Links From Our Group Chat: Cardi B.'s Real Name & #MeToo Controversy
What'd you think we talked about? The weather.
If, like the rest of the internet, you spent the weekend figuring out you're classic art doppelgänger, you're not alone. Thanks to the new "Google Arts and Culture" app, all you have to do is snap a selfie to figure out which famous portrait you most look like. And who said selfies don't do us any good?
Remember the dude (whose name we refuse to use) who wrote that Google memo? Well he's suing for discrimination. [FACEPALM]
We all learned Cardi B’s real name + we’re shook.
I Started the Media Men List. My name is Moira Donegan.
How do we feel about a man writing this? Why Andrew, why? (Clicks.)
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Links From Our Group Chat: Time's Up, Lady Bird & Gal Gadot
Shoutout to all rad women everywhere.
Women in Hollywood are about to get after it (it being sexual harassment) tonight at the Golden Globes. While you're waiting for the awards (and ahem, the red carpet) to start, check out some of the links we passed back and forth in our group chat.
300+ women in Hollywood have HAD IT. #TIMESUP anti-harassment plan sweeps the nation.
Founder of Shea Moisture buys Essence Magazine from Time Inc making it a fully black-owned publication again!
7 Teenage Girls + Their Moms on Watching Lady Bird together.
Gal Gadot is not here for James Cameron.
Are you going to wear black tonight? Let us know!
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Links From Our Group Chat: New York City Just Banned This Question During Hiring
And other goodies.
Good news for activists and advocacy groups seeking to eradicate the gender wage gap — on Tuesday, New York City banned asking about salary history as a question during hiring processes.
However. Something else bit the dust last week. And it wasn't great.
But to lift your spirits, check out these self-made women.
Wondering how young women get ahead in entertainment? Click thru.
ANND. This makes us want to clean out our closets. Stat.
What are you digging into this crispy almost Christmas evening?
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Links From Our Group Chat: Wonder Woman Moves & The Best Places to Work
Go for it. Put your nose in a book.
Weekends are for wine down Fridays and read up Sundays.
Which is exactly what we're doing today, in addition to sharing what we dug into last week. Read anything that inspired you? Share in the comment below.
This is what superhuman women do.
And then this. WONDERWOMAN POWER: Brett Ratner won’t be involved in WW2.
Our girls at DBA landed themselves on AdAge’s Best Places To Work. Find out who else made the cut.
Meet the Mom + Economist who fed 100,000+ kids (and counting)
Forbes revealed their 30 under 30 List. Which means it's a good time to dig back into this.
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Links From Our Group Chat: How to Stop Sexism Early & the Daily Hell of 2017
We promise, there is an escape.
What are you digging into this Sunday?
Got anything good to share with us? Add links in the comments below.
Leandra Medine's brave and different kind of pregnancy announcement.
Interesting theory on men not trusting women. And the kind of trouble it causes.
How to escape the daily hell that is 2017.
Is gendered medicine good medicine? And what does that mean?
How to raise a son who respects women.
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Links From Our Group Chat: Reese and the WSJ, Art Prints We Love & The Martha Stewart Empire
What up Sunday night. It's us.
Cozy up on your couch for some Sunday night inspo.
Did you know a woman invented forensics?
Martha Stewart. And her 30-year empire.
We love this. "Witherspoon starts and ends her days with her nose in a book, nonfiction in the morning (“something that gives me food for thought,” she says) and fiction in the evening (“escapism!”)." We also love this WSJ profile.
It's live! The Chasing Paper Print Shop, which is an art collection that coincides with Chasing Paper's core mission - design should be for everyone. We happen to agree. They launched Friday with 24 high-quality prints at 30% less then competitors in the space. The goal is to make thoughtful design easier for people to get into their homes. Plus, we've got a discount code for the C&C community. (The code is C&C for 10% off any print-- includes framing.)
Might Harvey Weinstein actually be arrested? Justice might prevail.
