On selling to moms: "Only when you acknowledge that her life is hell will she be open to what you’d like to sell her." This piece by Joe Pinsker is so good / chilling that I read it TWICE and I now feel like there are tiny bugs crawling all over my body. theatlantic.com/family/archive…

The ambition penalty is something many women have experienced first-hand. Take the example of one 26-year-old woman who had a job offer rescinded after following advice to “always negotiate,” for instance x.com/i/events/14005…

Lately, every conversation I have boils down to: A. climate change B. division of household labor My thesis: the world is burning, and men don't do enough.

We are excited to announce that... EconoMe Conference Elevate Community @bravelygo Lola Retreat Statement ...are 12th Annual Plutus Awards finalists for "Best Collaborative Project or Event", sponsored by @TheFMadventure Join us on 23rd September 2021 at Fincon to see who wins!

Gender equality or bust, people.

We have so many good stories up today for The Wall Street Journal Women in the Workplace 2021. Start with this one by J.J. McCorvey Julia Carpenter: The average value of company shares held by male employees in 2018 was $104,902. For women, it was $26,361. wsj.com/articles/gende…

Women, Money and Ice cream 🍦 . What could be better? Episode 5 feat Jamila / JourneyToLaunch Carmen (she/her) 👩🏽‍💻⚡️🦸🏾‍♀️🏳️‍🌈 and missbehelpful at Sugar Hill Creamery is now live. 👇🏾

fun-fact: the inspiration for this episode came from attending Statement. There, Capital Group shared some research 🤓 they had published earlier this year about how women's financial philosophies were changing due to the pandemic. 🧵

"Black & Latinx households account for 32% of the population in this country, yet they represent...64% of the unbanked population in the United States." @MiaTaylorWriter worked on this reporting for Real Simple for literally months & it's SO important: bit.ly/3j3UXxY

It's not a pipeline problem. Women of color enter asset management at approx 23% of the workforce, slightly higher than the percentage of WOC in the US population. WOC in the C-Suite though? 1%. Stats from here: mckinsey.com/industries/fin…

Guy on conference call asked multiple women on the call to set up meetings, follow up, send emails. Not their roles. He is not above them hierarchy-wise & he is newer. I message him mentioning it & say that it’s not cool. On the call he then starts assigning ME these tasks, 1/

It’s not just you. Saving money is hard.

If you can fill an agenda with women speakers for your women-focused conference, but “can’t find any” to put on stage for your general conference, you don’t have a pipeline problem- you have a perspective problem.

Whether or not you are successful depends on how YOU define success. The reason why hitting your milestones or accomplishing a small goal doesn’t feel as good to you is because you measure your success in comparison to someone else's success.

What good is a social safety net if the people who need help most can't access it? Some $65 billion a year in benefits goes unused due to access issues—a pre-pandemic estimate that's surely higher now. By Emma Pattee & @stefanieoconnel for Newsweek newsweek.com/2022/02/04/hol…

It’s staggering how much our economy depends on women’s free labour. It’s undervalued, overlooked, and unjust. It’s their unpaid care work that’s the backbone of our economy, not billionaires.

I’m in a women’s personal finance group on fb and fam, the amount of women who post in this group about being SAHM suddenly absolutely screwed and destitute due to a separation or divorce is enough for me to tell anyone and everyone to not be. SAHM. HAVE YOUR OWN MONEY ALWAYS.

sorry for missing your email. i saw it and got overwhelmed. it will happen again.

I've always wondered: If I had gotten married earlier, would I be richer? The money gap between young married couples and singles has widened, thanks to inflation and rising home prices reports Julia Carpenter wsj.com/articles/infla…