Weekly News Update

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• HuffPost Personal published an opinion piece about Loft's decision to stop selling plus sizes.
• Native News Online spoke to the woman who designed the ribbon skirt for the swearing-in ceremony of Secretary of the Interior Deb Haaland, the first Native American cabinet secretary. 
• Mel explored “all the insane ways men do skin care,” e.g., using dish soap for face wash. 
• The New York Times explained how Barefoot Dreams blankets have become so popular lately.
• The New York Times also looked at why women find it hard to speak up at work — especially women of color.
• Above the Law noted that U.S. News has reportedly changed its methodology for ranking law schools to include graduates' debt.
• NPR reviewed a new book, Noise: A Flaw in Human Judgment, which states that job interviews are ineffective and suggests ways to make them better. 
• CNN reported that New Zealand will become one of the world's only countries to offer paid bereavement leave for workers who suffer a miscarriage.
• Bitch reviewed the legacy of Legally Blonde. 
• If you could use a long, engrossing story to distract you from *waves hands around* all of this, I suggest this Vulture article about author Sara Gruen and the prisoner she's trying to help.