From The Washington Post authored by Kayla Epstein: “In Berkeley, Calif., “man-made” will soon be “human made,” “chairman” will become “chairperson,” and “manhole” will change to “maintenance hole” — at least, in the city’s municipal code. In an effort to make Berkeley more inclusive for its non-binary residents, the city council voted Tuesday night to […]
Category Archives: Breaking barriers
Serena Williams Poses Unretouched for Harper’s BAZAAR
From Harper’s Bazzar authored by Serena Willams: “At 17, I won my first Grand Slam, and I knew I had more in me. In fact, I was so sure that when I packed up my life and left my dad’s house to move in with my sister Venus, I told him he could keep my […]
Want to See My Genes? Get a Warrant
From The New York Times authored by Elizabeth Joh: “Someone broke into a church in Centerville, Utah, last November and attacked the organist who was practicing there. In March, after a conventional investigation came up empty, a police detective turned to forensic consultants at Parabon NanoLabs. Using the publicly accessible website GEDmatch, the consultants found […]
‘How Much Is a Little Girl Worth?’: The Painful Financial Fallout of the Larry Nassar Case
From Fortune authored by Mary Pilon: “On Jan. 24, 2018, Rachael Denhollander walked into a Michigan courtroom to speak about the sexual abuse she suffered as a child from Larry Nassar. She was the last in an extraordinary procession of nearly 150 women to offer an impact statement at the sentencing hearing of the longtime USA […]
What Makes a Leader?
From The New York Times authored by Jessica Bennett: “’You’re too accessible.’ That’s what Susan Zirinsky, the new head of CBS News, was told early in her career — because she was seemingly everywhere at once. It was during that era that she agreed to meet with a young woman named Hannah Yang, who was […]
‘Returnships’ offer a new path to restarting careers for caregivers
From BizWoman authored by Anne Stych: “Professional women who took a career break to spend time as caregivers are being offered a new avenue to return to the workforce. A tight job market is forcing companies to get creative in filling key positions, leading some to embrace “returnships,” a type of internship for people who […]
The Death Of The Family Secret
From The Huffington Post authored by Jeffrey Young: “On a punishingly hot afternoon last June, Ali Cole stepped into Philadelphia’s elegant, French Renaissance Revival Bellevue Hotel carrying Father’s Day gifts for a man she didn’t know existed two months earlier ― her biological father, who was not the man who had raised her. Until last […]
How a team of women remade the empowered Bo Peep in ‘Toy Story 4’ Add to list
From The Washington Post authored by Michael Cavna: “For two decades, Bo Peep appeared to lose not only her sheep but also the number of her Hollywood rep. Last seen in a feature film in 1999’s “Toy Story 2,” the porcelain-skinned shepherd disappeared until this weekend, as the new “Toy Story 4” gives her something […]
How to Be Mostly O.K. (and Occasionally Fantastic) at the Whole Working Mom Thing
From The New York Times authored by Lauren Smith Brody: “‘You can do it all, just not all at the same time,’ the chirpy-slash-pragmatic saying goes. And yet, I’ve interviewed hundreds of mothers who work outside the home, each of whom can tell you that the things on that list of “it alls” don’t like […]
The U.K. Just Banned ‘Harmful Gender Stereotypes’ in Advertising
From TIME authored by Billy Perrigo: “A ban on advertisements containing “harmful” gender stereotypes came into force in the U.K. on Friday, in a move experts hope will reduce gender inequality. Adverts containing stereotypes such as women being bad at driving, or a husband being lazy while his wife cleans, will likely fall foul of the […]
