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A legal complaint about Thinx says things were way, way worse than just corporate feminism


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Thinx founder Miki Agrawal was once a feminist darling of the startup world. 

Hints that all was not as it seemed were confirmed this week when a former employee filed a complaint claiming Agrawal was guilty of sexual harassment at the period underwear company, according to a story in The Cut

Chelsea Leibow, who used to serve as Thinx's enthusiastic head of public relations, filed a complaint with the City of New York Commission on Human Rights that alleged that Agrawal changed her clothing and was frequently nude in the office, talked often about her sex life in a way that intimidated employees into discussing their own, FaceTimed into meetings from the toilet, and touched Leibow's breasts. Read more...

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