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  • New York magazine rounds up some stylish cruelty-free/vegan fashion.
  • A Harvard Business Review blogger reports on a new study that reveals how past participation in sports plays a role for female C-suite executives and the women they hire.
  • According to The Washington Post's On Leadership blog, the majority of Americans would prefer not to relocate out of the country for work. (Would you? Have you?)
  • PopSugar Smart Living brings you some crowdsourced advice on getting a raise.
  • Politico talks to Fortune's Senior Editor at Large, Pattie Sellers (h/t to The Broadsheet).
  • The Simple Dollar gives you 15 ways of tackling student loans.
  • The Atlantic takes a look at the widespread misogyny and violent threats against women on social media.
  • Too busy for a book club? A Cup of Jo has an idea for you: an articles club.
  • Worried about Ebola? PBS NewsHour tells you about six diseases that you should be worried about instead.

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    1. Me, too! Half the time I am totally faking it at my book club meetings…

    2. The articles club is so much like the journal clubs that many grad schools have. The only difference is less emphasis on being academic I suppose and focusing more on the social aspect.

  2. I have read the HBR article and frankly, I am concerned, and so are the people who commented on the site. Male jock culture is deeply embedded in C-suites, and now we are encouraging this culture to expand to women?
    There are plenty of non-sports activities that build discipline, teamwork and determination. I know a remarkable young woman who was in a pre-professional dance program at least, if not more rigorous and challenging as national-level sports. After graduating high school she was accepted to one of the US Military academies. If someone makes a promotion decision about this person based on the fact that she had not been seriously involved in a sport, it’s just silly. Same goes for people who studied music and played in ensembles and orchestras, musical theater aficionados and so forth.
    Another aspect of this is that serious extracurriculars are expensive, and with a few exception, “sports bias” would work against women who grew up in poor families.

    1. I think that sports are one of the cheapest extracurricular activities that families can provide for their children. Why is soccer so popular in so many poor places? I’m someone who wasn’t able to play sports until after college due to a disability, and I think it would have helped me a lot to have been able to do sports when I was younger. (And yes, I say that as someone who did ballet, art, and music when I was in school.) Playing sports forces you to rely on and trust others in a way that the arts don’t. (I am not negating the importance of the arts though.)

      1. Sorry, but clearly you have never been seriously involved with the arts if you think music ensembles, theater, and dance don’t require a lot of trust in and reliance on your fellow performers. OK, so I don’t need my accompanist to block for me so I don’t get a concussion, but he/she sure can completely ruin my performance, humiliate me and throw away months of hard work. I’m not a dancer, but I would assume the physical aspects of trust are extremely analogous to sports.

        Not to take anything away from sports, of course. Just saying there are a lot more parallels than you might realize at first glance.

    2. + 1 I agree, it can lead to bias and an insular culture. @Amanda, yes soccer is one of the cheapest extracurricular activities in many poor and developing nations. You may see kids kicking a ball made or rugs and paper on the streets but that does not mean that there is a sports program at the school. Some kids are still very much excluded and in cultures that are conservative, girls may not get the same opportunities to participate as boys do.
      And in some cases kids may forgo sports so they can spend more time on academics, this is especially so in places where there is an exam that determines whether or not someone advances to the next class, or even gains a place in college. Getting into the “right” school gives them a chance at getting better jobs in future, which is a route out of poverty.

    3. I am having a really difficult time commenting but as an NCAA athlete I feel the need to see this comment through to completion:

      Dance is a sport.

      2. I have had trouble with this, and I say this as someone who has done (and still does) dance. I think it’s an athletic art. A species of its own.

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