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For as long as I remember, self-worth has been an intangible and elusive thing. The experience of being a woman is that your self-worth lies in some hidden, secret place and you spend your life like Indiana fricking Jones, looking for it. We throw spaghetti at the wall, hoping something will stick, the treasure map …
In second grade I came home from school with an A on a math test. Math was a subject I struggled with as a young child, needing extra help and even tutoring in the subject from an early age. What can I say, my brain is just more wired towards words I guess? So, getting …
Perfect Girl in an Imperfect World — How to Overcome Perfectionism Read More »
On Sunday night, time stood still for just a moment as Michaela Coel gathered herself to collect her Emmy for limited series writing. The following moments were filled with the most powerful words of the evening (girl just won an Emmy for her writing after all) and a message to her audience outside of the …
What Michaela Coel’s Emmy Speech About Not Being Seen, Teaches Us About Being Heard Read More »
The policing and critique of influential women’s sartorial choices to discredit them has long been a favorite activity of conservative media. The 2021 Met Gala serves as perfect fodder, because democratic socialist Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, better known as AOC, scored an invite. AOC attended the glitzy event in a white, form-fitting sheath dress with the words …
Schrodinger’s AOC — Don’t Get Weighed Down by Questions No One is Asking Read More »
A friend of mine recently asked me about an influencer program she was considering. The program promised to help her scale her business in record time, make millions of dollars (just like the influencer herself), and fast-track her life to wild success. The program was also a whopping $7000 for 4 weeks! “I’ll be hitting …
12 Lessons in Entrepreneurship I’ve Learned After a Year Read More »
A few years ago, I got my hands on a copy of Tim Ferris’s book The Four-Hour Work Week, where the author described what he dubbed the “new rich,”— a generation of workers and entrepreneurs that leverage the internet to make an income while filling their lives with travel and experiences. This is a generation …
