RantCrush Top 5: March 8, 2017

A new statue has been placed right by the famous Charging Bull on Wall Street, just in time for International Women’s Day. The statue of a little girl standing in defiance, facing the bull, represents the gender disparity on corporate boards and in the finance world, according to the group State Street Global Advisors, which is responsible for the installation. The statue is made of bronze in the same style as the bull, and it was put up in the early morning hours of Tuesday, “guerilla art” style.

The bull was also a “guerilla art” installation–its creator quietly put it up in 1989. It was taken down by the city, but was later permitted to be reinstalled. This time, State Street talked to the city beforehand to make sure the girl can stay for at least a month. If people want her to stay after that, the group is “absolutely on board with that.”

Emma Von Zeipel

Emma Von Zeipel is a staff writer at Law Street Media. She is originally from one of the islands of Stockholm, Sweden. After working for Democratic Voice of Burma in Thailand, she ended up in New York City. She has a BA in journalism from Stockholm University and is passionate about human rights, good books, horses, and European chocolate. Contact Emma at EVonZeipel@LawStreetMedia.com.