👋 the ogc digest: september 20 2024

👋 Welcome back to the biweekly ogc roundup and happy friday!

Instead of a philosophical discussion this week, I thought we could crowdsource some thought provoking reads for the weekend.

Members - please share that one article that’s stuck with you since you read it here.

❣️ The list

The community-recommended good stuff. Never sponsored.

Member recs: these waterproof, super comfortable walking sandals that members say are the only shoes you’ll need for a euro trip, this pumpkin cold brew concentrate to satisfy those fall cravings, this nail strengthener for recovering from a bad manicure, this cooling, weighted eye mask for sleep, headaches and travel, these compression socks that come in tons of fun colorways, this studio for your mind for context switchers, these wireless bras for larger busts, this satin heatless curling set, these monogrammable, insulated cooler totes that make great gifts.

Some resources: this book on aging as women, this guide to planning ahead for a loved one with alzheimer’s, this site with best of lists in nyc, this company that connects families with insurance-covered lactation consultations, this database of copywriting resources, this curated set of work-related resources from the OGC community’s past recos.

A good read: ‘Women did everything right, then work got greedy’ by Claire Cain Miller

‘American women of working age are the most educated ever. Yet it’s the most educated women who face the biggest gender gaps in seniority and pay: At the top of their fields, they represent just 5 percent of big company chief executives and a quarter of the top 10 percent of earners in the United States.

There are many causes of the gap, like discrimination and a lack of family-friendly policies. But recently, mounting evidence has led economists and sociologists to converge on a major driver — one that ostensibly has nothing to do with gender.

The returns to working long, inflexible hours have greatly increased. This is particularly true in managerial jobs and what social scientists call the greedy professions, like finance, law and consulting — an unintentional side effect of the nation’s embrace of a winner-take-all economy.

It’s so powerful, researchers say, that it has canceled the effect of women’s educational gains.’ [read here]

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