From The New Yorker authored by Jane Myer and Ronan Farrow: Update: Three hours after the publication of this story, Schneiderman resigned from his position. “While these allegations are unrelated to my professional conduct or the operations of the office, they will effectively prevent me from leading the office’s work at this critical time,” he […]
Monthly Archives: May 2018
Crashing the boys’ club: Women candidates find winning elections is only half the battle
From Yahoo authored by Lisa Belkin: “For Tara Gaston, it was being repeatedly told “that’s not the way things have been done” on the Saratoga County, N.Y., board of supervisors, to which she had just been elected. For Haya Ayala, it was watching her bill calling for pay parity get “killed before it could get […]
Five Myths That Inhibit Workplace Equality
I’ve got good news and “bad” news: we can bring substantive change to workplace sexism issues. It’s good news since, of course, HELLO we all want to see things improve – we want to be viewed, treated, and respected as equals. So, YES! Let’s do this. It’s “bad” news since, OH MAN, change must also […]
Big Law Is Still an Old Boys’ Club
Being the minority, in any instance, makes you vulnerable to abuses by the majority. While women are no longer graduating law school in the minority – not for a while now, actually – we are still the minority in terms of overall numbers. Particularly so, too, in certain areas of law, such as litigation. This […]
Schools don’t know to handle girls’ menstrual periods, and their education is suffering because of it
IT’S FRIDAY! …HEY, do you know when your period is? Well, as a matter of fact, YOU probably do – but do you remember when you didn’t? Do you remember finding out for THE FIRST TIME? Or finding out for the first time WHAT WAS TOO LONG to go without changing your pad/tampon? You were, […]
Celebrated ‘Fearless Girl’ statue moving next to Stock Exchange, ending year-long standoff with ‘Charging Bull’
I mean, REALLY, who could have imagined one small-statured, ponytailed, dress-wearing, otherwise-unmoved girl statue would bring so much controversy? Well, a lot of us, right? I mean, we know – don’t we – how thoroughly offensive it is to some folks that a woman (let alone an actual GIRL) unapologetically stand her ground. She must compromise, […]
No 2018 Nobel Prize in Literature, Panel Says Amid Sexual Abuse Scandal
As yet another institution sees the impact of a sexual harassment scandal, I find myself both highly-irritated and hopeful. I’m tired. Every time I hear of another instance – another institution – of abuse, it’s something new to mourn, something additional to process, more [mostly] women for which to feel protective. Choosing to pay attention […]
Four Women Accuse New York’s Attorney General of Physical Abuse
From The New Yorker authored by Jane Mayer and Ronan Farrow : “Update: Three hours after the publication of this story, Schneiderman resigned from his position. “While these allegations are unrelated to my professional conduct or the operations of the office, they will effectively prevent me from leading the office’s work at this critical time,” […]
I Am the One Woman Who Has It All
OH MY GOSH I love this woman. I know you will too, since you ARE this woman. Hey look, we’re all doing our best here (which sometimes IS our best, and sometimes is our I-didn’t-show-up-for-work-in-pajamas…THROW-ME-A-PARADE work). Also, some days, it’s work from home in pajamas day. Not all days are created equal, and no days […]
The new film ‘RBG’ reveals how Ruth Bader Ginsburg became a meme — and why that’s so surprising
My affection for Ms. Ginsburg comes as no surprise to anyone close to me (well, except for those who knew me only when I was young, and/or a young adult – growing up, obediently, in a very “traditional” home). Meaning, in a nutshell/as an example: when I expressed an interest in applying to attend West […]
