From The Guardian authored by Rebecca Solnit: “Silence is golden, or so I was told when I was young. Later, everything changed. Silence equals death, the queer activists fighting the neglect and repression around Aids shouted in the streets. Silence is the ocean of the unsaid, the unspeakable, the repressed, the erased, the unheard. It […]
Category Archives: Breaking barriers
Why Are Women Lousy Negotiators? Hint: They Don’t Lie Enough
From The American Lawyer authored by Viva Chen: “It pains me to say this, but men and women are different—very different—in how they approach negotiation. And guess what? Men are winning, winning, winning. That’s the distressing conclusion of a recent study reported in the Harvard Business Review by Leigh Thompson, a professor at the Kellogg School of […]
This is the cost of women’s workplace emotional labor
From Fast Company authored by Gwen Moran: “Welcome to being a working woman in the 2010s, where the gender pay gap, scant leadership representation, and negotiation backlash—not to mention #metoo and #timesup—are common workplace land mines. Be sure you regulate your composure so you’re not too “abrasive.” Also, we’re going to need you to do your part for workplace culture by […]
Powerful Women Talk About Power (And Powerlessness)
From The Cut introduction by Hanna Rosin: “’You have power when so many women are powerless!’ said a sexual-assault survivor as she confronted senator Jeff Flake. The woman who spoke these words was, at that moment, pinning him into the corner of an elevator. He looked stricken and ashamed, like a boy caught with one foot out […]
Doctors Put Lawyers To Shame When It Comes To Practical Training
From Above the Law authored by Jordan Rothman: “It is well understood that law schools do a terrible job at training law students to be practicing attorneys. Indeed, many law schools have absolutely no practical component, and merely teach students how to read cases, digest points of law, and write law school exams. Most law […]
How Christine Blasey Ford’s Testimony Changed America
From TIME authored by Hailey Sweetland Edwards: “History often seems inexorable in hindsight, shaped by powerful figures operating beyond our control. But when Dr. Christine Blasey Ford walked in to face the Senate Judiciary Committee on Sept. 27, raised her right hand and swore to tell the truth, it was clear that an unassuming psychology […]
Ultramarathoner Sophie Power on breastfeeding while running 106 miles
From ESPNW authored by Sophie Power as told to Natalie Gingrich Mackenzie: “I was never sporty growing up. I was second to last in the mile. So my friends find it hilarious that I’m an ultramarathoner now. Perhaps even more so that I’m now famous for breastfeeding my 3-month-old son, Cormac, during a race, which […]
Ruth Bader Ginsburg’s Unlikely Path to the Supreme Court
From The New Yorker authored by Jill Lepore: “Ruth Bader Ginsburg blinked behind giant, round eyeglasses. It was the first day of her confirmation hearings, in July of 1993, the year after the Year of the Woman, and Joe Biden, the chairman of the Senate Judiciary Committee, was very pleased to see her. Keen to do penance […]
Meet the Puerto Rican sisterhood reinventing the island’s future after Maria
From CNN authored by Mayra Cuevas: “A year ago, Hurricane Maria tore into Puerto Rico, obliterating power grids, decimating farms, flattening homes and wrecking the local economy. Maria came on the heels of Hurricane Irma — sister-storms that would forever change the fate of the island. But even as Maria churned, another sister-storm raged on. […]
Anita Hill’s Testimony Didn’t Stop a Supreme Court Confirmation—But It Did Affect Election Results
From TIME authored by Olivia B. Waxman: “Days after her accusation against Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh became public, psychology professor Christine Blasey Ford has decided to testify about her claim that he sexually assaulted her when they were in high school. She’s scheduled to speak at a hearing on Thursday, offering the Senate and the nation […]
