My two-year-old is funny and joyful and extremely cute, but she requires a lot of patience, and I am often desperate to disengage from her. I am not alone in this feeling; at any playground, as soon as parents are behind their kids, pushing them on the swings, we’re on our phones, distracting ourselves with…
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The war came to the Equatoria Region, where Diria lived, in 2016. That area sits at the bottom tip of South Sudan, and Diria resided in a village called Lasu Payam. When the fighting broke out, she, her four children, her sister-in-law, and some other women in the community hired two vehicles to drive them…
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For similar support, check out Ladies Get Paid or PepTalkHer, a popular new app that lets women come together and discuss issues around work. Get another offer. Generations of rom-coms and Joni Mitchell have taught us: Sometimes you don’t know what you’ve got till it’s gone. When Arielle, a product marketer, let her team know…
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Though Meghan Markle and Prince Harry were both raised as city kids—she in Los Angeles and he halfway across the globe in London—that’s an experience they reportedly aren’t planning on giving to their own children. This week, shortly after the Duke and Duchess of Sussex announced that they’re expecting their first child some time in…
Read moreHarper Wilde launched in June 2017 with the goal of creating less expensive, less overtly sexualized bras. The Girl Project is the brand’s founding social impact partner. When Harper Wilde launched last summer, founders Jane Fisher and Jenna Kerner spent almost as much time vetting a social impact partner as they did building their company.…
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PHOTO: Paramount/Everett Collection On October 3, a.k.a. Mean Girls Day, the movie’s cast have come together to raise money for the victims of Sunday’s deadly shooting in Las Vegas. In a video shared by the iconic 2004 film’s stars on social media on Tuesday, they set a goal of raising $300,000 for the National Compassion…
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