From Fortune authored by Rachel King: “Rent the Runway’s Closet Concierge service will be undergoing a soft launch at just four hotels initially: the W Aspen, the W South Beach (Miami), the W Washington, D.C., and the W Hollywood. ‘As we pilot the program, we’ll rely on customer feedback and subscription data to inform how […]
Monthly Archives: December 2019
Book Review: My Mom, The Lawyer
From Above the Law authored by Nicole Black: “I found the focus on the realities of having a lawyer-mom to be one of the best parts of the book, since it helps the children of lawyer-moms understand that lots of other families with lawyer-moms are out there. Importantly, it shows that their experience with having […]
Virginia prison guards strip-searched an 8-year-old girl visiting her father
From The Washington Post authored by Katie Sheperd: “Diamond Peerman drove 2½ hours the Sunday before Thanksgiving to take her boyfriend’s 8-year-old daughter to visit him at a state prison in Dillwyn, Va. When a drug-sniffing dog fixated on the pair, a Buckingham Correctional Center guard told them they had to submit to strip-searches or […]
San Francisco Opera Names a New Conductor. She’s Making History.
From The New York Times authored by Michael Cooper: “’From the very first encounter that she had with the orchestra, it was clear that there was something really special emerging there, a special kind of energy I have not seen before with this company,’ Mr. Shilvock said in an interview. ‘She’s a conductor who really […]
An Irish school is ditching homework for a month, assigning ‘acts of kindness’ instead
From The Upworthy authored by Annie Reneau: “The most pressing issues our world faces are not so much due to a lack of intelligence or knowledge, but rather a lack of shared values that compel us to care about one another. Without a foundation of basic human decency and kindness, knowledge and skill-building will only […]
Please stop making jokes about gender pronouns when people tell you theirs
From The Washington Post authored by Kat Jercich: “Taking pronouns seriously signals that you’ve thought about what trans and gender-nonconforming people face. That doesn’t automatically make you an ally, which requires much more work, and pronouns aren’t a magic key to unlocking someone’s gender: Plenty of non-binary people use “she/her” or “he/him” pronouns, for example, […]
Megan Rapinoe is Sports Illustrated’s Sportsperson of the Year, only the fourth woman chosen alone
From The Seattle Times authored by Cindy Boren: “This year, she also became a vocal leader as the women’s national team sued the U.S. Soccer Federation for equal pay. Former first lady Michelle Obama sought to have her join a voter-participation initiative. It seems that everywhere she turned up, a headline followed.” Read the full […]
For the First Time, Miss America, Miss USA, Miss Teen USA, and Now Miss Universe Are All Black Women
From Glamour authored by Abby Gardner: “’I grew up in a world where a woman who looks like me, with my kind of skin and my kind of hair, was never considered to be beautiful,’ Tunzi said, according to the BBC. ‘I think that it is time that that stops today.’” Read the full story […]
Backlash to Rapper T.I.’s ‘hymen check’ comment prompts New York legislation
From Los Angeles Times authored by Christie D’Zurilla: “The rapper’s words apparently horrified New York state lawmakers Sen. Roxanne Persaud (D-Brooklyn) and Assemblywoman Michaëlle Solages (D-Nassau), who have filed bills in their respective legislative bodies that would make it illegal for medical practitioners to perform so-called virginity examinations. ‘Hymen examinations are completely unscientific and unethical,’ […]
What Prince Andrew’s Fall From Grace Tells Us About The Systems That Protect Abusers
From WBUR authored by Lauren Stiller Rikleen: “ If we are ever to change the culture that has allowed predatory conduct to thrive, it is necessary to understand how vast power imbalances cause victims to fear speaking out, and prevents them from being heard if they do.“ Read the full story by FOLLOWING THE LINK
