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Weekly News Update

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  • The Wall Street Journal discussed how more women prefer “power dresses” over suits. 
  • Who What Wear shared eight fall lip colors to try.
  • The Pinkcast provided advice on how to be less annoyed — and less annoying — at work.
  • The Boston Globe shared that two years after #MeToo, gender-based hostility has increased in the workplace.
  • The New York Times suggested how to handle mental illness at work. 
  • NPR reported that the government has denied 99% of loan-forgiveness requests under the new Temporary Expanded Public Service Loan Forgiveness program.
  • The Muse explained that Adele Lim, a co-writer on Crazy Rich Asians, quit when she found out her white male co-writer was making up to 10 times her salary to write the sequel.
  • The Muse also remembered Valerie Harper for her role as Rhoda, “someone being honest about feeling adrift at 32, uninterested in settling yet scared of what happens to women too stubborn to smile while accepting less.”
  • Huffington Post interviewed actress and activist June Diane Raphael about what inspired her to encourage women to run for office, including her own political aspirations.
  • Book Riot offered reviews of Margaret Atwood's The Testaments, a sequel to The Handmaid's Tale.
  • Business Insider shared that a passenger brought her mini horse on a flight as a service animal.
  • Laugh of the Week: The Onion reported that the nation is baffled that a 30-something woman doesn't have children OR a high-powered career.

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  1. I recently read about “minterns” i.e. people taking internships in the middle of their careers on the BBC website. I didn’t even know there was a word for this. But when I read that article it articulated what I have wanted to do for sometime now. I am currently a postdoctoral researcher and I’m not enjoying research as much as I used to and I want to do something else. I am researching non-academic careers but I am also considering trying to get an internship. When I looked this up on Google I realized there is another category called “returnship” for people who took a break from the workforce and are returning. At the moment I have not been able to discuss this with anyone in real life because they would think I am crazy, I already have a doctorate. This is obviously a tough thing to do financially and also age-wise, people sometimes think I am 27 or even younger but I turn 40 in 3 months. But I really do feel unfulfilled on my current path and I want to make a change. If you have had a career reset how did you navigate it?

    1. Do you have any examples of the internship opportunities available? There’s no harm in applying … but even if you’re willing to start over from the very bottom, I think you have to try to enter at the highest level you can using transferable skills or volunteer experience or education … I sadly don’t think anyone is looking to hire interns that aren’t fresh out of college unless the applicant is Chandler from Friends embarking on a marketing career or Robert De Niro in the The Intern. (I think some opportunities signal this when the wage is too low for people with actual adult responsibilities to accept.)

      1. I also suspect companies offering “returnships” are devaluing the work force by bumping down entry level jobs to internships … in some rare, very charitable cases they might be trying to help the long-term unemployed reenter the work force. But in general, this is probably just a way to market roles that are otherwise undesireable (below-market pay, unreasonable expectations). Along the lines of how the gig economy is destroying regular full-time jobs or adjuncting has replaced professorships — It benefits the employer, not the worker.

  2. I know this has been asked before, but here I go. Any recommendations for a good restaurant to eat at before a Broadway show in NYC? The one I had a recommendation for is already booked for the evening I wanted in October! Not a chain, but something local. TIA!

    1. It’s a bit pricey but I love Esca — delicious Italian seafood. Also really enjoyed Osteria al Doge.

    2. Go to Carmine’s. It is good cheap Italian, and they give you lots of carbs. Stay away from the greasy fried stuff, if you can, but there is good chicken and eggplant that is not bad. The last time I went there, a sloppy looking guy sitting at the next table kept stareing at me while picking his nose, so that was not the greatest for my appetite, but that was NOT the restraunt’s fault. If you want to eat like a pig for cheap, go for it! YAY!!!

    3. I’m a native New Yorker currently living elsewhere and recently had the same conundrum. My husband and I ate at Guantanamera on 8th ave and it was a quick walk down to the theater. The food was great, the service was great, and the price was right! I will definitely be going back there.

    4. My mom and I went to NYC to see Hamilton at the Richard Rodgers theater on W 46th. Didn’t want risk being late so we had an early dinner at Pergola Des Artistes at 242 W 46th, which is in the same block – only found it by searching nearby restaurants. French restaurant in business for more than 50 years. Small and only takes reservations by phone – we had an amazing dinner and legit local experience. I definitely recommend the trout almondine and enjoyed the driest white wine I’ve ever had on the recommendation of the owner. https://www.pergoladesartistes.com

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