
Gemma Allen
Contributor at Forbes
Living in BK, made in Cork. Mam of 2 future trailblazers 🐥🐣optimist and lover of a good old fashioned chit chat. Penning some thoughts for @nasdaq & @forbes
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2 weeks ago |
forbes.com | Gemma Allen
The ongoing legal firestorm between Blake Lively and Justin Baldoni took centre stage again this month when news emerged that Taylor Swift had been subpoenaed in connection with the case. The Lively and Baldoni lawsuit is serious. In late 2024, Lively accused her 'It Ends With Us’ co-star and director of sexual harassment and workplace retaliation.
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4 weeks ago |
forbes.com | Gemma Allen
As child mental health reaches crisis levels and public funding dries up, a new wave of parent-led innovation is stepping in to close the gap. Rebecca Egger, a former Chan Zuckerberg Initiative leader, co-founded Little Otter in 2021 with her mother, renowned child psychiatrist Dr. Helen Egger. Backed by investors including Torch Capital and Pivotal Ventures, the startup represents a growing trend of parents turning lived experience into venture-backed solutions.
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1 month ago |
forbes.com | Gemma Allen
As the world mourns Pope Francis, who died yesterday at 88, his legacy takes shape, not as a revolution but as a quiet recalibration of norms. This is particularly true of his treatment of women within the Catholic Church, where his papacy will not be remembered by sweeping reform but by something subtler: a deliberate rebalancing. Since his election in 2013, Francis never challenged Church doctrine on women. Yet he did something quietly radical in a system long shaped by silence and hierarchy.
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1 month ago |
forbes.com | Gemma Allen
This week, a 10-minute rocket ride became a multi-day headline. Katy Perry reportedly sang ‘Its a wonderful world,’ Gayle King beamed in zero gravity, and Lauren Sánchez—pilot, philanthropist, and Jeff Bezos’s partner—led Blue Origin’s first all-female crew to the edge of space. Joining them were civil rights advocate Amanda Nguyen, former NASA engineer Aisha Bowe, and artist-entrepreneur Lina Valentina.
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1 month ago |
forbes.com | Gemma Allen
The Forbes 2025 AI 50 list dropped this week, showcasing the world’s most promising private companies in artificial intelligence. It’s a snapshot of where the smartest money and boldest bets are being made, and by extension, a glimpse at those entrusted to shape the future of what is deemed the most consequential technology of our time. But behind the billions in funding and breakthrough technology, one stark reality stands out: this future remains overwhelmingly designed by men.
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