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UK General Election Results: Conservative Majority
What is called “a historic day for British politics” has come to an end. As of 1.55 pm, the Conservative Party have unexpectedly formed a single-party government winning 329 seats with just two seats...
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Equal Footing: Men Marrying Women Who Can Hold Their Own
The most recent Golden Globe awards seemed to be rather more about George and Amal Clooney than anyone else. Tina Fey and Amy Puehler teased George Clooney about his win and his wife when they...
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5 Things You Need to Know Before You Indict Bill Cosby
The beloved Bill Cosby – TV family patriarch, comedian, author and educator – has found himself in a bit of a pickle. Over the past few months, multiple women have come forward alleging that Cosby had...
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Our Shameful Cultural Obsession with Leaked Nude Photographs
Since August 2014, the nude photos of multiple celebrities, including Jennifer Lawrence, Kate Upton, Ariana Grande, Vanessa Hudgens, Mary-Kate Olsen, Meagan Good and Jill Scott, were leaked when...
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Body Shaming and Why We Should Not Do It. Ever
“Should you really be wearing that? It shows your stretch marks.” “Eric Garner would not have died were he not so obese.” “Stop eating.” (I had an OB-GYN say that to me once, in response to a...
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The “Ladyboys” of South-East Asia
We hear so much about the LGBT community in Western countries, and the little we hear about transsexuals is usually consists of stories stemming from the same geographical region. Needless to say,...
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Question: Have We Finally Cracked the Glass Ceiling?
When Hillary Clinton gave her concession speech for the Democratic nomination, she said: “As we gather here today in this historic, magnificent building, the 50th woman to leave this Earth is orbiting...
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When They Were 25: Women in Politics
When are we really grown up? Should we have got it together by our mid-twenties? According to richest.com, “The twenties are known as a time of upheaval – university, grad school, first home, first...
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Light Skin vs. Dark Skin: Colourism in the Black Community
“Black women have been cultured to compare, not connect.” - Michaela Angela DavisThe controversial 2011 documentary Dark Girls caused a lot of women to do some emotional unpacking of the painful...
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UK Welcomes 4 New Laws this October
October is such an important month for people in the UK, especially because 4 new laws have recently been put into force. To sum it all up, here are the new laws worth noting:30-Day Refund...
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Why High Heels Speak Confidence
A study in the journal Archives of Sexual Behavior suggests that men find women in high heels sexier.The abstract for the experiment states, “In a series of studies, the length of a women’s shoe heels...
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Why I Stopped Going on Holidays
It’s finally the end of October, and what better way to celebrate the last two months of the year than by booking a flight to a dream destination like Paris or New York? Or probably dream about soaking...
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Women We Love: Uzo Aduba
We’ve all seen that outstanding speech Uzo Aduba gave at the 2015 Emmy Awards, winning her second straight Emmy for the role of Suzanne ‘Crazy Eyes’ Warren on Netflix’s Orange Is the New Black (if you...
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Women We love: Melinda Gates Beyond Bill
Melina Gates, the wife of Microsoft cofounder Bill Gates, is featured in this week’s ‘Women We Love’ edition of MyYellowCanary. Why? Because Melinda is a woman who brings the change to the world. The...
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Can Twitter Stop Revenue from Falling Further?
It was back in 2006 that the world’s first ever tweet was sent. “Just setting up my twttr” was the social network’s equivalent to “One small step for man...” and since then it has taken the world by...
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This Girl Can
A year ago, US Surgeon General Dr Regina Benjamin encouraged women at a popular hair convention to stop using their beauty routines as an excuse to skip exercise. "Oftentimes you get women saying, ‘I...
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The Reasons Behind Facebook's Rising Revenues
The incredible success story behind Facebook just keeps on going, doesn’t it? With around 1.59 billion active users, this social media platform accounts for 6% of all time spent online. Its popularity...
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Is BBC going to compete with Netflix and Amazon?
MYC Writer Angela Murray gives her opinion on the possible BBC subscription service.There are rumours in the mill that the BBC is going to launch a pay for subscription service which will rival Amazon...
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Body Shame in Our Culture And Why You Shouldn't Do It
“Should you really be wearing that? It shows your stretch marks.” “Eric Garner would not have died if he wasn't so obese.” “Stop eating.” (I had an OB-GYN say that to me once, in response to a...
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Question: Have We Finally Cracked the Glass Ceiling?
When Hillary Clinton gave her concession speech for the Democratic nomination, she said: “As we gather here today in this historic, magnificent building, the 50th woman to leave this Earth is orbiting...
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