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January 2025

Not today, bruh: Navigating casual sexism in the workplace
Note: I wrote this article a few weeks ago—before the inauguration, Trump’s new executive orders, and Mark Zuckerberg’s “masculine energy” nonsense…
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Jessica Wilen
Scaling back to move forward: Embracing change in the new year
Three years ago, I hit “send” on the very first edition of this newsletter.
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☕️💪 Changes to paid subscriptions
Hi, friends, and happy 2025! 🎆
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December 2024

Read-Connect-Reflect #32
Read Research: Why passionate men succeed, even when they’re mediocre (HBR)
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Words of wisdom for working moms (2024 edition)
In this newsletter, I talk a lot about dualities—stillness and movement, ambition and ambivalence, reactivity and proactivity.
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☕️💪 Subscriber Sip: Paid parental leave for Starbucks baristas
Starbucks’ parental leave policy doubles the paid leave for new parents (HR Digest)
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When you feel trapped in your job
or, how to handle the special misery of "golden handcuffs"
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☕️💪 Subscriber Sip: History of the fight for affordable childcare
Birth of a broken system (No One is Coming to Save Us podcast)
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Read-Connect-Reflect #31
Read Working while parenting a teen: Not what I expected (HBR Women at Work podcast)
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☕️💪 Subscriber Sips: Belgian sex workers get maternity leave and sick pay
Good morning!
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Jessica Wilen

November 2024

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