Ended Working Group (OEWG) on security of and in the use of information and communications technologies recently concluded in New York, closing a chapter of multilateral discussions marked by growing geopolitical tensions and global cyber insecurities. This blog article reflects on the achievements, contestations, and silences that shape multilateral cyber governance today and what this means for the future permanent UN mechanism. Author information C...| PRIF BLOG
Over the course of the last few decades, intersectionality has been an increasingly adopted framework within peace studies. Generated out of the insights of Black feminist thinking, intersectionality is a powerful lens for analyzing oppression, domination, and many forms of violence in the contemporary world. Though there are many debates about how to define intersectionality […]| Peace Policy
Quite literally, values determine ‘what is worth fighting for.’ When fighting entails a willingness to kill and/or be killed, we must take codes of valuation seriously. My essay explores how dominant value codes – and the emotional investments and power relations they generate – operate at the intersection of conflicts.| Peace Policy
"We cannot defend trans youth without confronting the carceral, racialized, and reproductive logics that underpin this moment, nor can we treat gender-affirming care as separate from the broader struggle for bodily autonomy, housing, healthcare, and family dignity." Read more via Scalawag: Freak Generations: The Moral Panic Playbook from Crack Babies to Trans Kids.| Scalawag
Transgender activist-writer says Europe forces trans women to “pretend to be cis women” while India offers community support and workplace acceptance.| Reviews of latest books and articles on authors | Frontline
The mother of the 14-year-old criticised the retailer's response to the incident.| Express.co.uk
Justice Sotomayor’s analysis depends on many assumptions that she does not articulate or defend. This lack of clarity leads to unnecessary confusion and inconsistency. In more ways than one, Justice Sotomayor is changing the subject.| Public Discourse
Sometimes it's the simple things that help the most.| BuzzFeed
Recent research found surprisingly little change in foreign assistance processes over the last 25 years, regardless of the Administration or its political affiliation. That history is poised to change. This was the basis for our Technology Salon that Envisioned USAID under Trump 2.0. The incoming Trump administration, Republican leadership of the Presidency, House, Senate, and... The post How Foreign Assistance Priorities Will Be Different Under Trump 2.0 appeared first on Technology Salon.| Technology Salon
Our November 14th Tech Salon asked whether it’s safe to use AI to conduct research on Gender Based Violence (GBV) and Violence against Children (VAC). Tesmer Atsbeha, Senior Program Officer, Wellspring Philanthropic Fund; and Diane Chang, Safety Product Manager, Cohere were our lead discussants, and we also heard from a lively group of participants from... The post Are We Aware How GBV and VAC Research Spaces are Changing? appeared first on Technology Salon.| Technology Salon
Contexts is a quarterly magazine that makes cutting-edge social research accessible to general readers.| Contexts
More often than not, when we talk about flexible work arrangements, we’re thinking about working moms. But, in truth, everybody needs flexibility at some point in their careers — and limiting flex to just working moms creates bias that’s harmful to everyone. In this piece, the authors describe new research showing that when employees see workplace flexibility bias in their organizations, they are less happy professionally and are more likely to say they will quit their jobs in the near ...| Harvard Business Review
Quick-fire reviews of some more books that are not included in my 20 Books of Summer challenge! Antonia Hodgson, The Raven Scholar. In the walled capital city of Orrun, seven contenders arrive to compete to be the next emperor. Court scholar Neema is unexpectedly drawn into the trials after one of the hopefuls is murdered. This was … Continue reading More Quick-Fire Reviews of Some Non-Summer Reads| Laura Tisdall
I’ve been racing through my 20 Books of Summer partly because I went on a holiday with lots of long bus journeys and partly because a lot of them were NetGalley ARCs that publish in June or J…| Laura Tisdall
The mother of a Black teenager who was fatally shot in Alabama this week said she believes her daughter was killed because of her transgender identity.| AP News
A Carnival parade in Rio de Janeiro will present the story of a trans woman nearly burned at the stake in the 16th century as a means to spotlight trans people’s struggle in Brazil, where more of them are reported killed than anywhere else.| AP News
This blog serves as a resource for allies of trans and non-binary individuals, emphasizing active learning about gender and allyship. It highlights the diverse experiences within the trans communit…| Autistic and Living the Dream
