Folks Who Work in Fashion Can't Necessarily Afford to Shop Fashionably

Fashionista conducted a fashion-industry salary survey, and although fashion is a glamorous job — one where you're certainly expected to dress very well — the salaries are not great, unless you're literally running things.
Depressed Teens Invariably Grow Up To Make Less Money Than Happy Ones
Call it the revenge of Quinn Morgendorffer: no matter what you end up buying the angsty malcontent in your life for the holidays, a new study has proven that their bad attitude is bound to continue in a vicious cycle. Data collected from 10,000 American teenagers by University College London and the University of…
Women Aren't Suing Over Unequal Pay
President Obama's quest to become every American woman's personal BFF began shortly after his inauguration, when he signed the Lily Ledbetter Equal Pay Act into law. The purpose of the act was to extend the statute of limitations on wage discrimination regulations, so that women who discovered several years later that…
The Bible Says Teachers Don't Deserve Decent Salaries, According to One Horrible Politician
If you thought that God had never really given much thought to teacher's salaries, you'd be wrong. At least according to Shadrack McGill, a Republican state senator from Alabama. He spoke at a prayer breakfast recently where he passed along some very interesting wisdom from God regarding what teachers should be paid.…
Is White Cast Member Big Salary Winner On BET's "The Game"?
Today in WTF: Brittany Daniel, the white cast member on BET's ensemble show The Game, gets paid significantly more than her black costars.
How Do We End The Wage Gap? Demand Transparent Salaries
Today at Forbes Woman, Mary Ellen Egan questions the cause for the persistent wage gap between men and women. But where are the solutions?
Americans Hate Their Jobs More Than Ever
A survey found that only 45% of Americans are happy with their jobs, the lowest level in 22 years. Reasons include stagnating salaries, increasing health insurance premiums, and being forced to wear 37 pieces of flair. [AP, via CBS]
Prescription For High Pay: Work In A Pharmacy
Women pharmacists have the highest median wage of all female workers, higher than doctors (number six) or computer scientists (number ten). Overall, women's earnings are about 80% of men's. [Forbes]
