Tag Archives: work
Cart Before the Horse
Here’s a game: guess what percentage of Congress is female. Too hard? Okay, would you say it’s higher or lower than in Mexico? How about in Cambodia? Duh, it’s lower than Sweden’s, but do you think it’s higher or lower … Continue reading
Happy Equal Pay Day
In 1996, the National Committee on Equal Pay started Equal Pay Day to draw attention to the chronic problem of the wage gap (which is currently at 77.4 cents). In short, the wage gap measures the difference in average pay … Continue reading
Josh: “In jobland you’re straight makin’ cheddar”
Yesterday, I wrote about the Clay Shirkey essay on gender, ambition, and being a douchebag. Short version: Being an arrogant asshole will land you in jail more often, but it will also land you big money/influence/power more often. My friend … Continue reading
Filed under Gender
I want to be an arrogant, self-aggrandizing jerk or a pompous blowhard!
Four people sent me this essay by Clay Shirkey, “A Rant About Women.” It’s from January 2010, but in one of the peculiar patterns of internet popularity, it made its way to my desk last week. Shirkey is a professor … Continue reading
Filed under Education, Gender, Really Good Writing by Other People
Sunday Scraps 43
1. CLASS: It’s official, and probably has been for a while, the myth of American mobility is just that… a myth. The NYT examines a handful of studies comparing the potential to pull a Horatio Alger in the U.S. vs. … Continue reading
Filed under Hollywood, Media, Politics, Really Good Writing by Other People
Sunday Scraps 39
1. ADOPTION: This New York Times essay by Jennifer Gilmore might just break your heart. She’s trying to adopt, and begins an email chain with a pregnant teen only to watch it all fall apart in a mall diner. 2. … Continue reading
Filed under Art, Books, Gender, Media, Politics, Really Good Writing by Other People, Uncategorized
Are Millennial Ladies Quitters?
I can barely even begin to enumerate the red flags in this Forbes piece “Why Millennial Women Are Burning Out At Work By 30″. In addition to the oddly capitalized title, the piece, by Larissa Faw, cites such rigorous sources … Continue reading
Google Searches Speak Volumes
I wish I could take credit for this particular observation, but credit goes to my Twitter bud Anna. Earlier this week, she tweeted this: Google Image “CEO”. Now look me in the eyes and tell me we’ve reached gender equality. … Continue reading
Filed under Gender, Media, Politics, Uncategorized
Sex Talk in the Modern Workplace
This week, the Good Men Project is running a series on business ethics. My contribution is a piece on sexual harassment. More specifically, I wrote about the fuzzy lines around sexual language in the modern (uber casual, rather intimate) workplace. … Continue reading
Filed under Gender, Republished!, Sex
Advice from a Make Up Artist
Now that I have mad crazy cosmetics skillz, or at least some real cosmetics with which to practice, I was doubly, triply, fascinated by this account of the rise of make-up brand Stila. This interview at Into the Gloss with … Continue reading
Filed under Body Image, Hollywood
