Politics
Queen Rania Al Abdullah of Jordan’s Message to Girls is Everything
1:45 pm, June 18th | by Colette McIntyre
“Marketing and stereotyping combine to have us believe that you’re also made of pink dresses, pigtails, dolls, ringlets, ribbons, bows and tiaras. That you like cupcakes. That all you will want to be are wives and mothers.”
From Our Friends
Sorry White Male Novelists, But Sexism in Publishing is Still a Thing
11:15 am, June 18th | by s.e. smith, XOJane
Men are universal, women are not, and books about women are niche or genre novels, rather than being serious contenders for Next Great American Novel Status.
Columns
Workplace Etiquette 101: The Mistakes You Want to Avoid
4:15 pm, June 17th | by Sarah Kaufman, Manilla.com
If you want an easy day at the office every day, avoid these mistakes.
TV
Who Had The Worst Day At Work On Mad Men Last Night?
1:50 pm, June 17th | by Colette McIntyre
In the immortal words of Bob Benson, “That Pete Campbell is a son of a bitch”
(T)Workin'
(T)Workin’: Vol. 12
11:15 am, June 17th | by Colette McIntyre
It’s hard out here for a young professional: wages are getting lower, work hours are getting longer, and you barely even smiled at that GIF your friend just sent you. But don’t reach for the 5-Hour Energy just yet — sometimes all you need is a good jam to help you get by.
From Our Friends
How I Made It in a ‘Man’s’ Field: 5 High-Powered Women Tell All
10:02 am, June 17th | by Erin Scottberg, LearnVest
With all the discussions about how to get more women in the upper echelons of the business world (thanks, Ms. Sandberg!), we wanted to hear some real-life stories of leaning in.
EOD Roundup
Read of the Day: “At The Movies, The Women Are Gone”
6:00 pm, June 14th | by Colette McIntyre
Linda Holmes, writer and editor of NPR’s pop-culture blog “Monkey See,” came to a frightening realization today: there are barely any movies about women or girls showing right now.
Women & Business
Architectural Historian Despina Stratigakos on Women in Architecture
2:00 pm, June 14th | by Colette McIntyre
While, as Stratigakos points out, gender narratives are changing in academia and architecture firms, the community still suffers from a lack of diversity, perhaps more so than other famously male-dominated professions.
Adventures in Google
Your Morning Laugh: Kanye Wes
10:00 am, June 14th | by Colette McIntyre
Thanks to an upcoming (predictably braggadocios) album and the most quotable New York Times profile in recent years, Kanye West is once again the Internet’s favorite subject.
EOD Roundup
Read of the Day: “What Happens to Women Who Are Denied Abortions?”
6:00 pm, June 13th | by Colette McIntyre
What happens to women who are forced to carry a pregnancy to term? Well, according to Diana Greene Foster’s research, they are three times more likely than women who got an abortion to be below the poverty level two weeks later.























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