Forget the B-word; if you want to hit a woman where it hurts, one word’s sure to do it, according to longtime Vanity Fair contributing editor Leslie Bennetts in a piece titled “The Scarlet A” in this month’s Elle magazine, and that word is Ambitious. Here’s Bennetts’ lede: Over the past three decades, I’ve interviewed […]
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Just Don’t Call Me Ambitious
Posted in "What should I do with my life?", being judged, culture, feminism, why women?, tagged ambition, Catherine Zeta-Jones, Celia Lake, Condoleeza Rice, Drew Gilpin Faust, Elle, Hillary Clinton, Jennifer Granholm, Leslie Bennetts, Oprah, vanity fair on December 21, 2010| 18 Comments »
Moving On…
Posted in culture, feminism, why women?, worklife balance, workplace, tagged Ann Marie Slaughter, fashion, feminism, Foreign Policy Magazine, Fox News, marriage, non-linear career paths, parenthood, reworking work, scare tactics, Suzanne Venker, the good old days, Washington Post on November 28, 2012| 1 Comment »
Lest you thought feminism‘s battle was over, let me reassure you, we’ve only just begun. And, despite all the work we’ve left to do, many facets of feminism, facets that are, by all proper measure, actually settled by now continue instead to rerun, like so much sitcom syndication. Consider: How is it that, in the […]
Is There a Doctor in the House?
Posted in "What should I do with my life?", feminism, why women?, worklife balance, workplace, tagged Grey's Anatomy, Judith Chevalier, Keith Chen, medical school, pay gap, The Atlantic, Yale School of Management on July 24, 2012| Leave a Comment »
It’s grey skies for women inspired by the docs on Grey’s Anatomy: Keith Chen and Judith Chevalier, both PhDs at the Yale School of Management, write in The Atlantic about their new study under the gulp-inducing headline “Is Medical School a Worthwhile Investment for Women?” and make the case that, financially speaking, women are better […]
The Mother of all Conversations: Where The Chatter About Marissa Mayer Went Way Wrong
Posted in culture, feminism, why women?, worklife balance, workplace, tagged Boston College Center for Work and Family, Brad Harrington, Child care, Diversity Executive Magazine, Family Medical Leave Act, Fortune 500, Fortune magazine, gender roles, Google, Marissa Mayer, maternal wall, Undecided: How to ditch the endless quest for perfect and find a career -- and life -- that works for you, work-life balance, workplace structure, Yahoo on July 19, 2012| 2 Comments »
Now that the chatter about Marissa Mayer has started to grow cold, let me admit that the whole conversation has pissed me off. In case you’ve spent the past few days under a rock or — same thing — totally unplugged, Marissa Mayer is the former Google superstar who was annointed CEO of Yahoo on […]
The Real Lessons We Can Learn From Mad Men
Posted in culture, feminism, gender roles, worklife balance, workplace, tagged David Weigand, F. Scott Fitzgerald, Facebook, feminism, Mad Men, new male mystique, sexism, Stephanie Coontz, The Great Gatsby, Undecided: How to ditch the endless quest for perfect and find a career -- and life -- that works for you, work-life balance on March 22, 2012| 5 Comments »
Sure, there’s been a lot of chat about everything that’s wrong with Mad Men and why women in general and feminists in particular should hate its unrepentant misogynystic guts. And let’s face it: this is a show that glorifies gin, Lucky Strikes and getting laid (by anyone but one’s spouse). What’s not to hate, right? […]
Brag, Dammit!
Posted in being judged, feminism, identity, workplace, tagged Columbia University Business School, Ernest Reuben, Laura Ellingson, Undecided, Vickie Milazzo on January 19, 2012| Leave a Comment »
As one more reminder why you see more suits than skirts in the corporate suites, there’s this: women don’t exaggerate nearly enough. According to a recent study out of Columbia University Business School, one reason why men are more likely to succeed in business is because they’re much better braggers. Men are much more likely […]
Hillary for Veep!
Posted in culture, feminism, tagged ambition, Bill Keller, Condeleezza Rice, E.Q., Elizabeth Lesser, emotions, failure, Gallup, Hillary Clinton, humiliation, Joe Biden, likability, Michelle Obama, New Hampshire primary, New York Times, Obama, Oprah Winfrey, politics, Sarah Palin on January 10, 2012| Leave a Comment »
Did you catch Bill Keller’s piece in the New York Times yesterday? Called “Just the ticket,” it’s a pretty compelling case for replacing Joe Biden with Hillary Clinton for second-to-the-top job when this year’s presidential election rolls around. Now, we love Biden’s faux pas and f-bombs as much as anyone, but–hello!–how could we not jump […]