• Clothes for kids. John Lewis has removed labels reading "boys" or "girls" on clothing from its in-house brand, replacing them with tags that read "boys and girls" or "girls and boys." Like Target, the British retailer will no longer have separate gendered sections in the store for children. Fortune • Women supporting women. A new study finds that women tend to view Republican female lawmakers as being more competent, having more integrity, and representing them better than male Republicans. Interestingly, the researchers also discovered that Democratic women don't get the same boost from their gender that the Republicans do. (Men don't view women or men of either party very differently.) NPR • The royal treatment. In a new interview with Vanity Fair, actress Meghan Markle talks about her relationship with Britain's Prince Harry and the abuse she's endured from the tabloid press, particularly about her race and upbringing. "The people who are close to me anchor me in knowing who I am," she says. "The rest is noise." Vanity Fair • A palpable perception gap. Male and female HR directors see the workplace very differently: While almost half of women who work in human resources think their workplaces are sexist, only a quarter of men in the same positions feel likewise. Guardian • Where Mellody puts her money. Mellody Hobson, president of Chicago-based investment firm Ariel, talks to Bloomberg about her investment strategy. Hobson is on the board of directors at Estee Lauder and Starbucks, and has been credited with inspiring Facebook COO Sheryl Sandberg to write Lean In. Bloomberg • Sexism on wheels. Women cyclists are boycotting Britain's Cycling Weekly after the magazine's latest edition dismissed a female cyclist as a "token attractive woman" in a caption. In an apology, the magazine's editor blamed a lower-level employee for the "idiotic" caption. The Guardian | 
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