From The Atlantic authored by Rachel Louise Snyder: “I met a woman once whose husband threw golf balls in front of her face as she drove down the highway, in an effort to both terrify her and establish his dominance and fearlessness. Then there was the teenager who told me how her father used to […]
Category Archives: GA-Curated
Why Dame Products Is Suing NYC’s MTA Over a Vibrator Campaign
From W authored by Marissa G. Muller: “Any trip on the New York City subway is often full of things you don’t want to see. But the MTA is apparently drawing a line at one: ads for Dame Products, the trendy vibrator company. The company is now using their social media presence to point this out, […]
Gigi Hadid Wants To Change Copyright Law And She Has A Point
From Above the Law authored by Joe Patrice: “The Verge has a write-up on model Gigi Hadid’s current legal battles with the dismissive headline, “Gigi Hadid wants to rewrite copyright law around her Instagram account.” And while that’s technically accurate, it’s not really fair to the underlying argument Hadid and her lawyers —- led by […]
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 […]
Detained migrant children got no toothbrush, no soap, no sleep. It’s no problem, government argues.
From The Washington Post authored by Maegan Flynn: “The government went to federal court this week to argue that it shouldn’t be required to give detained migrant children toothbrushes, soap, towels, showers or even half a night’s sleep inside Border Patrol detention facilities. The position bewildered a panel of three judges in the U.S. Court […]
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 […]
Slow It Down: Lessons for Women Lawyers
From Attorney at Work authored by Stephanie Scarborough: “As women in the legal profession, we are everything to everyone. Counselors, managers, mothers, partners, lovers and leaders. We work at full pace from the time we wake up in the morning until we close our eyes. Even our weekend mornings are ever-filled with duties and commitments […]
