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It seems as though the entire world is talking about the Oscars incident between Will Smith and Chris Rock. Everybody has an opinion on what should have happened or who shouldn’t have done what. However, how many of these opinions […]

Language changes quickly, and some of the language that has been used in DEI work for years, has now been called outdated. It can be hard to keep up, but maintaining a critical lens on your own language, as well […]

In today’s economy it seems like there are more jobs than there are employees. A result, in part, of the pandemic’s historic job losses and the opportunity it afforded many to consider what they wanted from their work. However, despite […]

Have you ever considered the consequences of focusing so heavily on women and girls’ confidence, or lack thereof? If women and girls are excluded from certain spaces and careers, or don’t negotiate salaries, or struggle to ask for what they […]

? Of The Year  (Episode 77) There are a litany of awards given annually to the best person in XXX field. Today on the podcast, Shaunna and Lisa talk about Time Magazine’s Women of the Year and how it has […]

This week on the show, Shaunna and Lisa chat about mid-life crises: the what, who, and why. The generic cultural narrative usually centers a white, heterosexual, middle-aged man buying a flashy car, having an affair, or doing some other extravagant […]

This week on the show Shaunna and Lisa discuss several major sporting events that have been happening around the world in the last few weeks and the decision-making that comes along with sport.  Although they seem unrelated, we discuss such […]

In today’s episode, Shaunna and Lisa discuss what it means to hold up a mirror to up to the millisecond judgements we make about other people. Using the recent (unwarranted) critiques of Coach Syndey Carter’s outfit at a Texas A&M […]

This week on the pod, Shaunna and Lisa discuss what it means to really acknowledge a history of exclusion. Shaunna, fresh off of a trip to Chareleston South Caolina was impressed with the approach of the city in acknowledging its […]

This week’s discussion on the pod was about censorship. The conversation was spurred by the ever-growing list of books being banned in our children’s schools. Young learners are being denied access to important works of art and the critical discussions […]