By Annika Dahlgren
If you’ve heard of American Authors, Twenty-One Pilots, or even X Ambassadors, you’re bound to have heard about MisterWives, one of the latest bands to steal the ears of many young people.
Their hit “Reflections” is easily recognized, but the song “Coffins” was most people’s first introduction to the band.
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Lead singer Mandy Lee is the only woman in this alternative/Indie pop band joined by percussionist Etienne Bowler, bass guitarist William Hehir, guitarist Marc Campbell, and multi-instrumentalist Jesse Blum.
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The band formed in 2012 and began performing in a small venue called the Canal Room in New York City.
The day after their performance, Photo Finish Records signed the band, and immediately they began work on their first EP, Reflections.
Since then, MisterWives has gained recognition for opening for Twenty-One Pilots and performing for MTV, VH1, and Jimmy Kimmel Live.
On February 17, their latest single “Machine” was released as a preview for their second album that will arrive later this year.
MisterWives is definitely a band you need to check out if you haven’t already.
Their unique sounds is mesmerizing, and you’ll get hooked immediately.
This is one of the up-and-coming bands that is going to become a household name, just wait and see.
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This Period Underwear Is Disrupting The Feminine Hygiene Industry
Talking about menstruation makes people squeamish. It’s a reality that stems from the patriarchal mentality that women should be ashamed of their body’s natural occurrences. Menstruation remains a stigmatized taboo, and women are made to feel embarrassed for who they are.
Every woman has experienced that fear: a visible leak resulting from an unchecked period. From grade school into adulthood, sometimes women forget when to be prepared, their menstrual cycle comes at unexpected moments or they do not have enough support to hold the bloodflow.
Even worse: Lack of access to feminine hygiene products remains an epidemic in many parts of the developing world. Women miss school during their period, and some even have to drop out from getting too far behind. The stigma these women face in other parts of the world limits their potential to get normal paying jobs.
One company is out to change that. Miki Agrawal is the CEO and founder of THINX—a women’s underwear line designed to contain menstrual flow. For every pair of underwear purchased, seven AFRIpads, a Ugandan feminine hygiene brand that produces washable, reusable feminine hygiene products, are donated to one women. Instead of only donating the pads, AFRIpads creates jobs for local women to create the reusable products in developing countries.
Their technology has four layers—a moisture-removing layer, a stain-resistant antimicrobial layer, a layer that is supposed to be the equivalent of a pad, and lastly, a leak-resistant layer.
The underwear comes in three styles—thong, cheeky and hip-hugger. Different styles are designed to hold different levels of bloodflow. The hip-hugger is made to hold at least two tampons worth of blood.
Since the invention of the tampon, there have been no real strides in feminine hygiene, Agrawal told Forbes. She hopes to disrupt the feminine hygiene industry and reduce waste from tampons and pads, getting rid of landfill that results from the traditional means of hygiene.
“I want to change the culture around women’s most normal time of month — and not while wearing grandma panties or pads that feel like a diaper,” Agrawal told Forbes. With underwear that is cute, cost-effective and environmentally friendly, Agrawal is revolutionizing how women experience periods on a global scale.
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Working On The Sidelines Of The Porn Industry Is Probably Different Than You Think It Is
By Nate Nkumbu
For many people when they think of the porn industry, they think of actors and actress getting paid to be naked and have sex on camera.
But there is a lot more to it then just that. And for the folks that make one of the largest content industries move, the sex isn’t even important.
Since the rise of the internet, the industry has seen a large amount of public knowledge and even a form of increased social acceptance.
Actors and Actress are well known on the internet and they are part of a massive $97 billion global industry that is expected to continue to grow.
But what about the people working in the industry off camera?
Do they have different views about how the public sees and think of their work?
We set out to find out.
JD Obenberger is Lawyer based in Chicago that works with clients within the porn industry. A veteran of four years in the U.S Army during the height of the Cold War, Obenberger said that he finds his current job to be a dream and interesting.
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“I’ve always been a person that fought for the underdogs and for people that were less fortunate, so this job has been very enjoyable to me,” Obenberger said in an interview with RISE NEWS.
Obenberger said that despite the popularity, many people still are not comfortable with viewing porn as a legitimate career choice.
This is especially tough for family members of people who get involved in the industry.
“It’s very difficult for a person to come out to their parents and say, ‘Hey mom, I’m going to California to become a porn star’, than say, ‘I’m gay,'” Obenberger said. “You would never admit to your parents that you watch porn, there’s a sense of shame that comes with saying that.”
One such issue is the repression of brick and mortar strip clubs around the country, which Obenberger said is especially common in the city of Chicago.
Obenberger said that it’s often impossible for joints to get licences to sell booze if they have nude performers.
While the internet has fundamentally changed the way most people access and interact with porn, Obenberger said that the technology has not been all good.
“The golden age of online porn was actually from 2001 to 2008,” Obenberger said. “There were multiple website that catered and produce videos to the many fetishes that people had, unfortunately for them, internet piracy was a major thing and often those sites would see their revenue go down as many of their videos would be pirated and uploaded to Tube sites.”
The legal battles over tube sites are still ongoing and could lead to lasting damage in the industry.
Another person that works in the porn industry off camera is Michael Stabile, the Media Representative for Kink, an adult production company that caters to folks interested in BDSM. (Think Fifty Shades of Grey type stuff.)
A former journalist who wrote about the porn industry for 10 years, Stabile said that he finds his job to very relaxing and creative.
“This is the type of work in which you meet a lot of people from various walks of life sexually, professionally, so you’re getting mixed bag of people that you’re working with,” Stabile said.
One of the benefits of working at Kink Stabile said was that outside of his job being really fun and adventurous is the learning experience that comes with it.
“At Kink, we shoot 15-20 times a week,often we’ll have people who’ll be sick, can’t come to work so other’s who’ll fill in,” Stabile said. “In my case, the company needed somebody to do webcasts, so I learned and they even pay for me to get training in video editing.”
Interestingly enough, Stabile said that he most recent experiences with the industry is more of like a film school.
“It’s the type of industry that if you like to help, they are more than happy to give you work and help gain skills that can be applied outside the work site,” Stabile said.
Stabile said that they aren’t that many issues when he talks about his work with friends or fellow journalists.
Often he says, they are just curious about his work.
“They are some conflict that can occur, like me working for Disney and Kink would not fly for example, but because i’ve been working for 10 years in the industry as a journalist then media rep, it was easy for me not to hide what I do.”
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Report: AIDS Drug Price Gouger Martin Shkreli Arrested On Fraud Charges
Martin Shkreli, the CEO of Turing Pharmaceuticals, a controversial company that gouged the price of an AIDS drug earlier in the year has been arrested on unrelated fraud charges according to multiple media reports.
From The New York Times:
“He was arrested in his Midtown Manhattan apartment, according to a law enforcement source, who declined to be identified because the indictment had not been unsealed. Federal prosecutors in Brooklyn were expected to hold a news conference on the charges later Thursday.”
The arrest is related to Shkreli’s time running Retrophin, another pharmaceutical company.
According to Bloomberg, who first reported on the arrest, Shkreli has been charged with illegally taking stock from the company and selling it for his own personal gain in order to pay off debts. He was previously forced out of the company by its board.
“Shkreli was the paradigm faithless servant,” a civil complaint filed by Retrophin and obtained by the New York Times said. “Starting sometime in early 2012, and continuing until he left the company, Shkreli used his control over Retrophin to enrich himself and to pay off claims of MSMB investors (who he had defrauded).”
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