We choose you. Who is part of your 'chosen family?'
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Links From Our Group Chat: Invisible Panty Lines & Sexism at Work
These things are unrelated. We promise.
It's Labor Day weekend (woohoo) which means plenty of time to catch up on good reads you've been putting off.
Grab a cocktail (or a coffee), sit outside, and enjoy the wise words from strangers on the internet. It's the American way.
Women are underrepresented in economic departments (not surprising) and this is how their colleagues talk about them.
Speaking of sexism, Ellen Pao wrote a must-read about the trial she lost and sexism in Silicon Valley.
If you hate thongs, here's how to "hide" panty lines. Sorry Cisco.
This UK retailer removed gender labels from these kids' clothes. No gender assumptions here.
All of the movies coming out this fall, discussed here. What will you be watching?
The road to recovery in Houston begins.
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Links from our Group Chat
What we did while you were working.
Straight from our texts to you, we're introducing, #linksfromourgroupchat.
This is what we send each other back and forth all day. There's some serious sh*t. Some not-so straight-faced stuff. And some stuff to make you go hmmm.
Curl up on the couch. We've got your Sunday reading.
The most powerful Serena Williams pens a column on how black women can close the pay gap for Black Women's Equal Pay Day.
A hammock for your boobs? Yeah, some of us would wear the Ta-ta towel.
What did you want to be when you grew up? How about Women in Black? Protecting the planet from aliens. Thatsajob.
Have you been regramming photos on IG and not crediting? Read all the rules here.
"My buddy." Patti Smith pens a moving note to her friend writer Sam Shepard who passed away last week.
What '90s brand is making a major comeback and tapping this celeb stylist?
Millennials are going au naturel with their armpits.
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Links We Love: Sarah Paulson on Late Success, 2017 Resolutions & Teen Vogue for the Win
'Tis the season for good reading.
Are you home for the holidays? Need something to read on the plane, or rather, when your great aunt Tilly retells the story of how she walked 45 minutes in the snow to get to school?
We've got you. Pick up your eggnog and click. And say hi to you mom, dad, and Auntie T from us.
Who needs Forbes 30 Under 30? Not Sarah Paulson. Why is the American Horror Story actress saying that you shouldn't succeed early?
Harvard researchers have found that female doctors who care for elderly hospitalized patients get better results.
Need something to read to your nieces and nephews before bed? 12 feminist children's books for dismantling the patriarchy.
Ta Nehisi-Coates and why he's a big believer in chaos.
Everyone give a collective awwww. NY Mag giving us some real life Love, Actually.
Boss ladies like Lea Michele and Lauren Conrad are sharing their #2017resolutions.
This Ohio lawmaker who is actively working to ban abortion has never thought about why a woman would want an abortion. His words.
If Donald Trump is gaslighting America, Teen Vogue is making it hard to gaslight America's youth.
2016 is nuts. Samantha Bee sat down with Glenn Beck.
Uber is apparently spending $1.55 for every dollar it makes. Time to cut their losses and run? Prob not. They like driving.
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Links We Love: Tackling the Mental Health Convo & 11 Stars Using Their Voices for Good
Too stuffed to move? All you gotta do is click.
photo credit: Studio DIY
This week: Obama pardoned his last turkey and you ate your fill of yours. Oh and two ladies you should totally know about won Medals of Freedom, the highest honor awarded to civilians. Play catch-up on the week's news below!
From ashes to hope: one Palestinian girl's amazing invention.
These women in Hollywood are using their platform for good. 11 stars who became political activists.
Hannah Hart's book Buffering addresses the mental health convo. And the stigmas she wants to change.
What have HRC supporters learned from her loss? A portrait series is asking: Where Do We Go From Here?
What came first the self or the seflie? And is social media disconnecting us from the BIG picture?
The White House honored these two women in tech with Medals of Freedom. They were instrumental in the early days of computers.
Making both our bodies and our hearts warm this holiday season-- your feel good news of the week.
