Monday roundup

Auditors have been falling for Potemkin village factories, and the only way around that is for workers to have an unassailable voice.

Sesame Street finds science. Scientists don't necessarily believe in science. There is no STEM shortage.

If you think women suck at math, you suck at math.

I must go around looking sick all the time, because I don't wear make-up. I won't speak to the premise of this piece--whether "pretty" is a set of skills--because I wouldn't know. I've never aspired to or tried for pretty. It may be a cultural thing: when I see even lightly made-up women they strike me as trying too hard. It goes beyond principle--I just can't be bothered to wear make-up, beyond the occasional lipstick.