BETHANY BIRON

Business Insider (Selected clips, see full author page here)

• ‘Privileged white wellness’: Lululemon corporate employees speak out on the culture of racial insensitivity

• Peloton just recalled its treadmill, but customers reported injuries and safety concerns as early as January 2019

• How retail’s lack of gender diversity and representation in leadership roles is hurting profitability — in an industry where just 12% of CEOs are women

• Reformation’s CEO and founder just resigned — 12 employees claim the company has a culture of racism that pushed out, silenced, and degraded Black employees

• Hobby Lobby quietly reopened stores in at least 2 states, defying coronavirus-related shutdowns and prompting police intervention

• Anthropologie and Urban Outfitters belong to the same millennial-clothing empire. Former employees say years of discriminatory behavior and offensive merchandise have angered customers and workers alike.

• ‘Claw is the law’: Why Americans bros suddenly can’t get enough of White Claw hard seltzer

Slate

• Is Anything Really on Sale When Everything Is on Sale?

Vox

• Competition has Flywheel and SoulCycle spiraling into an identity crisis

• Food halls are everywhere now. It’s because we crave “authenticity”

• I was a luxury fashion reporter $100,000 in debt

The New York Times

• Smarter Living Newsletter: Tip of the Week

The Washington Post

• ‘You’re truly one of the bros now!’ What it’s like to be a woman at a bachelor party

Vogue Business

• What fashion and beauty brands should know about Pinterest’s IPO

Deadspin

• The bitter fight for equal pay at one of the world's biggest surf contests

Cosmopolitan

• The most luxurious staycation destinations in every state

Breaker Magazine

• We gave bitcoin rewards app Lolli a test run

• How blockchain can help fight harassment in the workplace

• All teens want for Christmas is bitcoin

Glossy

• How Choire Sicha is ushering in a new era of style coverage for The New York Times

• The fashion industry fights to preserve Manhattan’s garment district

• How Soho became an experimental retail playground

• Reclaiming the word ‘old’: How fashion is fighting ageism

• Booth babes and tech bros: How sexism is holding back women in fashion tech

• For burned out fashion professionals, Etsy provides a second act

Digiday

• Teen Vogue is ditching print, but it’s still making ‘magazine’ covers for Snapchat

• Clique co-founder Katherine Power on how to succeed in a new era of digital media

• GQ builds on success of ‘Best Stuff’ vertical with first commerce newsletter

• With new offshoot Clever, Architectural Digest pivots to millennials

• Hear the newest looks: Why fashion podcasting is seeing a boom

HelloGiggles

• Olivia Wilde gives us a tour of a tiny home powered by Dunkin' Donuts coffee beans, talks sustainability

• This is the beauty routine a serum-obsessed writer follows religiously

• Delia's, our favorite '90s shopping catalog, launches limited collection with Dolls Kill

• Scotland is making period products free for students, and here's why that's a big deal

• Why Beach House provides the best daydreaming soundtrack

Shine

• What Kate Spade’s death reminds us all about mental illness

Fiction Writers Review

• Unexpected Friendships: Remembering Sylvia Plath