From The New Yorker authored by Jane Myer and Ronan Farrow: Update: Three hours after the publication of this story, Schneiderman resigned from his position. “While these allegations are unrelated to my professional conduct or the operations of the office, they will effectively prevent me from leading the office’s work at this critical time,” he […]
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Crashing the boys’ club: Women candidates find winning elections is only half the battle
From Yahoo authored by Lisa Belkin: “For Tara Gaston, it was being repeatedly told “that’s not the way things have been done” on the Saratoga County, N.Y., board of supervisors, to which she had just been elected. For Haya Ayala, it was watching her bill calling for pay parity get “killed before it could get […]
Five Myths That Inhibit Workplace Equality
I’ve got good news and “bad” news: we can bring substantive change to workplace sexism issues. It’s good news since, of course, HELLO we all want to see things improve – we want to be viewed, treated, and respected as equals. So, YES! Let’s do this. It’s “bad” news since, OH MAN, change must also […]
Big Law Is Still an Old Boys’ Club
Being the minority, in any instance, makes you vulnerable to abuses by the majority. While women are no longer graduating law school in the minority – not for a while now, actually – we are still the minority in terms of overall numbers. Particularly so, too, in certain areas of law, such as litigation. This […]
No 2018 Nobel Prize in Literature, Panel Says Amid Sexual Abuse Scandal
As yet another institution sees the impact of a sexual harassment scandal, I find myself both highly-irritated and hopeful. I’m tired. Every time I hear of another instance – another institution – of abuse, it’s something new to mourn, something additional to process, more [mostly] women for which to feel protective. Choosing to pay attention […]
At Nike, Revolt Led by Women Leads to Exodus of Male Executives Image
From The New York Times authored by Julie Creswell, Kevin Draper and Rachel Abrams: “For too many women, life inside Nike had turned toxic. There were the staff outings that started at restaurants and ended at strip clubs. A supervisor who bragged about the condoms he carried in his backpack. A boss who tried to […]
Tammie Jo Shults, Who Safely Landed the Deadly Southwest Flight, Has Been Breaking Glass Ceilings for Years
From TIME authored by Jennifer Calfas: “When an engine exploded on Southwest flight 1380 Wednesday, pilot Tammie Jo Shults calmly alerted air traffic control and prepared for an emergency landing in Philadelphia. “We are single engine,” Shults, a former U.S. Navy pilot, said, according to a recordingof the correspondence. “Part of it’s missing,” she added. “They […]
5 Politicians Fighting Against Breastfeeding Discrimination
From She Knows authored by Sarah Hardstaff: “Sometimes, it feels like whatever a mom does, someone is waiting to jump out and judge her. And there are no exceptions made for moms who tread the corridors of political power in governments around the globe. The words every breastfeeding mother — politician or otherwise — dreads are, […]
Why Does the Gender Wage Gap Persist in Law?
From The American Lawyer authored by Mark A. Cohen: “Women have been fighting for equal rights since the early days of the Republic. In 1776, Abigail Adams petitioned her husband John, admonishing him not to put unlimited power into the hands of men. John Adams replied, “I cannot but laugh. Depend upon it, we know better […]
Amy Wax said black students can’t excel in law school. Bless her heart, we can and do.
From USA Today authored by Michelle J. Millben: “Professor Amy Wax was removed from teaching first-year courses at the University of Pennsylvania law school after she made disrespectful comments about the academic performance of black students. Specifically, without providing any data, she said last fall that she had not seen a black student graduate at the top […]
