From Mel Magazine authored by Tracy Moore: “Men typically excel at both playing and inventing pointless competitive games, but one man has potentially done civilization a solid and applied his gamification skills toward something that actually kind of matters: household chores. Manhattan civil engineer Bob Ford, a mid-30s father and husband, has developed an app called Labor […]
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What’s Keeping More Women From Board Seats: Little Turnover
From The Wall Street Journal authored by Vanessa Fuhrmans: “A stubborn paradox reigns across U.S. boardrooms: Companies are appointing more women to board seats than ever, yet the overall share of female directors is barely budging. The reason isn’t the pipeline, say recruiters and researchers. It is that board seats rarely become available in the […]
A high-ranking lawyer says she was told to serve the cake. She complained, then she was fired.
From The Washington Post authored by Deanna Paul: “In 2014, as a lawyer with two decades of experience, Nancy Saltzman joined ExlService Holdings as its general counsel. At the time, she was the most senior female executive at the publicly traded consulting firm, whose leadership team was dominated by men. But rather than empower Saltzman, […]
Pretty Can Hurt Women’s Careers
From The New York Times authored by Maya Salam: “Beautiful women sail through life with all the advantages in the world, right? That’s what many of us have been conditioned to believe, but of course, it’s not true. And now there’s research to prove it — when it comes to the workplace, at least. According […]
Why Justice Ginsburg is wearing soccer star Becky Sauerbrunn’s jersey when she works out
From Women in the World authored by WITW Staff: “American soccer star Becky Sauerbrunn took to Twitter to proudly post a letter from someone she has described as a personal hero and “a complete rock star” — Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg. Sauerbrunn had sported a jersey bearing Ginsburg’s name for the SheBelieves Cup on March […]
NICOLE LYNN JUST BECAME THE FIRST BLACK WOMAN TO REPRESENT A TOP 3 PICK IN THE NFL DRAFT
From Because of Them We Can authored by BOTWC Staff: “When Alabama defensive tackle Quinnen Williams was selected third overall in last night’s NFL draft, it marked a big moment for him and his agent, Nicole Lynn. The move made Lynn, an agent with Young Money APAA Sports, the first Black woman to represent a […]
Iranian lawyer who defended women’s right to remove hijab gets 38 years, 148 lashes
From Women in the World authored by WITW STAFF: “After two trials described by Amnesty International as “grossly unfair,” Iranian human rights lawyer Nasrin Sotoudeh has been sentenced to a total of 38 years in prison and 148 lashes. Sotoudeh, who has dedicated her life to defending Iranian women prosecuted for removing their hijabs in public, […]
Texting Moves to the Workplace, as Do the Awkward Misfires. ‘I’m Here. I Luv U.’
From The Wall Street Journal authored by Te-Ping Chen: “Ashlyn Burgett usually likes getting text messages, but then she was added to a group text chain with co-workers last fall, and the pictures started arriving. First came the grandchildren. Then colleagues’ pets. Her phone flashed with messages all weekend. “They think we like it, because you […]
Tracking Phones, Google Is a Dragnet for the Police
From The New York Times authored by Jennifer Valentino-DeVries: “When detectives in a Phoenix suburb arrested a warehouse worker in a murder investigation last December, they credited a new technique with breaking open the case after other leads went cold. The police told the suspect, Jorge Molina, they had data tracking his phone to the […]
Will I Get a Better Job If I Pretend I’m a Bad Assistant?’
From The Cut authored by Alison Green: “Dear Boss, My partner offered me some surprising career advice the other day and it’s been weighing on my mind since. I had been venting about a bad week at work. I have ended up with a really tiresome and time-heavy task that has nothing to do with […]
