Weekly News Update

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• WIRED looked at why machines can print textiles, cut fabric, and fold clothes but can't sew them as fast and precisely as humans can.
• The Cut talked to the co-founders of the Power of Plus, a digital platform that's meant to boost the representation of the plus-size fashion community and provide resources.
• Vanity Fair noted that Representatives Ayanna Pressley and James McGovern have reintroduced a bill requiring Medicare to pay for wigs for those experiencing hair loss from medical treatments or disease.
• NPR reported on the first two Black women to be inducted into the National Inventors Hall of Fame: Marian Croak and Patricia Bath.
• Mashable explored the rise of the childfree movement on TikTok.
• The Washington Post used the Britney Spears conservatorship case to look at “the awful history of controlling ‘unfit’ women” in the United States.
• The Atlantic observed that the pandemic has erased entire categories of friendship.
• Allure explained why some “mental health” supplements shouldn't be taken if you're on certain prescription meds.
• Harper's Bazaar listed some new books perfect for Halloween time.
• Your Laugh of the Week comes from McSweeney's, with “Apologies Women Need to Make (Sorry, It's True!)”
  

On CorporetteMoms Recently…

• We rounded up the best kids' winter boots.
• We offered some clothes for working moms, including some maternity basics and washable workwear.

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