From The New York Times authored by Nellie Bowles: “The people who called into the help hotlines and domestic violence shelters said they felt as if they were going crazy. One woman had turned on her air-conditioner, but said it then switched off without her touching it. Another said the code numbers of the digital […]
Category Archives: Communicating
Women DO Ask for Raises—We Just Aren’t Getting Them
From In Style authored by Claire Wasserman: “It’s commonly assumed—and accepted as fact—that women don’t ask for raises as often as men do and so they don’t get them. Sheryl Sandberg’s 2013 bestseller Lean In told us that (and got a lot of flak for it), as did 2007’s Women Don’t Ask, one of the most heralded books on negotiation, […]
The Different Words We Use to Describe Male and Female Leaders
From Harvard Business Review authored by David G. Smith, Judith E. Rosenstein, and Margaret C. Nikolov: “We like to think of ourselves as unbiased and objective in our employment decisions, but with two equal candidates, who are you going to promote? Someone who is described in their performance evaluations as analytical or someone who is […]
Yes, Impostor Syndrome Is Real. Here’s How to Deal With It
From TIME authored by Abagail Abrams: “Have you ever felt like you don’t belong? Like your friends or colleagues are going to discover you’re a fraud, and you don’t actually deserve your job and accomplishments? If so, you’re in good company. These feelings are known as impostor syndrome, or what psychologists often call impostor phenomenon. An […]
To The Girl Who Hasn’t Been Herself Lately
From Bright Mind authored by Megan Sutton: “Life gets tough. Life gets too much to handle sometimes, and those times make you stronger. However, right now, it seems like you have lost yourself. It’s difficult when you catch yourself not being you. When you do something or act a certain way and just wonder, “what […]
Research: Women Ask for Raises as Often as Men, but Are Less Likely to Get Them
From Harvard Business Review authored by Benjamin Artz, Amanda Goodall, and Andrew J. Oswald: “It’s a concrete fact that women earn less than men do. The true gender pay-gap is not known with certainty, but, when comparing equally qualified people doing the same job, most estimates by labor economists put it at 10% – 20%. The crucial […]
5 Kennedy-authored Supreme Court rulings that changed America
From CNN authored by Eric Levenson and Emanuella Grinberg: “Name a major political issue from the past few decades, and chances are that Justice Anthony Kennedy authored the landmark decision on it during his time on the Supreme Court. Since his ascension to the court in 1988, Kennedy has authored some of the judicial body’s […]
How the ’90s Tricked Women Into Thinking They’d Gained Gender Equality
From TIME authored by Allison Yarrow: “As the 90s dawned things were looking up for women. Daughters of second-wave feminism came of age and chose new paths unavailable to their mothers: delaying marriage and children, pursuing higher education, joining the workforce, and assuming independence and identities outside of the home. The gaps between men and women in education “have […]
Thousands of Migrant Children Are Being Separated From Their Families at the Border. Here’s How to Help Them
From TIME authored by Alix Langone: “Nearly 2,000 migrant children have been separated from their parents at the border as part of the Trump administration’s controversial “zero-tolerance” policy on border crossings — and many people are still looking for ways to help the families, even as the White House acted to adjust that policy on Wednesday. President […]
Professor Carol M. Suzuki Presents “Promoting Student Learning and Breastfeeding Behind Bars Through Multi-Faceted Social Justice Advocacy”
From The University of New Mexico authored by Hannah Farrington: ‘The 2018 AALS Conference on Clinical Legal Education, held in Chicago, IL, from April 29th to May 2nd, provided, according to Professor Carol Suzuki, “An opportunity for me to share with legal clinicians around the country the collaborative work that some students in the UNM […]