Videogames offer us the possibility to create spaces to enjoy and engage with in ways that approach the past visually and interactively. We can play with history, and we can play to do history. But playing and history are also gendered. Playing with history and gender can open possibilities for events that happened in a moment in human history […] The post What we play: Chatting about History, Gender, and Videogames appeared first on Historical Games Network.| Historical Games Network
A long time ago, in a world almost, but not quite, like our own… The city-state of Castamont, a centre of scholarship and commerce on the shores of the scenic Ousarine Bay, is buzzing with excitement! An anonymous knight, an armour-clad Mystery Knight who never removes his full-faced helmet, has arrived to joust in this […] The post Sir Charlotte, <i>la bonne chevalière</i>: Playing with Gender in The Knight & the Maiden appeared first on Historical Games Network.| Historical Games Network
There are staggering problems with historical games’ representation of women. Based on an analysis of games with identifiable protagonists from the HistoriaGames database, less than 7% of historical games have female protagonists, and more games feature plots in which women are abducted or killed to motivate the storyline than have female protagonists. Sexualisation and gratuitous nudity are rife, […]| Historical Games Network
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I somehow missed the news from June about Daniel Hamrick, who courageously got on stage to play a anti-transphobia protest song at a 'heterosexual pride' event in one of the most deeply-conservative parts of the USA. Here's the video of his (short!) set.| Dan Q
With 2025 marking the 25th anniversary of UNSCR 1325, Laura Wise and Fiona Campbell evaluate its success through the lens of gender provisions in peace agreements.| PeaceRep
Jen Pawol is set to become the first woman MLB umpire when she works games this weekend between the Miami Marlins and Atlanta Braves.| Maryland Daily Record
The post Wide Gender Gap in Freedom of Choice Among the Bangladeshi Youth appeared first on BRAC Institute of Governance and Development.| BRAC Institute of Governance and Development
The post Quarantine in Home or Prison? Domestic Violence in the Time of COVID-19 and What it Holds for Bangladesh appeared first on BRAC Institute of Governance and Development.| BRAC Institute of Governance and Development
The post Amidst Short Supply of Leadership and Sanitizers, Hearts Find Solace in Community-Driven Small Initiatives appeared first on BRAC Institute of Governance and Development.| BRAC Institute of Governance and Development
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]With limited health sector capacities, COVID-19 will be fought in Bangladesh’s homes where women play an outsized role. Less than a month since the World Health Organization (WHO) declared a COVID-19 pandemic on March 11th, the global burden of infections...| BRAC Institute of Governance and Development
3.75/5 (Good) Zoë Fairbairns’ Benefits (1979) charts the struggles of the British women’s liberation movement in a dystopic near future. An anti-feminist fringe political party called FAMILY comes to power, simultaneously proclaiming family values while systematically dismantling the welfare state. Benefits effectively eviscerates governmental doublespeak and champions the need to organize and educate in order … Continue reading Book Review: Zoë Fairbairns’ Benefits (1979)| Science Fiction and Other Suspect Ruminations
Samsung UK Marketing & Omnichannel Director Annika Bizon reveals why being unafraid to speak your mind is a superpower. The post Samsung UK: women should not allow self-doubt to hinder their careers appeared first on DiversityQ.| DiversityQ
Zscaler's Kavitha Mariappan explains why women in tech need to build a personal brand, take a seat at the table and network The post Women: the cybersecurity industry needs you appeared first on DiversityQ.| DiversityQ
Reflections on the betrayal and hostility from fellow women in the workplace The post Women against women: the hidden obstacle in Corporate America appeared first on DiversityQ.| DiversityQ
Innovative recruiting programme trains and employs underrepresented groups The post UST: Step IT Up helps solve the talent and diversity gap facing the tech industry appeared first on DiversityQ.| DiversityQ
I’ve avoided talking about the whole ‘gender identity’ debate here because, frankly, only fools rush in…! And where there is rational discussion on this topic, it often isn’t happening online. But Richard Dawkins is braver than me, and seldom shies away from pointing out actual facts, even when it makes some people uncomfortable! So I Continue Reading| Status-Q
The trauma plot and the slut-shaming dossier are actually parallel formations, reveals “The Guest.”| Public Books
Musk's latest hot take goes beyond his typically edgy, middle-school contrarianism into full-throated chauvinism.| Futurism
