By Tenzin Norzom About ten years ago, when Ekta Ohri had a family friend over for dinner, she recalls her friend’s three-year-old daughter glued to her iPad and the little girl wouldn’t even greet others. “It was just so disturbing to see her hooked to the iPad. She spent about three hours with us and not for a minute did she look up.…
By Madeline Hislop For a player who had her flight home booked for the end of the preliminary rounds of the US Open, Emma Raducanu’s grand slam campaign ended on Saturday with a stunning, and history-making final victory. The 18-year-old from Britain is the first qualifier to win a major title in the Open era, and the first woman to win the US…
By Brady Luck “Phoebe Jon” might sound like the name of another student in a big lecture class in a Boston College classroom. But it’s not a person—it’s a start-up fashion line created by women, for women. Manyaqi Wang, BC ’20, is the woman behind the brand. The brand name is meant to feel like a friend with “feminine energy,” Manyaqi…
As offices begin to reopen, some women are setting new physical, emotional and cultural boundaries.
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By Cheryl Robinson Working in a front office of a sports team or league sounds sexy. For many, it’s a dream opportunity. But, unfortunately, behind-the-scenes positions are just as competitive as trying out for a team, especially for women. According to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, employment of entertainment and sports occupations is projected to grow 7% from 2019 to 2029,…
By Stacey Vanek Smith Most people dream of having a conversation with a president or a CEO or their favorite movie star or pro athlete. I dreamed of interviewing Janet Yellen. She was my Beyoncé. For the last 15 years, I have been a business and economics reporter, first at the public radio show “Marketplace” and now at NPR’s “The Indicator From…
By Connie Schultz NPR Before Susan Stamberg became a radio producer, the prevailing attitude in newsrooms was that “it would never do to have a woman in a supervisory position to a man.” When Nina Totenberg began scoring access to sources who avoided reporters, FBI Director J. Edgar Hoover called her a “persistent bitch,” and envious journalists began suggesting that she…
By Charlene Prempeh It’s been a sporting summer in which female defiance has co-mingled with self-protection. From Simone Biles stepping away from the US Olympic women’s team gymnastics, then making a surprise return to win bronze on the balance beam, to tennis star Naomi Osaka choosing to take “some personal time with friends and family” to manage her mental health,…
Meghan Litchfield, founder and CEO of RedThread, is not only assisting in the sustainable fashion movement but is also addressing the issue of body shaming. As a custom-fit clothing company, it uses its patent-pending process that combines mobile scanning measurement technology with the traditional art of tailoring.
