News Roundup

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Malaika Firth wearing a Chantecaille Black Jaguar Eye QuartetSome of the articles of interest to working mothers that we’ve seen around the web recently…

  • Excellent resource for working moms: Fashionista gives you tips on looking more awake than you feel.
  • Harvard Business Review explains the right way and wrong way to make introductions via email.
  • At Above the Law, Kathryn Rubino comments on a new survey from Major, Lindsey & Africa that showed that male partners’ compensation is 44% higher than their female colleagues, on average.
  • A working mom writes for Levo League about coming to terms with her mom self and looking back at her pre-child self.
  • CNN reports that President Obama has signed the Bathrooms Accessible in Every Situation Act (BABIES Act), which “requires diaper-changing facilities in male and female restrooms in public federal buildings, such as Social Security offices, courthouses and post offices.”
  • Mater Mea highlights Just Like Me!, a new subscription box that specializes in African-American–focused literature for kids and sends two to three age-appropriate books a month.
  • In the Washington Post’s On Parenting, a mother writes about her eight-year-old daughter, Halloween costumes, and cultural appropriation.
  • Speaking of Halloween, here’s your Laugh of the Week from the Onion.

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