Chicago indie band OK GO is known for pushing the envelope with their music videos. What did they do this time? And what does Morton salt have to do with it?
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Links We Love: Million Women Gonna March but Kanye Didn't Vote & There are Now Muffins for Your Stress
Muffin over mind? Count us in.
Is it here yet? The weekend? Almost kids. This week has been a doozy and if you've gotten a little snoozy on keeping up with the media chatter, we gotcha. One link we love at a time.
We don't know how we feel about this. But we do know we don't love that Kanye didn't vote.
Why the women's march in Washington is about more than Trump.
Queen for life. Banks is the female empowerment artist you need to be listening to.
Do you have the post-election blues? Apparently, muffins are better than Valium. We'll take a dozen.
You get an IUD! And you get an IUD! Look under your chair, IUDs for EVERYONE! Because reproductive rights are kool.
Don't just talk about it. Be about it.
Here are the non-profits that you can support now to make a statement to America's new administration.
Silicon Valley might be notorious for its lack of female employees, but Apple and Google ranked in the top places for women to work at, as voted by women.
Journalism did not triumph during this election. Fake news did.
When did people let their bias make them become so gullible?
It's Friday. Excuse us while we obsess over tiny cooking.
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Links We Love: Reading Material For Your Trip To #CreateCultivateATL
Reading material for your trip to Create & Cultivate ATL.
#CreateCultivateATL is tomorrow, and we can't contain our excitement!
We've been busy all week preparing to bring you our most spectacular conference yet, and if you've been busy like us, you might not have had a chance to look over the news this week. Don't worry, we're just as excited, but it doesn't mean we have to put staying-in-the-know on pause. Check out our favorite links this week below:
Michelle Obama 2020: Her speech at Hillary Clinton's rally yesterday left us speechless.
Chobani is leading the way for new parental leave policies in business.
Samsung just can't catch a break. Sayonara, Galaxy Note 7.
If you're in digital marketing, you're gonna want to see these stats ASAP.
Obsessed with the new Mac smell? There's a candle for that.
Links We Love: CreateCultivateATL Conference Edition
What we're reading to prep for next Saturday.
While some of us are busy planning our Halloween costumes or gearing up for #CreateCultivateATL, Snapchat is reportedly planning for a 25 Billion dollar IPO.
Smiling again. This is why we do what we do. Who run the virtual reality world? Girls.
Looking for some delicious motivation? Shonda Rhimes used Baskin-Robbins to learn responsibility.
More ice cream stories that matter.
It's a bloody mess out there. Have you gone through your social menopause yet?
We're all crazy-making busy. This writer points out why it's going unnoticed.
Working toward parity is tough. It took 35 years to narrow the pay gap by this amount.
We talk a lot about authenticity at our conferences. But has it become a buzzword, marketing trap?
This is making it almost impossible to wait for the holiday.
And because we all deserve a little laughter. Here's an invitation to laugh together.
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Links We Love: A Hack, A Debate & More Celeb Love for Chrissy Teigen
Take a seat, read up, and get ready for Monday's debate.
Didn't have time to read this week? Don't worry we didn't either. Now take a seat, read up, and get ready for Monday's monumental debate.
Hillary Clinton gets the Between Two Ferns treatment. And manages to hold her own.
STEM is the future. Even Cards Against Humanity knows it. Does that make them for humanity?
Have a rough commute? A court has ruled that time spent traveling to and from work, is work.
Put 'em up ladies and gents. Are you ready for Monday night's major debate?
Yahoo is the latest company to be hacked. And they got hacked hard.
Retire? Not women. This study says women work four years longer than men.
Forget the iPhone 7. These Apple employees are claiming mental health issues from a hostile work environment.
Ain't no basketball wife. Ayesha Curry is the woman next to, not behind her husband. Oh, and like the rest of us, she loves Chrissy Teigen.
These CEOs say devoting time to reading every damn day will help you work smarter. (You're welcome in advance for these links.)
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