They went expecting real, tangible advice on topics important to women in business. They got what felt more like a Yaz commercial’s idea of what a conference like this should be.
By Kira Bundlie - My business partner, Lisa, and I started our hand-painted shoe company, Hourglass Footwear, just ten months ago. It was born of a desire to create and produce unique, custom footwear and also to provide a platform (ahem) for talented artists to rise above the unfortunate cycle of day jobs and endless freelance projects. ... [Read More]
Dennis Storm and Valerio Zeno, hosts of the Dutch TV show Guinea Pigs, wondered if giving birth and all that goes along with it is really as painful as women describe it to be. Is it really the absolute worst pain in the world?
Rather than taking women on their word, they decided to give it a go for themselves, via an electro-simulation of labor pains. So both men had four electrodes strapped to their ... [Read More]
As we head into Mother’s Day weekend, we want to salute ALL of the amazing moms out there, who give tirelessly of themselves, day in and day out, all in the name of the most profound and unconditional kind of love… that between mother and child. While many of the women we profile are mothers, there have been a number of WYSKy moms whose love for their children is particularly extraordinary. These are ... [Read More]
With summer just around the corner, we thought this handy little chart might provide some much needed inspiration for achieving that "perfect" beach ready, bikini body. ... [Read More]
Ali Smith has been a ballet dancer and a recording and touring musician, but it’s in her role as professional photographer that she explores and shares her passion and interest in the value and quality of the lives of women. Just in time for Mother’s Day, her latest book, Momma Love, How the Mother Half Lives, presents an inspiring collection of portraits of women who are living and experiencing the ... [Read More]
This is one of those inspirational, “you never know until you try” stories… our favorite, WYKSy kind. When melanoma warrior Timna Understein stumbled upon a company on Facebook called Six Degrees Hair Ties, she could not have anticipated they would soon become her newest ally in her fight to raise awareness about the deadly skin cancer. ... [Read More]
At the end of April, NPR launched a special series called The Changing Lives of Women. Offering the perfect blend of information and inspiration, it explores how times and roles are changing due to the incredible force that women are in the world today. As legions of women are continuing to leave their homes to enter the paid work force (an estimated 1 billion in the coming decade), economic growth is ... [Read More]
Meet Sara Chipps and Vanessa Hurst, the co-founders of Girl Develop It, an international organization, certified by the Board of Education that provides affordable and accessible programs to women who want to learn how to code. By teaching women with diverse backgrounds to learn software development, Girl Develop It strives to help women improve their careers and confidence in their everyday lives. ... [Read More]
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