Episode 131: Would You Work in a Women-Only Space?
The Broad Experience
The Broad Experience
5.0 • 592 Ratings
🗓️ 29 July 2018
⏱️ 23 minutes
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Summary
Women-only workspaces are becoming more and more popular for freelancers and entrepreneurs. One such space, The Wing, has garnered a lot of press and is opening branches in multiple US cities as well as abroad. For fans, these spaces are a haven for professional women. But others say a women-only office is no triumph for equality.
In this show I visit the Brooklyn branch of The Wing and meet up with one of its members, podcaster Mallory Kasdan. I also talk to former TBE guest Leigh Stringer, a workplace expert, and to UK-based Amy Rowe. Amy works from a co-working space herself, but it has plenty of men - and she likes it that way.
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| 0:44.2 | Welcome to the broad experience, the show about women, the workplace, and success. |
| 0:45.4 | I'm Ashley Milthight. |
| 0:50.3 | This time, female-only work spaces are becoming more popular. |
| 0:53.4 | To fans, they're a haven for professional women. I think what's happening in here |
| 0:55.5 | is people are feeling comfortable and not drowned out. They feel like they're being heard. |
| 1:02.9 | But others aren't keen on the idea of a male-free environment. We're supposed to be championing |
| 1:09.3 | diversity and women have done so much to do that and this felt like we were going a little bit backwards. |
| 1:17.4 | Coming up, the pros and cons of women-only work spaces. |
| 1:36.1 | So about a year and a half ago, I heard about this female-only workspace slash social club that was opening in New York. |
| 1:40.0 | The founders were two young women, glamorous and well-connected. |
| 1:41.8 | The place was called The Wing. |
| 1:46.3 | And I remember thinking, what a good idea? A women-only space that looks like it's beautiful, comfortable, and all about supporting women in their work. You had to |
| 1:52.0 | apply to get in, and like a lot of freelancers, I was already using a co-working space, so I never |
| 1:57.0 | applied. But I like the idea. Now, the wing is not the only female co-working space out |
| 2:03.3 | there. There are quite a few others in cities around the US and abroad as well. What's different about |
| 2:09.1 | this space is the amount of investment the two founders have received to grow the business. The wing is |
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