Weekly News Update
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- BBC News visited the “Shein village” in Guangzhou and found that “the beating heart of this empire is a workforce sitting behind sewing machines for around 75 hours a week in contravention of Chinese labor laws.”
- Axios listed the companies that have abandoned or rolled back their DEI commitments or programs (*sigh*), including Amazon, Ford, Lowe's, and Toyota. Companies that have publicly defended their policies include Apple, Costco, and a few airlines.
- ESPN noted that women's basketball teams will finally be paid for NCAA tournament games each March, just like the men have for years.
- In The Wall Street Journal [gift link], the author of Malibu Burning: The Real Story Behind L.A.’s Most Devastating Wildfire reflected on the Los Angeles wildfires and explained how to plan for future disasters.
- NPR shared that an international committee of scientists has proposed that to measure obesity, BMI be augmented by person's waist circumference, waist-to-hip ratio, or waist-to-height ratio and/or DEXA scan.
- The Washington Post [gift link] reported that in the wake of states' restrictive abortion laws, interest in tubal ligations and vasectomies has skyrocketed.
- The New York Times [gift link] reported that more Americans are surviving cancer, but the disease is striking young and middle-aged adults and women more frequently.
- The Cut looked at startups trying to address the loneliness epidemic, including one founded by Thinx co-founder Radha Agrawal.
- Your Laugh of the Week comes from Points in Case, with “Book Club Analyzes Character Arc of Member Who Missed the Meeting.”
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Noteworthy Threadjacks This Week…
- getting used to living in the SEUS
- looking for a good concealer
- dealing with a spouse's opinions during a remodel
- participating in Dry January
On CorporetteMoms Recently…
- We offered some clothes for working moms, including some maternity basics and washable workwear.
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