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 […]
The first thing I had to let go of was worrying about what my man would find hot. I recently decided to venture into the foreign terrain of lingerie-shopping last month. It wasn’t something on my radar until the other night when I happened to pair a red cotton tank top with red and blue […]
In “The Mysteries Of Laura,” Messing plays a busy, unkempt, soon-to-be-divorced mom who kicks ass at her job and shoulders the majority of childcare duties. Last year I lamented the sea of “hot mess” adorkable women I saw on television, and longed for the day that strong female characters like the ones I lived and worked […]
Marriage is something I’ve been taught to believe in, and want to believe in, but maybe believing in it is kind of useless. In his special, comedian Aziz Ansari wonders what it would be like to propose to a woman if there was no such thing as the institution of marriage. He asks his pretend ladylove if […]
My male peers never seem to have to explain their tax status. Why should I? What is so uncomfortable about a woman making a buck providing services that help others? Last year I joined the ranks of the far-too-few female founders. I started a business that provides intensive training and coaching for women facing career […]
I say it’s time we do away with the “thrill of the chase” narrative. Men go out on the town “hunting” for women to win over, while we women are taught to play coy and hard-to-get for fear of coming off as “easy.” It seems like every day there’s a new app, site, or trend […]
You are going to mess up and you will have some regrets. But be the boss of your own body, and let your freak flag fly. My little sister and I were born 11 years apart, to the same two parents. Loving, kooky, birth-control-creative parents. When I was 12, I could be found with a […]
This originally appeared on BossedUp.org. Republished here with permission. The same qualities deemed necessary for leadership in our culture are positively correlated with likeability for men and negatively correlated with likeability for women. Lean in, they say. Crack the confidence code, we’re told. Boss up, we say, by investing in your personal sustainability to achieve […]
