Urbanette’s Friday morning series featuring the most interesting articles, video and quote we discovered this week. Enjoy!
 The Rise of VICEThe amazing story of how VICE went from Canadian-welfare-funded to $4B valuation. [Read in the Ottawa Citizen] |  Former Meat and Dairy Farmers Who Became Vegan ActivistsTouching stories… [Read at Free From Harm] |
| Donald GAY Trump — because it’s pretty darn hilarious: | |
 10 of the Most Inspiring Books for the Modern FeministBooks that are helping to shape social change. [Read at Viva Today] |  Seven Professional Travelers Share Their Travel Horror Stories“I once had a night in the woods in Yosemite when a guy was going around stabbing people…” [Read at Uproxx] |
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I like the second and the last one, although they are all relevant and good.
These are really great discoveries from the Web! Thanks for compiling them for us 🙂
Well done a very simple and concise post. Reading is clearly one of the greatest sources of inspiration and knowledge. Looking forward to learning more from reading Urbanette. I appreciate your list of book recommendation very much! Thanks for sharing. 🙂
Once again, Urbanette did not fail in bringing informative and inspiring collection! I have read “Poisoned Apples” by Christine Heppermann (one of the books suggested for modern day feminists) I liked the book so much. It holds much substance. Traditional fairy tales, legends and biblical myths retold in a different way — incorporating issues that young girls experience: eating disorders, insecurities, misogyny, among others. An example I can remember is “The First Anorexic” which is a poem from the story of Eve, when she tasted the forbidden fruit. I appreciate how the author connected it with women who became obsessed with what they eat…
I know that book, “Poisoned Apples.” The author introduced female issues in an interesting way. Christine’s poetic style is witty and deep. Gender inequality is really an issue that we need to address.
Not our ordinary fairy tales because Cinderella, Sleeping Beauty and those with Prince Charming themes are merged with issues such as body image issues, social pressure and abuse which girls experience from pubescent to adulthood stage…
And oh, the pictures are really mesmerizing!
The Trump video is hilarious! I’m sure it must have infuriated him when or if he saw it.
I read about Bob Comis before on Huffington Post, but never read about the other 7 before. So refereshing and inspiring to see stories of people who have gone from Villain (in my eyes) to Superhero 🙂
Oh well, worst experience while traveling: prescription drugs I’ve traveled with from US sent up a red flag abroad… I won’t go into details but it’s really important to do research about your place of destination!
OMG!!! I can imagine how stressful that experience is!!! Yeah, we really need to do our research!!!
That article on vegan activists is really inspiring. On veganism: it might be hard but it’s not impossible to embrace. I should know… I went through the “vegan” process 🙂
Right! Vegan activists stories are very motivating! Nothing is really impossible. I went vegan because I have learned about it. Most of the time, lack of knowledge on something hinders our will and desire to transform and be better.
Love that quote from Albert Einstein. The worst thing that happened to me while traveling was having my credit card blocked 🙁 I don’t bring a lot of cash when I travel but I shop a lot. Imagine how frustrated I was when I wasn’t able to use my card…
Awesome collection! I particularly liked the article that lists books for the modern feminists. I have read 4 🙂