You don’t actually understand an idea until you know its history. That lesson is one that most people have been doing their level best not to learn in recent years. Their unwillingness isn’t any kind of accident. Once you know where an idea came from and what kind of vagrant wanderings it’s been through on…| Ecosophia
If you keep one employee and lay off another, you need to be able to explain why. Courts don’t expect employees to be identical, but they will take a close look at whether your comparisons—and your process—hold up. TL;DR: A 25-year warehouse employee with a long record of strong reviews and near-perfect attendance was laid […]| The Employer Handbook Blog
Feranaaz Farista and Ameeta Jaga, Ph.D. In our article for Gender & Society titled, Workplace Breastfeeding as Foodwork in Organizational Settings: Advancing Knowledge from Black, Low-Income Women in South Africa, we highlight the struggles and innovations in these mothers’ attempts to nourish their children and hold on to a job. We interviewed 33 black, low-income … Continue reading Breastfeeding as Foodwork: The Unseen Labour of Employed Black Low-income Mothers in South Africa→| Gender & Society
I’m sitting here with the judgement in Maya Forstater’s employment tribunal in front of me and, honestly, finding it hard to find the words to express the frustration I feel. Yes, the fact the judge says that sex is, apparently, now considered mutable is laughable and ridiculous. Yes, the implications of this for the rights […]| @MRKHVoice
If you’ve spent any time in the gender debate, especially over on Twitter, you’ll no doubt have come across the obsessive troll Helen Islan, aka mimmymum (if you haven’t, consider yourself lucky). I’ve mentioned her before, in my post about Mermaid’s Susie Green, but I think she deserves a post of her own, especially considering […]| @MRKHVoice
Guest blog by @soulfoodie, Jennifer Milligan Part of connecting to other people with intersex conditions/DSDs is exploring the often deeply painful experiences that go along with these conditions at the hands of the medical profession. I hope ok to write a post exploring my reflections on having a DSD and issues of trauma. This will […]| @MRKHVoice
Dear Alice, I am writing this open letter with little hope that you will read it but with the hope that others will and will understand why your pleas to women to “be kind” demonstrate that you are doing the opposite. I have watched you, time and time again, insist that people with DSDs are […]| @MRKHVoice
There’s a film you may have heard of called A Cock and Bull Story, starring Steve Coogan and Rob Brydon. The film is based on the 18th century novel The Life and Opinions of Tristram Shandy. The novel itself is about Tristram’s attempts to write his life story. One of the central jokes of the […]| @MRKHVoice
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With the death of Connie Francis, her signature song “Where the Boys Are” keeps playing through my head. For some reason, that song takes up a lot of real estate in my already cluttered…| Envisioning The American Dream
By budgeting better, building savings, and learning how to improve credit reports, women are breaking the debt cycle. Here's how.| When Women Inspire
Women make vast contributions to local economies whether on farms, in businesses or in unpaid care work in households. Because of this, investing in women's…| International Livestock Research Institute
If it were done when ’tis done, then ’twere wellIt were done quickly. Miranda is a college theatre director working on a production of All’s Well That Ends Well, one of Shakespear…| Laura Tisdall
The lack of consistent attention to gender was concerning, as was the failure to tackle the Global South debt crisis – and the blinkered expansion of private finance, despite evidence of its harms. But, says Rachel Noble, as the world turns to implementation of the Financing for Development commitments, there are valuable opportunities to seize and build on, including for the women who do most of the world’s care work.| Views & Voices
Editor’s Note: The following review appears in the Spring 2025 issue of Eikon. Michele Schumacher. Metaphysics and Gender: The Normative Art of Nature and Its Human Limitations. Steubenville, OH: Emmaus Academic, 2023. In Metaphysics and Gender: The Normative Art of Nature and Its Human Limitations, Michele Schumacher provides readers with theological and philosophical tools for evaluating and […]| CBMW
From Palestine to Iraq, from Lebanon to Syria and Afghanistan, seven women recount how foreign powers promised liberation—only to deliver devastation, blood, and betrayal.| Untold Mag
This September, in collaboration with the Imperial War Museums Institute and the Royal Society of Edinburgh‘s Curious Festival 2025, the Historical Games Network will be hosting a discussion panel event exploring history, fantasy, digital games and media. Curious is a festival of ideas – open to all and driven by connection, conversation, and discovery. It’s a chance to […] The post RSE Curious event: Unreal pasts, playful presents: history and fantasy in games and media appeared f...| Historical Games Network
