I rose up, and you can too. [ Sent from the future to ensure it's female ]
We all hear about people's transformations. Their huge life change. Their inner growth. "Transformation" is a borderline buzz word now, and it's starting to get drowned out by a sea of self help gurus. But there's a dirty truth about transformation. IT'S ACTUALLY DIFFERENT FOR EVERYONE. Different schedule. Different execution. Different. Sucks right? As life…
Like many high-performing, badass women, I "ain't got time" for most things. Close-mindedness Slow walkers Fuckboys The patriarchy Your bullshit But sometimes...I even don't have time to emote. I can feel tears welling or an old wound reopened, but everyone now and again...I save it for later. Like a bag of M&Ms that takes me a…
"Behind every great woman, there is a friend re-reading her email to make sure it sounds professional." This is a post/tweet/meme I've seen circulating for years now. And it's true. As women, we scrutinize and analyze our communications in the workplace to ensure they are devoid of emotion. We take out expletives when we're writing…
Gosh, are we hard on women. And not just in the depressing way we're talking about it in the news these days - where people (and entire political parties, apparently) might actually believe women, they just plain don't care. And, no, not even in the way we pay women less. Or victim blame. Or slut…
I refuse to accept anything else. There are no more average women in the world. Not any more. There never was, really. But now, more than any other time in history, we're making tangible strides. Visible to others. Everyone is listening. And we need to make sure that we don't fall foot first into that…
