Earlier this month, we marked Equal Pay Day. In press releases and on social media, companies across America committed themselves to closing the gender pay gap and touted the importance of women’s empowerment and equity. In the era of the Women’s March, the unprecedented surge of women’s participation at the polls in 2018, and the…
A few years ago, Nitasha Mehta felt like a lot of women did when she realized she was paying more than men for lots of the same personal care products: angry. That’s when, as the head of vendor marketing at Boxed, a wholesale e-tailer offering many of those items, she began digging into her own…
Even with all the merriment in the air, the holiday season is also a time to consider those who are in less fortunate positions. Even in the frenzy of these gift-giving weeks, it’s okay to take a step back and ask yourself how to best channel this money-spending privilege when there’s still so much global…