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- The Guardian explored why suits are trending for women.
- Who What Wear suggested 24 influencers who focus on sustainability in fashion.
- Marie Claire profiled several trending fashionistas for inspiration.
- Harvard Business Review asked why women are less likely than their male colleagues to self-promote.
- Harvard Business Review also debunked the myth of female office rivalries.
- CNBC offered a list of the 50 best places for women to work based on compensation, work-life balance, perks and benefits, positive work culture, leadership and career opportunities.
- NPR shared the FCC has approved a plan to implement a new 3-digit number that would connect callers to the National Suicide Prevention Lifeline. (If you or someone you know is struggling, you are not alone. Call 800-273-TALK (8255), text CONNECT to 741741, or talk to someone online, 24/7.)
- NPR also reported that Barack Obama told an audience at a private event in Singapore that women leaders could solve many of the world's problems.
- Refinery29 discussed the costumes in the current film adaptation of Little Women.
- Atlas Obscura provided the backstory of women coming together to finish a quilt, including why many of the participants consider the project to be a feminist act.
- The New York Times reported that the runner who was caught on camera slapping a Savannah news reporter from behind has been charged with misdemeanor sexual battery.
- Your Holiday Cheer of the Week: Vice released the 2019 edition of “The Hater's Guide To The Williams-Sonoma Catalog.”
- Laugh of the Week: The Onion posted results from a study about the best way to compare yourself to others.
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Anon
OMG, I can’t stop laughing at the W-S Christmas catalog parody! I lost it at the tartan review…perhaps because my Christmas decorating is full of tartan. SO GOOD! Thank you for sharing!
annienomous
I love, love, LOVE the Hater’s Guide. You can find past years on the now-dead Deadspin :)
Yule love it. (This pun is probably W-S approved)
Senior Attorney
And OMG click on the link in the story about how the author almost died. Harrowing!
Anon
He also wrote, years ago, an amazing article about his son’s premature birth that I reread from time to time (should be able to find it by searching the author’s name + “pain is a gift”).
M
In related news on men being more likely to self promote—for the last question in the debate last night several of the men would gift their own books (!!) and both women chose to apologize for being too much.
OG bag chuckle
So . . . it does not stand for Original Gangster. In my mind, it so does.
OG2 for 2020!