Karen WWhy Women Stay Out of the Spotlight at Workverified_publisherHarvard Business Review - Priya Fielding-Singh, and Devon Magliozzi, and Swethaa BallakrishnenTo get ahead in the workplace, you have to be seen. But for women, the importance of visibility creates a conundrum. On the one hand, women’s contributions are systematically overlooked at work. This limits their professional advancement and helps to explain why the senior levels of organizations …
Karen WAn anti-suffrage poster from 1920 epitomizes today’s fears about women’s progressverified_publisherQuartz - Leah FesslerTo understand today’s anxieties about women’s progress in the workplace and the dismantling of traditional gender roles, we’d be smart to rewind the clocks to August 1920, the climax of American women’s century-long fight for suffrage. The epicenter of this tension: Nashville, Tennessee. Summer …
Karen WGoogle Has a Striking History of Bias Against Black GirlsTIME - Safiya NobleMy first encounter with racism in search was in 2009 when I was talking to a friend who causally mentioned one day, “You should see what happens when you Google ‘black girls.’” I did and was stunned. These are the details of what a search for “black girls” would yield for many years, despite that …
Karen WAn 18-Year-Old Said She Was Raped While In Police Custody. The Officers Say She Consented.BuzzFeed - Albert SamahaWhen Anna said she was raped by two on-duty cops, she thought it would be a simple case. She had no idea she lived in one of 35 states where officers can claim a detainee consented. Anna was sitting in the parked car with two friends when a charcoal gray van pulled up and flashlight beams …
Karen W"Are You Even Old Enough To Run?” & Other Absurd Criticisms Women Candidates Faceverified_publisherBustle - Lauren Holter"Are you sure you're old enough to run for this seat?" is a question Leah Phifer says she's frequently asked on the campaign trail. Phifer, a …
Karen WUnsung Heroes: 50 Books about Extraordinary Black Mighty Girls and Womenamightygirl.comOur top picks of books about trailblazing African-American girls and women for Black History Month!During February's Black History Month, we …