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- GOOD reports on H&M's decision to only offer their plus-size collection online, no longer in brick-and-mortar stores. Meanwhile, PBS talks to Mallorie Dunn, the founder and designer of clothing line Smart Glamour, a “body-positive clothing line of customizable, ethically made clothing.”
- Fashionista shares their picks for the best drugstore anti-aging products.
- From New York magazine's The Cut: The average woman now wears a size 16, and a U.S. Court of Appeals just ruled that employers can refuse employment based on hairstyles, including styles with cultural roots, like dreadlocks.
- The Careerist looks at new information showing that “female grads of the top 10 law schools … drop out three to five years after joining Big Law at a much higher rate than women from lower-tiered law schools.”
- Create & Cultivate tells you how to apply Marie Kondo's home-tidying methods to your career.
- Forbes reports on a new FlexJobs.com survey: “only 7% of office workers feel like they’re most productive at their workplace desks” (rather than in a remote location).
- Harvard Business Review ponders how to talk politics without losing friends. Speaking of talking, Harvard Business Review also looks at how women are interrupted more often than men.
- Recent articles in The Atlantic and British Psychological Digest have looked into the “replication crisis” facing psychology — researchers have had difficulty getting similar results when studies are repeated. (On the other hand, earlier this year this Washington Post article said, “scientists … condemned the results of a 2015 landmark study that concluded more than half of 100 published psychology studies were not replicable.” Hmm.)
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Anonymous
When should I use an anti-aging regimen? I’m 32 and barely have any grey hairs, and I don’t have any wrinkles. I have adult acne and primarily use acne products. Do I use anti-aging products proactively?
the gold digger
Wear sunblock every day, including on your neck, chest, hands, and forearms. Wear a hat when you are in the sun. Stay out of the sun.
(Take a look at the women in DFW next time you are that way – you will never want to go into the sun again.)
Anonymous
Retinoids – helps acne. I’d see a dermatologist, since you have acne, if you don’t already. The retinoids will help aging related changes too.
You can’t anti-age to prevent grey hairs. It’s genetic.
BabyAssociate
+1 for retinoids, but then be sure to be extra diligent with sunscreen and moisturizer.
Anonymous
I want to give a shout-out to H&M. My area does not have fabric recycling, and H&M has a garment collecting initiative whereby you just bring stuff to their stores and it gets sorted, reused and recycled.
But the decision not to offer plus sized merchandise in stores is unsupportable.
KT
I just don’t understand it. The average woman is now a size 16—how on earth does it make business sense to not cater to the largest (pun) demographic?
MKB
I don’t get this, or similar decisions (like Everlane’s stance that there just isn’t demand for larger sizes).
Anonymous
I wonder if the Careerist article results are because women from top tier schools have more options with the
‘brand name’ degree so more ability to leave BigLaw when they chose.
Ellen
I do NOT know if GW qualifie’s as brand name, but it has NEVER helped me get the job I want. I have gotten the job I want ONLEY by bumping into peeople like the manageing partner, and he did NOT even know where I went to school when he offered ME the job. YAY!!!
Anony
Thank you! That’s exactly what I was thinking. The article seems to assume we Biglaw top-law-school ladies are leaving the legal career track altogether. That is not at all the case with my network. We’re leaving for in-house and government jobs mostly.
An.on
I think it’s “brand name” degree + high earning spouse.