From National Public Radio authored by Paul Nicolaus: “The doors open wide, you enter, and they close behind you. As the elevator begins its ascent, you realize it’s just you and one other person taking this ride. The silence soon grows uncomfortable. Pop quiz. What’s your go-to move? A) Stare at your shoes. B) Pull […]
Category Archives: Communicating
Those she/her/hers at the end of email messages are more than a passing trend
From Quartz authored by Lila MacLellan: “At the end of May, TIAA, the financial services and investing giant, rolled out new gender-identity awareness guidelines for its client-facing consultants. The guidance included: “Never assume someone’s gender identity” and “Be aware that a person’s pronouns can change over time. They may also change based on context.” More […]
When Stress at Work Creates Drama at Home
From The Wall Street Journal authored by Sue Shellenbarger: “Work is seeping into weekends and other personal time, and women are logging more hours on the job. Those trends are turning many couples’ after-work hours into a minefield. People who put in long days on stressful jobs tend to carry the strain over into their lives at […]
Man exposes the absurdity of sexist marketing by creating shirts that label men like we do women
From Upworthy authored by Tod Perry: “Recently, Upworthy shared a tweet thread by author A.R. Moxon who created a brilliant metaphor to help men understand the constant anxiety that potential sexual abuse causes women. He did so by equating sexual assault to something that men have a deep-seeded fear of: being kicked in the testicles. A.R. […]
Yes, You Actually Should Be Using Emojis at Work
From The Wall Street Journal authored by Christopher Mims: “At first, Marek Nowak, a 32-year-old engineer at enterprise cloud software company CircleCI, was skeptical of using emojis when communicating with colleagues. Now, whenever he posts the minutes of his team meetings in Slack, he precedes them with a custom emoji of a teddy bear giving a […]
This Woman Was Charged $185,000 In Her Own Sexual Harassment Case
From The Huffington Post authored by Emily Peck: “She’s paid $185,000 so far to have judges hear her sexual harassment and discrimination complaint against EY, a firm that pulls in billions of dollars of revenue annually, according to a complaint Ward filed last week in federal court. “How many victims will even be able to […]
Berkeley plans to remove gendered pronouns from its municipal code
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 […]
Why It’s So Hard for Men to See Misogyny
From The Slate authored by Amanda Hess: “When Santa Barbara police arrived at Elliot Rodger’s apartment last month—after Rodger’s mother alerted authorities to her son’s YouTube videos, where he expressed his resentment of women who don’t have sex with him, aired his jealousy of the men they do choose, and stated his intentions to remedy this […]
OxyContin Made The Sacklers Rich. Now It’s Tearing Them Apart.
From The Wall Street Journal authored by Jared Hopkins: “Jacqueline Sackler was fed up. HBO’s John Oliver would soon use his TV show to pillory her family, the clan that owns Purdue Pharma, the maker of OxyContin. In a nearly 15-minute Sunday-night segment, he joined a long line of people who blamed the Sacklers in […]
Sunday Night Is the New Monday Morning, and Workers Are Miserable
From The Wall Street Journal authored by Kelsey Gee: “Like many bosses, Chris Mullen found the final hours of the weekend ideal for decluttering an unruly inbox, sharing stray thoughts with staff on projects and requesting status updates to prep for the week. His colleagues felt otherwise. All those emails were pulling them into the […]
