"The desert stretches as far as the Earth exists" (Arizona, 2020)

"The desert stretches as far as the Earth exists" (Arizona, 2020)

The eye goes and goes until, almost in Mexico, hills rise as if God pinched up the tablecloth.

Isabelle Roughol
Isabelle Roughol
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Let's not mistake a corporate rebrand for a feminist moment

Let's not mistake a corporate rebrand for a feminist moment

Barbie is as feminist as a Lean In circle and a "You can have it all" essay in Cosmo.

Isabelle Roughol
Isabelle Roughol
Essays
The burnout crisis is a workload crisis

The burnout crisis is a workload crisis

Hire more, ask for less. That’s where we need to start.

Isabelle Roughol
Isabelle Roughol
Essays
We don’t need a global news brand. We need a globally literate media.

We don’t need a global news brand. We need a globally literate media.

The Smiths may not be the ones to bring together the world’s news consumers. But should anyone?

Isabelle Roughol
Isabelle Roughol
Essays
Why your employer wants to cut your pay when you move

Why your employer wants to cut your pay when you move

Work is increasingly location-independent. Compensation still isn't.

Isabelle Roughol
Isabelle Roughol
Essays
Rise of the media artisan

Rise of the media artisan

I'm one of 'em.

Isabelle Roughol
Isabelle Roughol
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Whatever I have to teach, I have twice as much to learn

Whatever I have to teach, I have twice as much to learn

How do you make up for an apprenticeship cut short?

Isabelle Roughol
Isabelle Roughol
Essays
Thank you for the dance

Thank you for the dance

I am leaving LinkedIn, the job and the team I have loved for more than seven years, and treating myself to a time of creative recharge.

Isabelle Roughol
Isabelle Roughol
Essays