The Saga of The Wing: Explained

Sep 04, 2022

We took some time to explain The Wing’s rise and fall in a series of TikToks and below are the articles we utilized in research and/or referenced during the segments (which are all also embedded below).

Fast Company’s “The Wing: Manhattan’s First All-Female Coworking Space And Social Club”
Politico’s profile on Audrey
Observer’s “Meet Audrey Gelman: She’s Like Marnie—Only Successful”
New York Times’ “Is Women-Only Club the Wing Discriminating in a Bad Way?”
Jezebel’s “The New York Human Rights Commission Is Investigating The Wing [Updated]”
Insider’s “Women's club The Wing quietly dropped its practice of banning men after a man filed a $12 million gender discrimination lawsuit”
Insider’s “That was a f--- up:' Women's coworking startup The Wing's last-minute change of plans for a Brooklyn childcare service has left some working moms in the lurch”
New York Times’ “The Wing Is a Women’s Utopia. Unless You Work There.”
New York Times’ “Audrey Gelman, the Wing’s Co-Founder, Resigns”
Jezebel’s “How The Wing's Empire Was Built On Trauma, Racism, and Neglect”
Page Six’s “Female-focused co-working spot The Wing considering Chapter 11 bankruptcy”
The Cut'‘s “What Was the Wing? To the extent that it’s remembered, it will be as an artifact of the Trump era.”
BossBetty’s “The Wing is reopening and some ex-employees — and former members — are not happy”