I don’t feel like any less of a feminist because I have opted out of the rat race. I don’t feel less empowered because I don’t bring home a paycheck every week. Tenacity is over-rated. In our society, we shower praise on people who will stop at nothing to achieve a given goal. I used […]
You know what really hurts? Thinking you have to be exotic, exceptional, the best, in order to be loved or even just respected. These last few weeks saw the passage of two necessary landmarks I trip on every single year. On April 1st I celebrated 13 years since the day of my graduation from film school […]
Having no career, and no baby, am I arguably even a woman at all? Or am I a woman who has nothing at all? It seems not a day goes by when I’m not reading another headline arguing whether women can have it all, or, more accurately, why they can’t. In last week’s New York Times […]
Thanks for not opening the door. For not picking up the check. For treating us as equals and letting us help without it calling your masculinity into question. “Behind every great man is a great woman.” I’ve heard this saying my whole life, but never have I heard the flipside: Behind every great woman is […]
