
Good morning, Broadsheet readers! A professional female volleyball league raises $35 million, Japanese writer Chizuko Ueno is reviving women's rights discussions in China, and Eventbrite's CEO is powering in-person gatherings for creators smaller than the Eras Tour.
- A new era. It's impossible for Eventbrite CEO Julia Hartz to get through an interview without being asked about Taylor Swift. As the CEO of a live events platform, Hartz is often asked to comment on rival ticketing platform Ticketmaster and the Taylor Swift ticket sales mess that led to Congressional intervention.
But, as Hartz says in the most recent episode of Fortune's podcast Leadership Next, Eventbrite is focused on powering in-person gatherings a few magnitudes smaller than the Eras Tour.