Working Girl's Guide: #4: AIs that flirt and interns that snort sheetrock

Hi! It’s the fourth installment of the Working Girl’s Guide, which means we’ve been at it for a month, which is 30 days longer than I can go without buying another coordinated set (I have one of my current favorites linked down below). We’ll also get into some more serious stuff, like the hottest news from around the world, my weekend report from Napa (note to self: order white wine only when you choose to wear a white dress), and a desperate plea to listen to this week’s episode of my podcast, Demoted. Let’s get into it.

TikTok’s Still For Sale

Frank McCourt is the billionaire you’ve probably never heard of (unless you’re a Dodgers fan: he used to own the team), who’s a current top contender for the purchase of TikTok, owned by media giant ByteDance. He’s an outspoken critic of social media, which is fueling his interest in buying the platform and returning “the control, the agency, the choice, the ownership and the right to individuals.”

Pizza Box Shaped Trash Cans

New Yorkers were leaving their post-going-out pizza boxes in the streets, and the rats (gross sorry) were loving it. So the city installed its first recycling bin in the shape of a pizza box. There’s only one bin as of today, but the city plans to install more later this summer.

Let AI Field Your Suitors

No need to bumble through awkward pre-date small talk. Bumble founder and executive chair Whitney Wolfe Herd wants AI to handle the opening lines for you, with a “dating concierge” that she thinks will help weed out bad matches, and help Bumble users connect with better matches more quickly. I guess at this point I’m down to try anything??

I decided to risk it all this past weekend and go wine tasting while wearing all white. Tell me how all three of us had the same idea?? And how did none of us (except me of course) spill red wine on ourselves? PTO gods were smiling upon us last Friday.

While I wouldn’t necessarily suggest wearing this top on Zoom (unless you are trying to seduce your work crush), I am loving the corporate vibes of this coordinating set. The pants are giving CEO and the top is giving free drinks at the bar. Would definitely pair the pants with a button down and an oversized blazer (my kryptonite) for a more work-appropriate look. And I’m loving the low heel trend that’s big right now, because I can actually walk in these. If you’re going to do one of these pieces, I’d probably do the pants, just because they’re so versatile.

Something about listening to audiobooks used to feel like cheating. Maybe it’s the inner middle school nerd in me who once tried to read 100 books in a year (true story, and I didn’t even get close). But I no longer have the bounding energy (or the time) to read more than a book a month MAX. I’ve recently been listening to audiobooks, which is 1) much safer than scrolling TikTok while out on my daily hot girl walks (sorry to all the cars I have inadvertently walked in front of), and 2) a great multitasking activity. I’m loving listening to audiobooks while folding laundry, incline walking on the treadmill, and emptying the dishwasher (my least favorite chore).

Are you coming to the Demoted conference? In this week’s episode of Demoted, Ross and I are diving into the world of corporate conferences: the good, the bad, and the virtual. You’ll get a crash course on the do’s and don’t’s of conference etiquette, plus you’ll hear all about our hopes and dreams for our own conference: swimsuit chic dress code, hot tub round tables, and a workshop on tastefully sexting your colleagues.

Tune in to hear all about complex coffee orders, the pros and cons of strong-grip handshakes, what it’s like not being cool enough to live in LA, and an overpaid account executive snorting sheetrock (yes, you read that correctly).

Thanks for reading!