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Women’s Work: Susan McLintock and Jeanette Palmer

Women’s Work: Susan McLintock and Jeanette Palmer

What happens when two strangers in different career fields interview each other about the work they do? Let’s find out. Susan McLintock is a former lab technician and current substitute teacher living in Swansea, Massachusetts. Jeanette Palmer is a Head of Client Services in Providence, Rhode Island. Jeanette Interviews Susan Jeanette Palmer: What were your childhood career dreams?   Susan McLintock: My first career dream as a child was to be a veterinarian. Then as I grew and learned that…

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What We Learned About You

What We Learned About You

The Refresh was started by two ladies studying data and media in graduate school. Beyond being excited to create a space for writing that is deep, diverse, personal and informative, we are also interested in how data is used to shape content development. In that sense, this space is an experiment, too. We’re listening to see how you respond and whether the stories we tell meet your interests. In fact, we started doing that even before there was content. Huh? Well, media companies…

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5 Tech Innovations to Help us Survive the Age of Trump

5 Tech Innovations to Help us Survive the Age of Trump

By Andrea Crowley-Hughes We expected to launch The Refresh during interesting times, but our second week was “interesting” in a way we never would have wanted. We had planned to run reaction pieces on the election of the Hillary Clinton as the United States’ first female president, but after November 8 found ourselves re-sharing Tana’s article on pre-election self care as it took on a whole new light. To say the shock of Donald Trump’s election has fully subsided would…

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Thanksgiving Is a Time for Booze and Gravy: Your Handy Guide to Both

Thanksgiving Is a Time for Booze and Gravy: Your Handy Guide to Both

by Tana Tymesen Friendsgiving Pajama Jam, brought to you by the proprietor of Chateau de K, John K., will take place this year in a charming, cozy pre-war apartment in Jackson Heights with in-wall bookcases and plush couches. John works in television, and his girlfriend Monique, my best friend, and the dinner’s co-host, is a candymaker. Monique and I live together a few blocks away at Penthouse at The Burrow. We nickname our domiciles. It’s festive. The party this year…

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Women’s Work: Erin Khar and Gabrielle Gewirtz

Women’s Work: Erin Khar and Gabrielle Gewirtz

What happens when two strangers in different career fields interview each other about the work they do? Let’s find out. Erin Khar is a writer and editor in New York City. Gabrielle Gewirtz is a graphic and art director in Colorado. Gabrielle Interviews Erin Gabrielle: What type of writing do you do?   Erin: I write mostly personal essays covering topics such as parenting, mental health, addiction and recovery, relationships, and pop culture. I also have a weekly advice column. G:…

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