JUNE 20, 2001

Full News Archive

• Headline: Women Challenge Wal-Mart's Discrimination Practices. Impact: This lawsuit opened the door to a barrage of similar suits across the retail sector. Fast forward a few years, and suddenly everyone’s talking about the gender pay gap like it’s a newly discovered black hole. Thanks, Wal-Mart, for making inequality fashionable!. Fact: Did you know that Wal-Mart has more employees than the entire population of the UK? That’s right, they could probably start their own country—just as long as the women are still being paid less than the men..
• Headline: Create Your Own Seafood Plateau. Impact: The rise of the seafood plateau led to a social media frenzy where everyone started posting pictures of their fancy dinner spreads. This, in turn, fueled a global obsession with food photography, resulting in a generation of influencers who think a well-placed avocado is art.. Fact: Did you know that the seafood plateau is basically just a fancy way of saying 'a lot of seafood piled on top of each other'? If only we could do the same thing with our laundry..
• Headline: Footlights. Impact: The Celebrity Caricature exhibition reminds us of the cyclical nature of fame. Fast forward a few decades, and the caricature artists are replaced by social media trolls, proving that public shaming has evolved, but the love for mockery remains timeless.. Fact: Did you know that caricatures have been around since the Renaissance? Yes, even back then, people loved to poke fun at the rich and famous—clearly, humans haven’t changed much since then..