The world of FromSoftware’s 2022 RPG Elden Ring is not governed by strictly realistic systems. Death has been abducted, the flow of time eddies around levitating islands, and Patches has been inexplicably reincarnated for a fourth time. Yet despite this, the game works within its own system of dream logic, focusing primarily on the relationships […] The post “Let us be shattered, both… Mine other self”: Elden Ring’s Alchemical Explorations of Gender appeared first on Historical Ga...| Historical Games Network
In this video essay, Regina Seiwald traces the lineage of women central to the development of the UK games industry, from the 1970s to the present day. Watch the video below, or find it on YouTube. Dr Regina Seiwald is a Teaching Fellow in German at the University of Birmingham, UK. After completing her PhD […] The post Hidden Architects: Women in the UK Games Industry, 1970-2000s appeared first on Historical Games Network.| Historical Games Network
The medieval period offers an opportunity to think about gender through its popular stories and use of arms and armour to construct the bodily identity of those involved in combat roles. This blog post examines how these themes are brought to life through medievalism and fantasy in video games. The blog aims to introduce three […]| Historical Games Network
On 24 June 2025, I travelled to Geneva to mark International Day of Women in Diplomacy, celebrating the important role women have played - and will continue playing - in building peace, fostering inte| Foreign Office Blogs
Are men more like God than women are? That is the implication of many arguments against ordaining women as bishops, priests, or deacons. Whether the argument is that priests “icon” Christ in the Di…| Brian Patrick Mitchell
What does it mean for international NGOs to truly shift power? At Oxfam, we think our fund for grassroots women’s rights organisations, which is founded on the principle that our partners should decide what to spend money on, holds some of the answers. Oxfam GB CEO Dr Halima Begum writes here about a project that last week won two 2025 Charity Awards.| From Poverty to Power
I recently had a new co-authored research article published in the journal Body & Society, titled Embodied Experiences of Trans Pregnancy. It is part of a special issue on Pregnant Bodies and Embodied Pregnancy. For this piece of writing, we were particularly interested in how embodiment is gendered and vice-versa. In the article, we draw […]| Dr Ruth Pearce
This piece tells a story of rural Southern Missouri through the forms of knowledge inherited when the state offers nothing: no direction, no infrastructure, no recognition. The author is from Douglas County, where his family still hunts and welds and buries its dead. Electricity came late. Broadband still hasn’t come at all. Seth comes from the Western Cherokee Nation of Arkansas and Missouri, a tribe erased not just by settler removal but by federal recognition itself.| Hard Crackers
If misogyny is a story's most striking characteristic, something is wrong.| Mythcreants
Another show, another rape controversy.| Mythcreants
Dear Mythcreants, Part of my setting’s magic system includes a type of fertility spell that allows anyone capable of pregnancy to get pregnant with anyone else, regardless of what reproductive system the partner has. This type of magic has contributed to one culture in the setting being matriarchal, along the lines of certain “independent from […]| Mythcreants
Empty space: it's sexy, wimpy, lonely, alluring, and very sliceable.| Mythcreants
Rounding off this week’s symposium on Support the Troops: Military Obligation, Gender, and the Making of Political Community, Katharine Millar responds to commentaries from Mirko Palestrino, Pinar Bilgin, Cian O’Driscoll, and Ellen Martin and Chris Rossdale. To begin, my immense gratitude to Pinar Bilgin, Cian O’Driscoll, Ellen Martin, Mirko Palestrino, and Chris Rossdale for their close … Continue reading Support the Troops: A Response| The Disorder Of Things
I’ve expressed plenty of disagreement with the Social Justice movement and will continue to do so. I also believe that …Continue reading →| Love of All Wisdom
Being gender-fluid, in a certain sense I transition and detransition my gender every week (just not medically). It feels only …Continue reading →| Love of All Wisdom
More men are taking paid paternity leave in states that have the benefit, says a new study, narrowing the gender gap in parental leave.| ParentsTogether
In Your Dreams Next to Rock Hudson, Liberace was Sue Ellen Wolinski’s absolute dream date. Liberace was just so fabulously different from any other fellows she had ever met. A wonderful pianist, ye…| Envisioning The American Dream
A new analysis published in The Lancet medical journal reports that the Trump administration quietly altered hundreds of U.S. public health datasets by replacing references to “gender” with “sex.” The changes occurred without formal disclosure and affected data managed by agencies including the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). Researchers reviewed 232 datasets released […]| Verdaily
