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The year was 2019 and life was pretty lit. I had just scored a fairly senior position at a large Canadian university and had more creative opportunities than I could keep up with. On top of making bank at my day job, I was about to perform in the short play I wrote for the …
Tinder Tales: What I Learned from My Side Gig as a Digital Dating Sh*t Disturber Read More »
A few weeks ago, a company I greatly admire reached out to me to teach a class on confidence. I was ecstatic, elated, excited, and feeling all the positive, serotonin-filled emotions at the prospect of doing something out of my comfort zone. But as the news sunk in, these positive emotions were quickly replaced with …
Imposter Syndrome Gaslights Women — Here’s What You Can Do About It Read More »
I am married to the greatest guy in the world. My husband is giving, compassionate, kind and one of the funniest people you’ll ever meet. He is also white and if my name isn’t a dead giveaway, I am not. Before we were married, I believed that our racial differences didn’t matter. We’ve both always …
5 Important Lessons on Racism From a Biracial Marriage Read More »
Last week ended with (in the famous words of one Carrie Bradshaw) the “ick heard around the world.” Rachel Hollis, an American influencer, author of Girl You Need to Wash Your Face and founder of Dallas based RISE conference, posted a Tik Tok that made the internet cringe. Rachel mentioned having a cleaning a lady …
I’ll be the first to admit that I am no investment guru. In fact, if you had asked me about money a few years ago, I would have told you it was in a “high-yield” (less than 1% interest, I’m always falling for marketing spiels) savings account that also doubled as my smoothie fund. But …
Girl, Do You Crypto? Why More Women Need to Invest Read More »
We’re all familiar with toxic masculinity. Many of us know at least one person who embodies some of its creepy characteristics and all of us can conjure up images of the 90s jock with frosted tips spending his time engaging in bullying, sexual harassment and “locker-room talk”. But what about its eyelash-batting female counterpart — …
