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Simone Biles Discusses Her Book, “Courage to Soar” | BUILD Series

By Simone Biles — 2016

Join Olympic champion Simone Biles as she discusses “Courage to Soar,” co-written with journalist Michelle Burford, that chronicles Biles’ inspirational path to success. Biles is the most decorated U.S. women’s gymnast ever with 19 World/Olympic medals. See more...

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Not that Bad: Dispatches from Rape Culture

In this valuable and revealing anthology, cultural critic and bestselling author Roxane Gay collects original and previously published pieces that address what it means to live in a world where women have to measure the harassment, violence, and aggression they face, and where they are “routinely...

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Warrior Girls: Protecting Our Daughters Against the Injury Epidemic in Women’s Sports

• Controversial and compelling: The Warrior Girls excerpts in The New York Times Magazine and The Washington Post received an overwhelming response. Warrior Girls has spurred a relevant debate that continues on websites devoted to sports, parenting, and women’s health.

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Why Does Becoming a Mom Mean Potentially Losing Your Job?

Washington State’s Failure to Mandate Paid Parental Leave Hurts Gender Equity, Parents, and Kids.

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Should You Quit Your Job to be a Stay-at-Home Mom?

A career time out to stay home with your kids might be tempting, but there’s a lot to consider before you give notice.

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Planning a Return-to-Work? Don’t Make this #1 Mistake

It’s challenging to return to work after a career break. But you need to have a better job strategy than “spraying and praying” with your resume.

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‘Motherhood Penalty’ in Worse Pay at Work

Mothers earn 3% per hour less for each child they have compared with women working in similar jobs who do not have children, say researchers.

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How to Talk to Your Boss About Emotional Labor

Effective strategies for discussing the invisible load you’re shouldering in the workplace.

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The Managed Heart: Commercialization of Human Feeling

In private life, we try to induce or suppress love, envy, and anger through deep acting or "emotion work," just as we manage our outer expressions of feeling through surface acting.

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“I Am a Woman and I Am Fast”: What Caster Semenya’s Story Says about Gender and Race in Sports

The constant scrutiny into the runner’s medical history reveals what happens to women who don’t conform to stereotypes.

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Slut-Shaming, Whorephobia, and the Unfinished Sexual Revolution

The sexual revolution is unfinished. A sexual double standard between men and women still exists, and society continues to punish bad girls and reward good ones. Until we eliminate good-girl privilege and bad-girl stigma, women will not be fully free to embrace their sexuality.

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