Interpreting what some men do without thinking and how it impacts your life. Columnist Monica Hess of the Washington Post noticed that when navigating a crowded street she was sometimes knocked aside by someone hurrying in the opposite direction. She also noticed that...
This is the time of year for lists – not just for gifts or for party guests but for the “best of” just about everything. We think that television and movies did a particularly great job at articulating situations – dramatic and comic – that are faced...
The House Judicial Committee’s Impeachment Hearings have a lot to teach professional women about how to navigate male-dominated workplaces. I want to clarify that this post is not about politics. It has no partisan slant. But what happened at the hearings give us a...
There are many ways for professional women to combat the isolation of being the only one (the only woman, the only person of color, the only LGBTQ) at a workplace. Not only are you isolated because you stand out for reasons that have nothing to do with your excellence...
I’m revisiting a book I previously recommended as a must read for professional women in STEM. It’s Lab Girl by Hope Jahren. Jahren is a geobotanist and speaks the language of the scientist. Her story is familiar to any woman working in a STEM field or in any field...
I thought it might be encouraging to hear from a woman who succeeded in Hollywood. Hollywood is a tough, tough place to work. It is very male dominated and many capable women have been harassed or refused entry. The money to be made is huge and there are lots of...
