Over the weekend, Jeffrey Epstein was found dead in his cell at the Metropolitan Correctional Center in Manhattan of an apparent suicide. The moment it happened I could almost hear the sound of a million conspiracies blooming on the internet, each more insane than the next. It hadn’t been unthinkable, though—it was after all his…
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Anyone due for a basics overhaul knows that Everlane is the best place to start. The direct-to-consumer brand carries just about every wardrobe essential—the white T-shirt, the relaxed jean, the casual flat—all made with a commitment to ethical production and sustainable materials. With trend-proof pieces always in stock, Everlane sales are rare. But when they…
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Eventually, my group’s creative director—a woman—noticed there was a huge gap between my salary and my male colleague’s. She corrected it by giving me a raise, and also adjusting both of our titles. I was happy. After that, we hired on a male creative director who was favorable toward his male employees. He promoted the…
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The anecdote has reached mythic proportions: Before Chrissy Metz, 38, made it in television, she lived with six women in a cramped two-bedroom apartment. She had to borrow gas money to get to auditions and lived on a steady diet of dollar-store ramen noodles, all while racking up massive debt (nearly $12,000 worth.) When fate…
Read moreEighty cents. That’s how much women are paid on average for each dollar a man makes. The number alone is pathetic, and women of color are hit even harder. Black women earn 61 cents on the dollar, while Native American women take home 58 cents. For Latinx women, it sinks even lower: a mere 53…
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Serena Williams—and the U.S. women’s soccer team—isn’t here for the pay gap. On Friday, the tennis icon called the pay gap in sports “ludicrous” while sharing her support for the team and its lawsuit against the U.S. Soccer Federation. “The pay discrepancy is ludicrous,” Williams, a 23-time grand slam singles champion, told reporters during a…
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