I almost tweeted a link to this article about AOC sharing beauty tips but believe my reaction is more nuanced than a tweet can contain. How badass is it that a young freshman senator is now collectively known by her initials just a few short months after her election? How badass is it that she…
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Obviously, Feminist Today—Equalist, That Is
This isn’t about women. It’s about power. That men hold. Feminism isn’t about females, it’s about equality. So much of today’s senate hearings—which are senate hearings, not court trials (though they obviously will affect future trials)—focus on the accuser, not the accused. She is not nominated for the supreme court, her alleged attacker is. The…
5 Things I Emailed This Week: On Being Female (a well-dressed, attractive, rich, confident leader)
Feminist or not, it’s undoubtedly hard to navigate the various expectations around being female these days, what with their contradictions, restrictions, freedoms, and hypocrisies. Here are a few articles that explore some of these concepts, with telling quotes pulled out from each. “I wonder why we understand ownership so much better when we’re talking…
Mas Equality | Four Things I Emailed This Week
Nails it: “… sexual harassment may entail behaviors that on their own would be criminal — assault or rape — but the legal definition of its harm is about the systemic disadvantaging of a gender in the public and professional sphere”. This Moment Isn’t Just About Sex. I mean: What makes women vulnerable is not…
Feminist Ranting: It Sucks to Be a Man Too | 5 Things I Emailed
It sucks to be a man too. The man who wrote this fundamentally altered the way I viewed my best friend’s murder(er). We were friends, coworkers, and very briefly dated. What If You’re the Guy Who Perpetuated Me Too Happening? I have a deep appreciation for him and am constantly impressed by his perspectives. He did…
“Jokes”, “Compliments”, and other miscellany women deal with every day | 5 (+2) Things I Emailed This Week
Dammit sometimes it sucks being a woman. No, it sucks being discounted automatically based on something innate, in this case gender, no matter who you are. I started this post a few months ago with the headline and a vague concept to rant about things that people tell me to chill out about because it’s…
5 Things I Emailed This Week: Tech, Startups, Women
I got to meet Alexis Ohanian and hear him talk about Hipmunk years ago—I think he’s great. || The Don’ts That Turned Alexis Ohanian into the Leader He Is Today Love this word: “Intrapreneurs!” || Intrapreneurs: Improving Internal Innovation/ I’ve long been a loyal Lyft-only user based on sheer average niceness of driver, and I…
5 Things I’ve Emailed This Week
These are links I’ve emailed around to various friends, so thought I’d share them with y’all too. — As a woman, and feminist, and leader, in tech—from startups to literal IT—how could I not weigh in on this? First, read: The google engineer’s memo, in its entirety. Then, read: The google senior executive (YouTube CEO) response…
Weighing in on Equal Pay Day
I missed Equal Pay Day last week because it was a different important day for me to discuss, but let’s hit it up now. Top of mind all the time and all. First: Then, check it: theskimm.com’s Guide to Equal Pay. And finally:
On Being a Celeb Feminist
This post is a departure from outfits and shoe picks and faux celeb shenanigans, but it’s important to speak up for yourself, speak out against wrongdoing, and challenge the status quo. So here we go. Celeb Shailene Woodley doesn’t consider herself a feminist (click here for the TIME article). When asked “Do you consider yourself…