VIA：faroutmagazine.co.ukMore than 100 British actors and public figures signed an open letter to the UK entertainment industry to tackle “Entrenched Ageism.” The Acting Your Age Campaign (AYAC) claimed in the letter that instead of having a “whole life” as the male actors in the UK do, women actors only have a “shelf life” on screen. The group called for more women over 45 to appear on screen and urged a “parity pledge.”The AYAC has been campaigning for equal representation between men and women

Dr. Jane Goodall, the renowned primatologist, has appeared in an underwear ad for an Australian underwear company Boody, which manufacture their garments with eco-friendly materials. The ad sees Dr. Goodall surrounded by numerous underwear-clad models who stand in a rainforest while the world’s foremost expert on chimpanzees says, “It’s a big job making our world a better place, but getting started? Well, that’s as easy as changing your underwear.” Though Dr. Goodall might be the last person you

President Chain Store Corp’s 7-Eleven convenience store chain launched new private workspaces for rent at one of its branches in late May. These spaces are located in the 7-Eleven Ching Hang branch in Taoyuan, catering to people’s need to work remotely during the COVID-19 pandemic. There are 14 units available in total, all equipped with Wi-Fi, a desk, and outlets for charging personal electronic devices. These compartments are for the use of one, two, and four persons at the rate of NT$100, NT$

The Taiwan Tour Bus Association and the Taiwan Railways Administration (TRA) have collaborated to launch the Train-Bus Passport, priced at NT$790, including two vouchers for Taiwan Tour Bus trips and two discount vouchers for train ticket purchases. Any length of railway trip on any regularly-operating trains can be purchased with the two 25% train discount vouchers. As for bus trips, 26 affiliated travel agencies jointly organized more than ninety itineraries around the country, covering six di

A manuscript writing cafe opened in Tokyo this March. The cafe has ten seats reserved for writers, manga artists, editors, proofreaders, and creators who want to meet their deadlines. When entering, you have to write down your name, writing goal, and the time you plan to finish. In this cafe, you may find unlimited self-serve coffee and tea. High-speed Wi-Fi and docking ports are also available at every seat. The proprietor and staff will nag you about your deadline and word count as you wish.

The Sunshine Social Welfare Foundation has been working on promoting face equality in Taiwan for years. It believes that “everyone deserves to be treated fairly and kindly,” and this can begin with not judging others’ looks. The foundation has been conducting surveys every three years since 2013 to observe how people’s looks affect how others treat them. This year, it collected more than 1,000 responses from Taiwanese people aged over 20. The result showed that around one in seven persons in Tai

Many people have noticed that when splitting an Oreo cookie, the cream filling usually sticks to one side. An MIT mechanical engineering Ph.D. candidate, Crystal Owens, launched an investigation into this. She tried to figure out the secret and dug into fluid dynamics.Owens intended to find a way to split the cream equally on both halves. She designed a 3D-printed device called Oreometer, based on a rheometer, to simulate the motion when we twist an Oreo apart.After testing different types of Or

Taiwanese goldsmith Yuyi Cheng won a bronze award this year’s Goldsmiths’ Craftsmanship & Design Awards in the United Kingdom. There were no gold and silver prize winners in Cheng’s category. He strives to integrate Eastern and Western elements in his pieces and hopes to use his success to promote Taiwanese culture through jewelry design. The 32-year-old designer likes both Hakka and indigenous cultures and often draws inspiration from their strong artistic expressiveness. His award-winning desi

超時工作的狀況層出不窮，在認真工作之餘，還是要維護好自身該有的權益。51勞動節連假剛過，在這個屬於勞工的日子，台鐵員工決定發動「不加班運動」，抗議「台鐵公司化草案」倉促送審，並指出五一不加班不是罷工，而是合法休假，爭取勞工應有的權益。其實這不是台鐵第一次罷工。在國外，也經常有企業員工透過罷工表達自己的訴求。然而台灣超高工時卻低薪資的環境，勞工受到剝削的情況恐怕更嚴重。根據勞動部最新，台灣2020年年總工時為2021小時，排名世界第4，甚至高於韓國(1908小時)與日本(1598小時)，而這已經比前一年少了6小時。這樣的環境之下，勞工過勞幾乎是不可迴避的議題。就讓 TutorABC 教你關於職場權益的相關單字，讓你用英文也能爭取權益、拒絕過勞。

Afghanistan’s Taliban government recently decreed that Afghan women must cover their faces in public. Failure to do so could result in a jail sentence for the male head of the woman’s family. The ideal face covering was the all-encompassing burqa, but it is not mandated by the Ministry for the Promotion of Virtue and Prevention of Vice as long as women cover themselves with a hijab. Since it took over Afghanistan, the Taliban has imposed restrictions on women that dictate nearly every aspect of

A Taiwanese couple opened a bakery in Paris, finding their feet in the competitive market of bread and pastries. Wang Chih-ya and Chuang Po-hsuan, the bakery’s owners, named the store “Petite Ile,” or “little island,” a reference to their homeland. The couple has incorporated dried fruits from Taiwan into French bread, including mangos, lychees, and longan, which have impressed their customers. At first, they were faced with the challenge of convincing locals their products are unique and deserv

Netflix lost 200,000 subscribers in its first quarter. This marks the first time Netflix has lost subscribers during a quarter in 10 years. Netflix attributed its subscriber loss to a number of factors, including password sharing among households and increased competition from other emerging streaming services. Some macroeconomic factors include increased inflation and Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, which prompted Netflix to shut down its service in Russia.To compete with traditional cable and br

Ever since the pandemic hit two years ago, costumed characters have kept their distance from visitors. They have not been allowed to give hugs, sign autographs, or interact up close with fans. Now, the hugs are back as the parks reintroduce traditional character greetings. After the parks reopened in summer 2020, costumed characters could only be seen waving from a distance in the parks or in parades and have their photos taken from a distance. With the return of character hugs, operations have

During the 2022 Taiwan Lantern Festival in Kaohsiung, a tiger tail light became an online sensation. It was sold as a limited design to celebrate the lantern festival. The item is a tube-shaped balloon that is worn on one’s waist, dangling at the back, resembling a tiger tail due to its yellow color with black stripes. The tail can twinkle with an LED light and will wiggle as users walk. When the item was launched online, it attracted so much attention that the price rose from NT$299 to NT$750.

Several landmarks around the world are being illuminated in blue and yellow, the colors of the Ukrainian flag, as a show of solidarity for the people of Ukraine. These landmarks include the Empire State Building in New York, the Eiffel Tower in Paris, the London Eye in London, the Colosseum in Rome and the Brandenburg Gate in Berlin. The blue and yellow colors can also be seen on Taiwan’s iconic Taipei 101 skyscraper, whose 59th and 60th floor were lit up. The company said it was joining the eff