Cyndi Lauper: Girls just wanna have fun – and be given their due By Rebecca Nicholson Cyndi Lauper is about to get the feature-length documentary treatment, with news that a film about the singer’s life is in production. It will be called Let the Canary Sing and is directed by Alison Ellwood. Ellwood made the award-winning The Go-Go’s in 2020,…
National Geographic Society’s First Female CEO On Inclusivity By Marianne Schnall In 2020, the National Geographic Society appointed Jill Tiefenthaler as CEO—the first woman to hold this position in the organization’s 134-year history. Now she is forging a new path for women and other underrepresented voices at the Society and bolstering how it shapes the narrative on some of the world’s most…
Founder Builds A Global Market For The Advancement Of Women By Amy Shoenthal Women’s advancement goes well beyond the dollars they earn. It encompasses women’s agency over their own time, bodies, resources and lives. Experts in this space have frequently pointed out that when women have this agency, their impact is exponential. But what if that impact could be quantified?…
Karlie Kloss Melds Her Love For Wellness And Tech By Valentina Di Donato Karlie Kloss, model, mother, and entrepreneur has been pursuing her many ventures through the lens of balance. Throughout her career, she has juggled jet-setting around the world for designer campaigns, her ventures in tech with her program Kode with Klossy which allows young women to access learning opportunities in…
How Bloom Founder Avery Francis Builds Inclusive Workplaces By Pauleanna Reid Thanks in part to the global stage of social media, conversations on race, identity and politics are more amplified today than ever before. Among the slew of other race-based tragedies to make headlines in recent years, the George Floyd protests of 2020 had casual Instagram users and big brands…
Her Creative Side Hustle Brings in $32,000 a Month This 24-year-old’s side hustle brought in over $32,000 in one month – and Harry Styles sells her designs By Megan Sauer Drawing was always a hobby for Elena Gatti, who started sketching animals at age 5. She certainly never intended to monetize the skill throughout her side hustle. Yet today, the…
Making Medicine Better for Women By Logan Lutton Being a physician is challenging. Being a woman and a physician might be even harder. Tammie Chang, M.D., a physician and author, details the unique challenges facing female physicians and what women in medicine can do about them in her new book, “Boundaries for Women Physicians: Love Your Life and Career in…
Girls learn about STEM careers from local women in Junior Achievement “Dream Fair” event By Lora Painter On Friday, April 29th, 2022, on the campus of Western Michigan University, Junior Achievement of Southwest Michigan introduced 7th and 8th-grade girls to the exciting possibilities of working in STEM-related fields. The message students heard from the event is they can do anything…
CEO Lily Shen Drives Transfix’s 76% Annual Growth By Cheryl Robinson Supply chains are a critical component of an ever-expanding economy. The global supply chain market size is valued at $15.85 billion. Yet, amid the pandemic, the U.S. and other countries have felt the impact of slow turnaround times, disruption to production, and a troubling forecast of future product deliveries. When it…
How are women reinventing the workplace? Bryant University Women’s Summit By Patricia Andreu According to Virginia “Ginny” Clarke, the business world is in the midst of an enormous transformation. Clarke, the founder of a talent and leadership consultancy, doesn’t just mean the more flexible workplace precipitated by the COVID pandemic. She sees a seismic shift in the very constructs of…
