From The Guardian authored by Katie Bethell: “While the gruesome details vary – massages in hotel rooms, the button under the desk, men literally just showing their penises in the office – every #MeToo story has something in common: powerful men working in industries with very few women in top leadership positions. As the #MeToo conversation begins […]
Category Archives: GA-Curated
Coming To A Law School Near You: Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg!
From Above the Law authored by Staci Zaretsky : “America’s most beloved Supreme Court justice will be on a speaking tour of sorts across several law schools in the Northeast in the coming weeks this winter. Is your law school one of them? On January 30, Justice Ginsburg will make an appearance at Roger Williams University School of […]
New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern reveals she is pregnant
From CNN authored by Emanuella Grinberg and Ben Westcott : “New Zealand’s Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern has revealed that she is pregnant, making her the first world leader since 1990 to be expecting a child while in office. Arden said on Friday that she and her partner, Clarke Gayford, are due to have their first baby […]
Abuse survivor confronts gymnastics doctor: ‘I have been coming for you for a long time’
From The Washington Post authored by Kyle Swenson: “Two school pictures floated side-by-side on a projection screen in the Michigan courtroom. Both images caught the same small girl — in one, all gawky smile and bangs; the next, braces and long hair — a few years apart. Until this week, the child in the snapshots had been officially identified […]
Why Stress Isn’t Necessary
From Above the Law authored by Kara Loewentheil: “Have you ever said or thought any of the following: If I’m not stressed-out about failing, I won’t do a good job. I work best under pressure. If I didn’t have stressful deadlines I’d never get anything done. If you have, you’re not alone. One of the most […]
At Age 101, She’s A World Champ Runner
From NPR authored by Chhavi Sachdev: “Man Kaur is 101, but her routine could tire most 20-somethings. Every day she wakes up at 4 a.m., bathes, washes clothes, makes tea, recites prayers until about 7 a.m. Sometimes she goes to the Gurdwara, the place of worship for Sikhs, other times she prays at home. And […]
Meet the 34-Year-Old Founder of Stitch Fix, Who Just Became One of America’s Richest Self-Made Women
From Time authored by Rob Wile: “Katrina Lake founded Stitch Fix, the online personal shopping service, out of her apartment on the back of a failed startup idea. Today, according to Forbes, Lake, now 34, has a 16.6% ownership in the company, which went public a month ago. And her net worth now approaching $500 […]
The Gift of Failure
From Brave Enough: “When doing scientific research, we expect to fail. In fact, we write the likelihood of negative findings into our protocols and plans. We expect things to not always work as we think they might, and we accept that we may not prove what we set out to prove. In the scientific community, […]
‘We have a responsibility’: CVS vows to stop altering beauty images in its ads and stores
From The Washington Post authored by Martha Eltagouri: “CVS Pharmacy announced Monday that it will begin alerting customers when beauty images used in marketing campaigns or on social media have been digitally altered, and vowed to end touch-ups of its beauty images by the end of 2020. The Rhode-Island-based company will launch the “CVS Beauty Mark,” […]
Four Tips for a Non-Traditional Legal Career
From Above the Law authored by Hannah Samendinger: “As a General Counsel & Product Manager at Alt Legal, I really have an alternative legal career. I’m a lawyer. I review and draft all of our company’s legal work. I wear some variation of a Canadian tuxedo to work almost every day. I do customer support. […]
