Weekly News Update

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  • Wirecutter offered a guide to washing your jeans … which could definitely spark some debate…
  • The Huffington Post explained the changes that happen with your skin during perimenopause.
  • VICE talked to four young women lawyers about their career experiences so far and the justice system in general.
  • The Lily explored two new books about women rethinking the corporate world: Can’t Even: How Millennials Became the Burnout Generation by Anne Helen Petersen and Lost in Work: Escaping Capitalism by Amelia Horgan.
  • Washington Post columnist Christine Emba wrote that we've been focusing on the wrong aspect of a four-day workweek.
  • Musings of a Wandering Mind shared stories from women in the ad industry — the “real, horrific and painful reasons why women in this industry are angry, broken, exhausted and often scared into silence” [CW: sexual harassment and sexual assault].
  • Fast Company reported that a new poll about generational identity found that the majority of older millennials believe middle age begins around age 40 (!).
  • The New York Times looked at the origin of the recommendation for 10,000 steps a day.
  • The Hollywood Reporter noted that a Pride & Prejudice-themed dating show is coming soon (!).
  • Slate published an essay by the woman who discovered that her relationship with an ex inspired the 2017 viral New Yorker short story, “Cat Person.”
  • Your Laugh of the Week comes from Points in Case, with “I Am Out of the Office, But Please Contact Me Anytime (Really, Anytime).”

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