Weekly News Update

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  • Angie of YouLookFab tells you why she keeps certain things she rarely wears.
  • Racked checks out Try.com, a shopping service that lets you try on clothes at home for free; if you like them, keep them and your credit card will be charged; if not, return them within 10 days without being charged at all.
  • Refinery29 looks at workwear style in Washington, D.C. — and quotes Kat!
  • Inc. has advice on breaking bad public-speaking habits.
  • Time reports that women whose coworkers are at least 85% men experience higher stress levels.
  • The Street reports on a new study from the Family Wealth Advisors Council about women breadwinners; for example, the study found that a woman is the breadwinner in 40% American families.
  • New York magazine brings the news that there is now a name for that bad nighttime habit many of us have — bedtime procrastination.
  • The New York Times attempts to debunk the “8 glasses of water a day” myth.
  • For your Laugh of the Week, McSweeney's brings you a handy Bay Area to Standard American English Translator.

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