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 […]
The sooner we admit that nobody builds anything on their own, the sooner we fairly recognize the work of women, and anyone else crushing it behind the scenes. It’s been an interesting week in my office. I recently learned that we employ a company to come in and take care of our plants. While I’m plugging […]
We tell them they can be anything they want to be. But do we really believe that? Why don’t we just say, truthfully, the cards are stacked against you because you are a girl? We teach our children to study hard, apply themselves, make an effort, and have faith that they will mostly succeed on the merits […]
Chill out, ladies, “the system” has got you covered. When newly appointed Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella was asked his advice for women seeking promotion or a raise, he said, to a conference hall packed to the rafters with thousands of technically brilliant and ambitious women, “It’s not really about asking for a raise, but knowing and […]
This originally appeared on The Huffington Post. Republished here with permission. Do you remember the first time you babysat? If you are a woman, chances are a vivid memory just popped into your head, replete with an anxious yet exhilarating feeling that accompanied your first venture into both childcare and entrepreneurship. If you are a […]
Young women today can lean in. We can step up. We can grind the last shards of the glass ceiling into a powder. We can have it all. But what if we don’t want to? In 1970, 3% of law students, 4% of MBA candidates, and 10% of medical students were female. Those numbers are […]
