I never knew there's a sculpture of a fearless girl staring down the charging bull in front of the stock exchange building -- the media always just shows the bull.
It's new. I also believe the "staring down the bull" location is not a permanent location.
It was created to advertise an index fund.
The bull statue is not located in front of the NY Stock Exchange building; it's located at Bowling Green Park ~2 block away.
The sculptor of the bull statue is extremely opposed to the "staring down the bull" location; he believes it corrupts the meaning of his statue and exploits his work for profit. Which, IMO, is a fair position to take even if you are 100% in favor of gender parity.
BONUS fun fact: The charging bull statue was originally unsanctioned guerrilla art.
The whole set-up is such an interesting work of art.
If you asked a visitor who didn't know the background, "Which statue was installed by a corporation and which was guerilla art?", they would probably say the bull was corporate and the girl was unauthorized street art. And they would be 100% wrong.
>I never knew there's a sculpture of a fearless girl staring down the charging bull in front of the stock exchange building -- the media always just shows the bull.
You're joking, right? When that statue was put up, there was massive hype and media coverage that went on for days. And there was a controversy when the bull sculptor objected to the way that the girl statue was juxtaposed, and that got a lot of coverage. Including here on HN, IIRC.
"Sangster told the Guardian she too found it 'frustrating' that we’re still celebrating when women are named to top positions."
Then stop celebrating it. I swear the only reason journalism publications highlight this stuff is because they know it translates into clicks. This isn't the 20th century anymore. Women in executive roles aren't shocking.
Not to be a debbie downer but... just in time for floor traders to become completely irrelevant. But I guess it wouldn't be news worthy if are you counting the women running the trading bots because they have been around for a long time now.
Please, for the love of all that isn't dreadful and tedious, not this again.
> Eschew flamebait. Don't introduce flamewar topics unless you have something genuinely new to say. Avoid unrelated controversies and generic tangents.
While we are quoting guidelines, i would argue the whole story should be flagged.
>"Off-Topic: Most stories about politics, or crime, or sports, unless they're evidence of some interesting new phenomenon. Videos of pratfalls or disasters, or cute animal pictures. If they'd cover it on TV news, it's probably off-topic."
