Facebook Weekly Roundup: September 17th-21st

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posted by Rachel Grate

Here are the most popular posts from our Facebook page this week:

  • Johanna Quass, the 86 year old woman who just made the Guinness Book of World Records for being the world’s oldest gymnast. Johanna said that “it is a great feeling to be included and I hope the record inspires others that it is never too late.”
  • Today was #FreshFace Friday, an online conversation encouraging women to go without makeup and show their inner beauty.
  • CNN.com reports on both the glass ceiling for women in the journalism industry and on our hypersexual culture, in which “it is not female nudity that is scandalous…Rather, what is still scandalous to our culture is when women take ownership of their own bodies.”
  • Tony Porter argued that the concept of “being a man” is degrading the quality of men and reflects negatively on a misogynistic view of females.
  • Jezebel reported that women speak 75% less when surrounded by men.
  • Fortune releases its list of the 50 most powerful women in business this year.