- Know her name. When I got my copy of Know My Name , I tore through it in days. The memoir by Chanel Miller, formerly known as Emily Doe, about her assault by Brock Turner, the trial, and the years that followed is an intense, mesmerizing read that left me crying on the New York subway more than once. 

So I was eagerly anticipating Miller's appearance at Fortune's Most Powerful Women Next Gen Summit. Miller joined Fortune's Beth Kowitt for her first public interview with an audience (she has done interviews, but not a traditional book tour out of concerns for her privacy and safety). 

As thoughtful, reflective, and funny as Miller is on the page, she was onstage. One audience member stood up to tell the 27-year-old author and illustrator that she could see her thinking as she spoke slowly and deliberately. 

Miller told the audience about how she made the decision to come forward as the author of her memoir under her own name—something she wasn't sure she was going to do until after she finished the book—and how she came to accept the identity of "Emily Doe," the victim of a crime who didn't get to be a full person until her victim impact statement went viral. 

Fortune's Anne Sraders wrote about the interview—which you can also watch a video of— here. We were lucky to have Chanel join us, just as we were to hear from Alysia Montaño, one of the runners who came forward about Nike's treatment of pregnant athletes, and Jessi Miley-Dyer, of the World Surf League, who helped the sport become one of the first to enact equal pay for winning athletes. 

I highly recommend you watch Miller's interview—and read her book—whenever you feel up to it. As Miller says of her own decision to come forward and engage with the public: no one's timeline matters but your own. 

Emma Hinchliffe
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- Back from a break. Singer, songwriter, and actress Grace Potter experienced the end of her marriage, the breakup of her band, and a miscarriage. She took a five-year break from music, returning with an album this fall. "I was inviting truth for myself and it made it possible for other people to come to me in a way I had never experienced before," she told the Next Gen crowd.  Fortune

- Vocab revamp.  Removing the word "aggressive" from the recruiting vocabulary at Goldman Sachs helped build a team that is 50% female, says Rana Yared, partner at the merchant banking division. Instead of looking for candidates who are "aggressive enough to do the job," she looks for attributes like intellectual curiosity.  Fortune

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