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: Fitness & Health
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 […]
Female Athletes Receive Only 4% of Sports Media Coverage—Adidas Wants to Change That
From Glamour authored by Macaela Mackenzie: “Women make up 40% of all participants in sports—yet somehow receive only 4% of sports media coverage. It has a damning ripple effect: Without airtime, female athletes lose out on sponsors, fans, and coin. This lack of coverage also tees up a shortage of role models for girls in sports—and […]
Here’s What It’s Like To Live In A Country That Actually Cares About Mothers
From The Huffington Post authored by Gaby Hinsliff: “When Rina Mae Acosta’s daughter was born last winter, she knew she could count on the help of her fairy godmother. Or to be more precise, her kraamverzorgster, the maternity nurse who visits every new mother in the Netherlands daily for the first eight days after giving […]
A woman’s greatest enemy? A lack of time to herself
From The Guardian authored by Brigid Schulte: “A few months ago, as I struggled to carve out time in my crowded days for writing, a colleague suggested I read a book about the daily rituals of great artists. But instead of offering me the inspiration I’d hoped for, what struck me most about these creative […]
An Arkansas Lawyer Bought 1,500 Pairs of Shoes From a Payless Going Out of Business. Now She’s Donating Them to Kids in Need
From Money authored by Olivia Raimonde: “When Carrie Jernigan was doing some last-minute, pre-vacation shopping with her kids at a Payless ShoeSource near their home in Alma, Arkansa, she had no idea she would soon be taking home upwards of 1,500 pairs of shoes. “What have I done?” the 37-year-old lawyer and mother of three […]
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 […]
An Epidemic of Disbelief
From The Atlantic authored by Barbara Bradley Hagerty: “Robert Spada walked into the decrepit warehouse in Detroit and surveyed the chaos: Thousands of cardboard boxes and large plastic bags were piled haphazardly throughout the cavernous space. The air inside was hot and musty. Spada, an assistant prosecutor, saw that some of the windows were open, […]
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 […]
35 Employees Committed Suicide. Will Their Bosses Go to Jail?
From The New York Times authored by Adam Nossiter: “In their blue blazers and tight haircuts, the aging men look uncomfortable in the courtroom dock. And for good reason: they are accused of harassing employees so relentlessly that workers ended up killing themselves. The men — all former top executives at France’s giant telecom company […]
