Today is our day. A day to celebrate girls, daughters, sisters, mothers, aunts, grandmothers, girlfriends and the list goes on. As I reflect on my life and how I want to lead my daughters into this world, I struggle with the desire to completely go full-metal jacket and teach them to kick some proverbial butt. […]
Tag Archives | feminism
Challenging Identity #identitycrisis #culturecrisis
It’s really tough to just get over the election. I’m finding that I am now questioning my value as a female contributor in the workplace. I think that the hateful and dismissive language from our soon-to-be POTUS will leave a Harry Potter lightening bolt on my forehead for a while (maybe forever). From the other […]
The Culture Crisis in America #culturecrisis #identitycrisis #cultureDNA
I am pretty much feeling crappy this week and, when I’m not working, I’m replaying the election in my head by listening or reading too much bad news. And then I spiral into a bout of anger, then ready to rally, then tearful again. I think my husband gets it, but then he wonders why I […]
Vulnerability and Women
By Agent M1 on June 20, 2016 in Fireside Chats, Gender Equity, Riffs & Ideas, Weekly Survival, Work Life Balance
I just had an epiphany, and it hit me square on the head. This scenario was right in front of me the whole time and I never saw it. If you’re familiar with my blogposts, you’ll know I’m a huge proponent of being human as a leader. I define being human as being kind, being humble or […]
Is it just me, am I lucky, or am I average?
The other night, apres-ski, a group of friends sat next to a fire debating the future of our girls, when rape is still just as prevalent and there are girls as young as 12 and 13 who feel peer-pressure to perform sexual acts to boys at parties. As parents, during our debate, we reflected back on our own […]
The Third Act
I was scanning my inbox of TED talks and saw this post on friendship – featuring two long-time actor/friends Jane Fonda and Lily Tomlin. The intro had me hooked. And so I watched the whole thing, intrigued by the message of feminism permeating every part of the discussion. And then the next TED talk came […]
Why We “Should” Care
I was at an alumni event the other evening where we invited my college professor to talk about her book and experiences with female workers in the former eastern block, where her interviews depicted the inhumane conditions of capitalism versus socialism. Most of her research was surprising to her, and to all of us in the […]
International Women’s Day
Today I am reflecting on my life and the lives of my daughters – what our lives are like today and what they will be like tomorrow. Today, March 8 is the 106th International Women’s Day, a day celebrating women’s achievements around the world. There are some reasons to celebrate. And yet, women and […]
Lady Bucks – a new currency for women
This clip from the John Olivier show says it all. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PsB1e-1BB4Y Need I say more?
French “Feminisme’
This story is so absurd, it had to be French (influenced by the likes of Albert Camus). And yet… as surreal as it is, and rather shocking, it’s sort of the reverse truth of what it feels like to be objectified as a woman. In her case, the writer chose to cast the house-man as […]
