Once Upon a Time, Women Couldn't Even Get a Job Testing Coffee
As American men flooded into the military during World War II, women took over many of the jobs on the home front, most famously wartime manufacturing. And—apparently—coffee tasting.
Pilots Sue Frontier Airlines Over Breast Pumping at Work
Earlier this week, the American Civil Liberties Union and the ACLU of Colorado filed discrimination charges with the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission on behalf of four pilots for Frontier Airlines. The charges allege that four pilots, Randi Freyer, Brandy Beck, Shannon Kiedrowski and Erin Zielinski, were…
U.S. Women's Soccer Team Hints They May Boycott the Olympics If Wage Demands Aren't Met
After filing a federal complaint with the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission against U.S. Soccer over wage discrimination last month, the championship women’s team is considering a boycott of the Olympics in Rio de Janeiro this summer if their requests aren’t met.
Reese Witherspoon's Wall St Comedy Will Be Called Opening Belle. Gross.
Reese Witherspoon’s next project will be a “Wall Street comedy” called Opening Belle, after a book of the same name that hasn’t even hit bookstores yet. This is a bad title for a breezy, cute project about a mom just trying to work it in the soul-sucking world of high finance.
Silicon Valley's Woman-Friendly Venture Capital Firm Still a Boys' Club
Ellen Pao, who's suing the venture capital investment firm Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers for gender bias, testified Monday against a former male colleague whom she called "relentless" when she broke off their affair.
Women Are Less Likely to Have Flexible Work Schedules Approved
A new study has found that men who request a more flexible work schedule are more likely to be approved than women who request the same thing. Oh joy.
Mom Arrested for Letting Kid Play in Park Sues Station Who Doxxed Her
Debra Harrell plans to file a lawsuit against the news station which posted her private information including social security number and home address.
Mom Arrested for Letting Kid Play Outside Has Been Fired by McDonald's
An update: Debra Harrell, the mother who was arrested and charged with "unlawful conduct" after adults saw her daughter playing in a park alone, has been fired from her job at McDonald's.
Mom Arrested for Letting Her 9-Year-Old Kid Play Outside Alone
Aiken County, South Carolina resident Deborah Harrell has been booked on charges of "unlawful conduct" after she confessed to leaving her 9-year-old daughter at a park while she went to work.
Female CEOs Are Good For Business
New data from Fortune magazine shows that companies run by women record better stock market returns than those run by men.
Solve Sexism With Overconfidence, Hope and Changing Your Brain
Even the best thinking on how to achieve economic/political parity with men always comes back to this conundrum: Women should act more like men to get ahead, but when they do, they are often penalized. So let's teach women how to act more confident, yet deferential, so as not to offend men. Then let's cross our…
For the First Time in 325 Years, a Woman Is Running Lloyd's of London
An exciting moment for a boring industry: The Guardian reports that in January, Inga Beale will take over as CEO of Lloyd's of London. That marks the first time in the insurance market's 325-year history a woman has run the show.
Boys Club No More: Now Women Make Up Nearly Half of the CIA
Earlier this month, Mother Jones described the early days of the CIA as "Mad Men with security clearances." Men were the spies; women were the secretaries. But over the years, things have changed, and now, women make up nearly half of the CIA, and at least 40% of undercover operatives (spies) are female.
Law Firm Memo Advises Female Associates to Stop Giggling and Squirming
Most women in any business field should really be presenting themselves according to the The Woman's Dress for Success Guide, but since it's hard to get copies of that opus, the law firm of Clifford Chance has helpfully prepared a five-page document entitled "Presentation Tips for Women" that includes helpful…
Most of Those Allegedly Great New Jobs for Women Are In Waitressing
We're well into what feels like our 129384712th consecutive month of articles harping on the notion that men are being screwed by this man-cession because they can't seem to man-age to man-euver their way back into man-jobs while meanwhile women Take The Lead and Lean In and End Men. And if you just look at the…
Raises Fuel National Prosperity, So Go Get Yours
Ladies, it's Time to Ask for a Raise. Well, unless you just started your job, and then perhaps you should chill out, OK? Damn, greedy. But the rest of us need to slip into our GSD pants (opposite of eating pants) and march straight to the boss person's office and GET PAID as if the economy — and our shoe closets* —…
Clueless Justice Scalia on the 'Silver Lining' of Excluding Women From Jobs
In his essay for New York Magazine, Supreme Court's head hater Antonin Scalia writes about growing up in New York City. Of course, he takes this benign topic, and uses it to make a dumb statement about the bright side of sexism.
Stunning, Rare Photos of the Women Workers of WWII
These gorgeous color photos are...whoa. Taken by Alfred T. Palmer, a photographer for the US Office of War Information during World War II, these images are largely from the rubber, metal, and aircraft factories in Ohio, Kentucky, and California. And damn, they are rad.
Women Speak Drastically Less When They're Surrounded by Dudes. And That's Bad.
Womanhood is full of frustrating hunches, and society is full of people who want to pooh-pooh those hunches. "I'm pretty sure I'm being treated like shit right now because of my vagina," we women say. "Shut UP, women! Because men get injured in industrial accidents! Therefore, equality reigns!" the pooh-poohers reply.…
What Happens When Getting Pregnant Gets You Shitcanned?
America, the land of the free and the home of the Super Size bucket o' fries, is supposed to be a place of opportunity, where everyone has a fair shot at one day growing up to be the Monopoly Man. But, as many women are finding out, the way we treat working women who dare choose to get pregnant is anything but…
