The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill is entered in the Library of Congress- Photo: rolling stone.com
Happy Sunday! Ours was a relaxing and easy week-end on this side of the blogosphere, plus or minus some loud kids’ (apparently mine) screaming and object destructions here and there…As we’re tentatively trying to sip on our coffees with a semblance of calm and quiet, here are the news we’re reading and re-reading, and gossiping about at the (late) lunch table:
- In big, I mean huge news this week for working women and mothers everywhere, UPS loses Supreme Court pregnancy discrimination case (and we can start believing in justice again);
- Another big judicial decision in gender discrimination is looming near, with the case of Ellen Pao against venture capital firm Kleiner Perkins, and young women in tech are sounding off on what it really means for them;
- I was so excited this week to read longtime LGBT activist and one half of my personal favorite power “Politini” couple, Aisha Moodie-Mills, became the first Black woman to head the Victory Fund;
- Other women are speaking up too, this time against the outlawing of abortion. ThinkProgress reports Ohio State Rep Teresa Fedor revealed on the legislative floor she had been assaulted, raped and had had an abortion (and oh do we respect her for the courage to stand up and speak her truth);
- And as we’re refreshing our expectations and ideas about everything, Fortune confirms, unlike thought by most, an Ivy League education is not the only ticket to education;
- In other hopeful, breakthrough news, Time Money reveals a new proposal could get your employer to pay your student loans;
- In the same spirit, Black Enterprise celebrates President Obama’s announcement to pledge $240M to STEM, while the Huffington Post reports the President urges young scientists to keep asking why;
- Mashable writes about a new witty web series about the everyday modern lives of modern black women (and it’s captivating…);
- The work world is changing! Inc. illustrates 3 major workplace shifts we need to be aware of;
- In somewhat unsettling fashion news, Fortune writes about GAP possibly implementing clothing vending machines (where are we going?);
- Mashable Business presents us with the paradox of the week: while Google’s CFO left to achieve work-life balance, it hired the most powerful woman on Wall Street as his replacement, supposedly a workaholic. As for us, we’re just happy a woman is up there;
- In other paradoxical (not to use other less politically correct terms) news, Forbes reveals even though female nurses outnumber their male counterparts 10 to 1, they still earn a lot less:
- Worried about your productivity? Payscale writes it’s all about colors. Hope you’re having a blue kind of day today;
- If you were ever doubtful about the effect of gender parity in management, CBC confirms it definitely boosts corporate profits (ka-ching!);
- Last but not least, my absolute favorite, “The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill” album will be entered in the Library of Congress, and we are doo-woping to that…literally!
Happy Sunday!
The Corporate Sis.
