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Battle Tactics for Your Sexist WorkplaceA BTSW Tactic In Action: Going Public About A Pay GapHi! We love making BTSW - and if you love listening, help us make it! Become a patron of the show or make a tax-deductible donation. "BREAKING: Schwing quits the Northwest News Network. The reason? My male colleagues make tens of thousands of dollars more for the same work. And TBH, making this public scares the S-H-star-T out of me. "That was a tweet reporter Emily Schwing sent in March 2019, after quitting her job with something called the Northwest News Network. That’s a collection of public radio stations in Washington and Idaho that do reg...
2022-03-0731 min
Battle Tactics for Your Sexist WorkplaceBTSW Live: Who gets to be the hero?
There's no shortage of hero stories in our books, on TV, and in movies. And for a long time, most of our heroes, from flawed to super, had something in common: they were either white dudes or femme fatales. (Or in Superman's case, a space alien who passed as a white dude.) But wait! That doesn't mean we're doomed to have the same kinds of stories or the same kinds of heroes forever. Join Eula Scott Bynoe and Jeannie Yandel, hosts of KUOW’s Battle Tactics For Your Sexist Workplace podcast, for a fascinating, funny conversation about who gets to...
2019-11-261h 03
BTSW BonusGetting dressed for work is a minefield. So get in character insteadDress for the job you want. Dress for success. We have all been looking for that the magic combination of clothing that projects “I’m smart yet approachable yet not looking for inappropriate attention AT ALL yet totally a team player yet absolutely a boss yet not too bossy.” Businesses like Stitch Fix, MM LaFleur and Armoire exist because they promise to grapple with this problem for us and deliver solutions in the form of curated clothing. But what if you don’t think throwing a ton of money at this is a solution?
Savannah Sly, a longtime...
2019-09-2434 minBattle Tactics for Your Sexist WorkplaceThe reason why so many IRL Michael Scotts are bosses
Have you ever wondered why so many people have had experiences with bad bosses?
Eula Scott Bynoe and Jeannie Yandel talk about this with Dr. Tomas Chamorro-Premuzic, who explains that while it’s a problem that there aren’t enough women in leadership across fields, a major contributor to that problem is an acceptance incompetent leaders, who are often men.
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2019-08-2737 min
Battle Tactics for Your Sexist WorkplaceLean In didn't work for her- so she tried anger instead
It’s commonly accepted at this point that the idea of leaning in is at best flawed, at worst myopic, harmful, and privileged AF. But when Jeannie and Eula explored the book Lean In further, they noticed something troubling. Leaning In is a tactic, much like the ones they suggest on the show.
Double Shift host and journalist Katherine Goldstein loved* Lean In* at first. She even started her own Lean In Circle. Today, she sees its flaws clearly - but she also thinks many of us are too quick to gloss over why it was so im...
2019-08-1335 min
BTSW BonusIt’s OK to be sprung on yourself, and other lessons from an allyOne of the most common pieces of advice we’ve given on BTSW is the importance of women supporting other women. But where do you start? Eula and Jeannie reached out to one of the greatest allies they know, Phyllis Fletcher, a podcast editor at American Public Media to find out more.
2019-08-0635 min
Battle Tactics for Your Sexist WorkplaceIntent doesn’t matter: how to be a real ally for other women
Maybe Madeline Albright is right that there’s a special place in hell for women who don’t help other women. And on BTSW we’ve leaned pretty hard into this idea that we all need to stand up and with our women co-workers. But, as evidenced by notes and stories from our own listeners, we're not all doing that. Eula and Jeannie talk to Leslie Feinzaig of the Female Founders Alliance about why it’s important to help your women and non-binary colleagues and what that actually looks like.
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2019-07-3042 min
BTSW BonusIntent doesn’t matter: how to be a real ally for other womenMaybe Madeline Albright is right that there’s a special place in hell for women who don’t help other women. And on BTSW we’ve leaned pretty hard into this idea that we all need to stand up and with our women co-workers. But, as evidenced by notes and stories from our own listeners, we're not all doing that. Eula and Jeannie talk to Leslie Feinzaig of the Female Founders Alliance about why it’s important to help your women and non-binary colleagues and what that actually looks like.
2019-07-3042 min
BTSW BonusMailbag with Keita WilliamsKeita Williams, Founder and Chief Strategist of Success Bully, is back with another round of answers to your questions. She joins Eula and Jeannie in studio to talk through tricky dilemmas involving microaggressions, office housework, the boys’ club and more.
Keep sending your questions and workplace dilemmas to us at btsw@kuow.org!
2019-07-1737 min
BTSW BonusIs quitting your sexist job really a tactic?BTSW has shared quitting as a viable tactic on previous episodes - If you can’t change your workplace, find a new one. Eula believes in this tactic– she's a prolific quitter. Jeannie doesn’t - she has literally never quit a job. So when is quitting a wise tactical choice? And what happens when you *DO* quit just to discover your new work reality is just a different kind of toxic? And honestly, if “quit” is a viable tactic, why isn’t “just suck it up and deal with it” a viable tactic too? Liz Fong-Jones thought a lot about this w...
2019-07-1630 min
Battle Tactics for Your Sexist WorkplaceIs quitting your sexist job really a tactic?
BTSW has shared quitting as a viable tactic on previous episodes. If you can’t change your workplace, find a new one. Eula believes in this tactic– she's a prolific quitter. Jeannie doesn’t - she has literally never quit a job. So when is quitting a wise tactical choice? And what happens when you *DO* quit just to discover your new work reality is just a different kind of toxic? And honestly, if “quitting” is a viable tactic, why isn’t “just suck it up and deal with it” a viable tactic too? Liz Fong-Jones thought a lot about this when...
2019-07-1630 min