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In this issue: • Visit the tiny country of Luxembourg• A simple guide to colour theory• A brief history of beauty• Holiday tech gift guide• New books, games & movies• And much more… Coming in January / February: • What is the Gaza strip?• A career in urban planning• The life of American singer Billie Holiday• Best YA books of 2023• Inexpensive beauty• And much more… Join us as we continue to cover the serious, the fun, the hip, the bent – the real. Check out the girlworks App—for iOS for Android and Amazon— it’s the only place you can access over 30 back issues with your paid subscription. When you have finished reading the magazine and want more, visit us at girlworks. We recently moved our site to: girlworks.com…
Most of its residents are trilingual in French, German and Luxembourgish (a German dialect mixed with French). A Short History Founded in 963, Luxembourg became a grand duchy in 1815 and an independent state under the Netherlands. It lost more than half of its territory to Belgium in 1839, but gained a larger measure of autonomy. Full independence was attained in 1867. Overrun by Germany in both World Wars, it ended its neutrality in 1948 when it joined NATO. In 1957, Luxembourg became one of the six founding countries of the European Economic Community (later the European Union) and in 1999 it joined the euro currency area. Luxembourg is one of the smallest countries on the world, having an area of around 2,586 sq km, about the same size as…
After working as a schoolteacher in Roedgen, she studied French literature at Münster University in Germany and at the Sorbonne in Paris. In 1909, together with Marie Speyer, Anne was the first Luxembourg woman to obtain a doctorate thanks to her thesis on the French poet Alexandre Soumet. On returning to Luxembourg, Anne was one of the first teachers at the newly established Lycée de Jeunes Filles. From 1930, in addition to her teaching work, she was an ardent supporter of French culture, undertaking research on a number of French authors, especially Victor Hugo. It was Beffort who persuaded the Luxembourg state to buy the house in Vianden where Victor Hugo had resided in 1871, to open a museum. Throughout her career, Anne Beffort contributed articles to Luxembourg journals and…
Software engineering is a worthy career. The money is great, you can work anywhere, and for the foreseeable future you will be in great demand. So, why are fewer and fewer women becoming software engineers? ABOUT ✖ Every year, Stack Overflow, an online forum for coders to ask questions and share information, asked tens of thousands of developers about their experiences in tech. It’s the largest survey of its kind, and it tells us about the kind of people involved in building software around the globe. In the section for demographics, under “gender split,” you’ll find that, in 2022, only about 5% of the professional programming participants were women. Way back in 1984, women earned 37% of degrees in computer and information sciences in the US, according to the National Center…
WHAT IS BEAUTY? The answer to that question varies from culture to culture and time and place. The standard of what is considered beautiful is constantly changing. Gloria Steinem once said of modern society: “Don't assume that standards of beauty are accidental. They reflect the power structure in our society.” Today, curvy figures (think thick thighs, large breasts and big bottoms), huge eyes and plump lips reflect current western beauty standards. Of course, this will all change over time. Consider some of the weirder historical notions of beauty, why they came to be and the people who embraced and lived those “beauty ideals”. BOLD VEINS BOLD VEINS LIKE MARIE ANTOINETTE Accentuated veins were all the rage in prerevolution France, as women attempted to look like Marie Antoinette. In order to…
Want to stay active during the colder winter months, but don’t really love venturing outside? Going outside offers up many proven health benefits, including mental health benefits, but hey, some people really don’t like the cold. Also, injury is a real concern exercising outside. So, if you are more of an indoor cat, consider the following moderate aerobic indoor workouts this winter. SWIMMING Swimming is an exercise you can enjoy your entire life. It’s a full-body, low-impact exercise for people of all sizes and anyone recovering from an injury. Swimming has numerous benefits, including reduced stress, improved strength, and supporting heart health. WEIGHTS Working out with weights at high intensity, 2 days a week, is recommended by the American Heart Association. Go to a gymor indoor space with standard hand…
