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: Trailblazer
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 […]
Berkeley plans to remove gendered pronouns from its municipal code
From The Washington Post authored by Kayla Epstein: “In Berkeley, Calif., “man-made” will soon be “human made,” “chairman” will become “chairperson,” and “manhole” will change to “maintenance hole” — at least, in the city’s municipal code. In an effort to make Berkeley more inclusive for its non-binary residents, the city council voted Tuesday night to […]
At a Missouri Jail, Bras Set Off the Metal Detector (and a Heated Debate)
From The New York Times authored by Jacey Fortin: “The metal detector at the Jackson County Detention Center in Kansas City, Mo., beeped repeatedly when Laurie Snell, a lawyer, tried to enter the facility on May 31. She was passing through security on her way to visit a client, but something she was wearing was […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
Women teaming up as work wives are transforming the nature of work
From Quartz authored by Sarah Todd: “I am not married, but I do have a work wife. Neither of us ever proposed. As with so many great romances, things just unfolded naturally. One minute Meredith and I were proofreading each other’s work, the next we were riffing on one another’s jokes, swapping stories about our […]
Turn-of-the-Century Thinkers Weren’t Sure If Women Could Vote and Be Mothers at the Same Time
From The Atlantic authored by Ashley Fetters: “Charles Worcester Clark’s “Woman Suffrage, Pro and Con,” an essay published in the March 1890 issue of The Atlantic, does not read like the kind of thing the author ever expected a woman to see. Over the course of nearly 7,000 words, Clark asserted that women in the United States didn’t […]
Harriet Tubman $20 bill no longer coming in 2020: Mnuchin says redesign postponed
From CNBC News authored by Tucker Higgins: “The redesign of the $20 bill featuring Harriet Tubman will no longer be unveiled in 2020, Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin said on Wednesday. The unveiling had been timed to coincide with the 100th anniversary of the 19th Amendment, which granted women the right to vote. Mnuchin said the […]
