5 Reads to Get You Through the Working Week

1. Did you miss this headline? Two Dozen African Girls Dead at Sea. Yea me too. Terrible international news that is shamefully buried amongst the daily political joke we consider our government. 

2. Oh, good morning sunshine! Fashion Wakes Up to Podcasts. (cue the Liz Lemon eye roll) I still think the platform for podcasts is ripe for disruption, but interesting to read that podcasts have achieved a 20 percent year-over-year growth, and...

"traditional media outlets only produce 7.5 percent of the most popular podcasts on iTunes, led by professional podcast companies like Gimlet with 14 percent; public media with 22 percent; and dwarfed by independent podcasters, who produce 56.5 percent of the top 200 podcasts on iTunes."

3. Bookmark this gal: Alison Green of Ask a Manager, answers all the questions we are thinking about work-related issues. I'm currently reading up on How to Recognize a Bad Workplace … Before You Take the Job and Here’s What Your Job Interviewers Say After You Leave the Room

4. Pretty sure we already knew this on a subconscious level, but this article by HBR is so cool. 

5. Do you think, in 10, 20, 30 years, people will look back at our laws and laugh? Are we missing a wellness movement because of fear? I'm very intrigued by The Daily Hit from my beauty crushes over at CAP beauty, read the full article on Quartzy.