Good morning, Broadsheet readers! Australian VCs reveal details about investing in women-led companies, A.I. is poised to disproportionately replace female workers, and Sinéad O'Connor refused to play by society's rules for women. Enjoy your Thursday!
- Rebel song. Sinéad O'Connor became a star in her 20s, rising to the top of the charts in the late 1980s and early 1990s with "Nothing Compares 2 U." Pop stars were—and are—expected to look and act a certain way. But O'Connor chafed at the constraints of mainstream success, shaving her head and protesting sexual abuse in the Catholic Church by tearing up a photo of the pope on Saturday Night Live.
