From TIME authored by Eli Meixlier: “The “most dangerous place” for women around the world may be at home. More than half of female murder victims last year were killed by their partners or family members, according to a new United Nations study. The findings were released by the U.N.’s Office on Drugs and Crime […]
Category Archives: GA-Curated
This 9-Year-Old Basketball Player Is Asking Steph Curry Why His Sneakers Are Only Made for Boys
From Teen Vogue authored by Mekita Rivas: “In a handwritten letter posted to Twitter, Steph Curry responded to a 9-year-old basketball player who was concerned about the way his collection with Under Armour was marketed. “I appreciate your concern and have spent the last 2 days talking to Under Armour about how we can fix […]
Virginia may be the key to finally ratifying the Equal Rights Amendment
From CNN authored by Christina Maxouris and Brandon Griggs: “For months now, the Equal Rights Amendment has been on the brink of becoming federal law. Virginia might be the state to put it over the top. Jennifer Carroll Foy, a Virginia legislator, just wrapped a tour across the state campaigning for the ERA, which says […]
My husband and I are equal partners. Why does he get so much more credit for parenting?
From The Lily authored by Katie Wheeler: “Now that I’m a member of the “Mom Club,” I hear a lot of women who complain about their husband’s inability to fold laundry, make a bottle, juggle pickups and take on parent-teacher conferences. Parenthood has largely been viewed as “women’s work,” at the expense of both partners. […]
Your Marriage Is Over—Who Gets Custody of the Pets?
From Glamour authored by Melissa Batchelor Warnke: “When Maddy, a 39-year-old gallery founder living in Virginia, split from her husband, she imagined their parting would be placid. Aspirational even. Their home would be informally partitioned—she would live in one part, he in another, then there would be a common area in which their two children, […]
I’m a self-made millionaire, and this is EXACTLY how much help I have at home
From Medium authored by Denise Dufflield-Thomas: “This should be a straightforward article to write, except that it’s not that simple and I’m not that naive. A man would never need to write this article because it’s just assumed that they have a wife at home doing most of the housework and childcare. But for some […]
The Congressional Uniform Is About to Change
From The New York Times authored by Vanessa Friedman: “Thus does the old political camouflage erode — slowly, but with visible results. On Tuesday night (and for some, Wednesday morning), as the election results rolled in and candidates gave their victory or concession speeches, the way that many of them chose to present themselves in […]
Too Many Senior Women Are Leaving the Profession
From Law Practice Today authored by Roberta Liebenberg: “I often describe myself as a “unicorn” in the legal profession. I have been practicing law for more than 43 years, and I still have a very active, full-time practice. I love being a lawyer and feel very fortunate to work on so many interesting and challenging […]
Girl scout who led push to end child marriage becomes a state lawmaker at age 19
From Women in the World authored by WITW Staff: “When Cassandra Levesque was 17, she led a campaign to end child marriage in New Hampshire that was dismissed by a state legislator who said that it would be absurd to raise the age of marriage from 13 just because “of a request from a minor […]
When women can’t quit the emotional labor habit: “It’s hard to give up that gold star”
From Salon authored by Mary Elizabeth Williams: “The number one accessory women are carrying around this season is their fury. Not that female anger is a new concept — we’ve been simmering for eons — but the articulation of our frustrations has made for some great recent literary fodder. The past several weeks already brought us Soraya Chemaly’s “Rage […]
