It is 4:54 p.m. on a bleak Wednesday in November. I’m walking back home after hiking to the lake down the road, an audiobook in my ears to protect me from the sound of my own breathing. I think about what I’ll eat for dinner. There’s one portion of pizza […]
My relationship with Judaism has fluctuated throughout my life, but it’s consistently been complicated. My Mum’s side of the family is Christian (but she converted to Reform Judaism before I was born) and my Dad’s side is Jewish. In terms of Christmas vs Hanukkah, I’ve been lucky enough to have […]
If you’ve ever wanted a job that combines luxury materials, sustainability and cutting edge technology, the role of your dreams might be within an industry that you hadn’t previously considered – the automotive industry. The best car companies are taking progressive steps towards sustainability and diversity and inclusion, making careers […]
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In our series Salary Stories, women with long-term career experience open up about the most intimate details of their jobs: compensation. It’s an honest look at how real people navigate the complicated world of negotiating, raises, promotions and job loss, with the hope it will give young women more insight into […]
One of my earliest memories of Australia is right after my family arrived from Fiji in the December of 1992. We landed in Sydney three days before my third birthday, which also happened to be less than a week out from Christmas. My dad got a job as an engineer […]
Editor’s Note: The following article includes details about an alleged sexual assault that may be triggering. Please proceed thoughtfully. Actress Naomie Harris has revealed that she was sexually assaulted by a famous actor during an audition. The Oscar-nominated star told You magazine that “a huge, huge star” put his hand up her […]
Pantone has unveiled its colour of the year 2021: Very Peri, which it describes as a “dynamic periwinkle blue hue with a vivifying violet red undertone”. There’s something undeniably soothing about the shade, which Pantone calls the “happiest and warmest of all the blue hues”. It follows on from previous […]
Welcome to Money Diaries where we are tackling the ever-present taboo that is money. We’re asking real people how they spend their hard-earned money during a seven-day period — and we’re tracking every last dollar. Today: a content creator who makes $45,000 per year and spends some of her money […]
Producers are the backbone of every song listeners grow to love—especially amid the lilts and thumps of Latin genres like reggaetón, dembow, Latin trap, and R&B en Español—but too often this musical vertebra is constructed by cis men. In fact, according to the USC Annenberg Inclusion Initiative, only 2% of […]
