Latest Stories from Eylül
Considering dating an AI partner?
AI promised us a better future. Yet here we are, one step away from asking our AI therapist how to cope with our AI partner’s latest update. OpenAI is getting ready to launch a new ChatGPT feature by the end of the year, letting verified adult users have romantic or sexual chats. They are not the first to go there, but they’ve definitely turned up the heat around the conversation...
Opinion – can we reject hustle culture without losing our jobs?
The media still treats Gen Z like a species to be decoded, and one of the last surviving myths about us is that we’re masters at setting professional boundaries. So, am I a failed Gen Z, or is dismissing hustle culture more complicated in reality? Honestly, I still feel guilty when I don’t overwork. Hustle culture is a modern work mentality that glorifies productivity, one that everyone assumes every single...
Is ‘mankeeping’ a common dynamic straining straight relationships?
Researchers have finally named the phenomenon experienced by heterosexual women who’ve been told at least once in their lives, ‘You’re not his therapist.’ Angelica Ferrara and Dylan Vergara from Stanford University published an article on ‘mankeeping,’ which theorizes heterosexual men’s growing dependency on their partners for their emotional needs. According to Theorizing Mankeeping: The Male Friendship Recession and Women’s Associated Labor as Structural Component of Gender Inequality research, ‘the...
Exclusive – Acclaimed chef Ebru Baybara Demir on driving change through a ‘plate’
I spoke with Ebru Baybara Demir, an award-winning social gastronomy chef from Türkiye, about how gastronomy can impact communities, people, and the environment. Ebru Baybara Demir has been a driving force behind the transformation of a small city in eastern Türkiye: Mardin. Like the butterfly effect, her dream of turning Mardin into a tourist destination led to change. Many local women, some of whom had no access to formal education, joined...
Pakistan enforces law making child marriages illegal
How much can change in just a few seconds? According to Child Marriage Data, a young girl marries somewhere in the world every three seconds. In this grim reality, Pakistan's new law banning child marriage stands out as a rare ray of light. NGOs, international and local organizations, and governments have been working together to end child marriages for years, a violence of rights that mainly targets women and young...
Are ‘divine feminine influencers’ actually anti-feminist?
Social media loves a good portion of cosplay. First, it was 50s family values, and now we are back in ancient times. Do you remember tradwives? The familiar soft voices and long dresses are back. This time, though, the kitchen has been swapped by nature, adhering to mostly Western influencers' reinterpretation of spirituality to empower women. They're easy to spot if you still haven't met divine feminine influencers. Just type words...
Witchcraft accusations still affect women in Northern Ghana
The witch hunt might sound like a passage from history that feminists are still bringing up or a fictional topic for literature. Yet, it is the reality that still harms the women in Ghana. Amnesty International shared a 65-page report about human rights violations that occurred in Northern Ghana between July 2023 and January 2025 related to witchcraft accusations. Dzodzi Tsikata, Professor of Development Studies, told Amnesty that as...
Are women safe online in 2025?
The 2000s was not the only period when the dot-com bubble burst in the market; it was also the beginning of a new type of cost - the safety of many, particularly women and girls worldwide. Although an online presence can create a haven for equal access to information and a platform for freedom of expression, its potential for the better has been manipulated for something darker. Recent policy changes by META to...
Exclusive – ‘Women of the Wall’ on the fight for the equality of Jewish women
I spoke with Yochi Rappeport, Women of the Wall's Executive Director, about the 36 years of resistance they have endured to achieve their religious freedom mission at the Western Wall. The Western Wall is Judaism's most sacred holy site. Unfortunately, there are social and legal restrictions driven by misconceptions about how Jewish women pray at the Kotel. One of the main limitations is the 2010 regulation that prohibits bringing Torah scrolls...
Understanding femicide and gender violence in Türkiye
Horribly, Türkiye witnessed a high number of femicide cases in 2024. As women in Türkiye work for a safer and better tomorrow, gender inequality must be addressed publicly and privately. One phrase that transcends borders for women is: ‘Text me when you’re home.’ Unfortunately, however, even ‘home’ is’t necessarily a safe place for everyone. According to the UN Women's Report, one woman or girl was killed every 10 minutes by...
