Assistant Editor at @SDTimes. Journalist. Social Media Strategist. Hot Yoga enthusiast and soon to be RYT200. Lover of ladybugs, dogs and anything different. Afraid of raccoons, poor grammar and gluten. All comments here are my own. Enjoy! Xo V
Men are really great at working. Women are getting there.Before you start tweeting obscenities and criticisms, think about it. Think about the women you work with; think about your mother, your sister, your female coworkers. Think about how they approach meetings. Think about how you do. Now think about your male coworkers, brother, father, boyfriend. [...]
I’m fun. I don’t have to tell you that, or explain why — you read my blog and my tweets. And if you’re my friend in real life? Psh, then you’re not even going to read beyond this line because obviously you know I’m fun (as a good friend said, you’re fun always) (and scratch [...]
I watched this video on CNN yesterday, titled “Are women leaving men behind?.” There has been a lot of chatter about this subject on the Web lately and I’d like to take this time to take a stance on it. The video talks about how men are falling behind women, and how they’re doing it [...]
Disclaimer: I adore Maria and everything she does, so this opinion may be slanted by that. Maria Menounos, author of “The Every Girl’s Guide to Life,” actress, and TV host, recently told Dr. Drew Pinksy on Dr. Drew’s Lifechangers that she’s going to freeze her eggs so that she can continue her career before having [...]
I tend to look at high-pressure situations as battles. Now, is that a good thing, I don’t think so, and so I tend to try to look at them as more of discussions rather than battles, but it doesn’t mean that I don’t need to feel a certain sense of power and confidence when dealing [...]
What. The. Eff? Seriously? … Forever21, it appears from the petition I just signed via a Change.org link found on Twitter, is apparently selling shirts that say “Allergic to Algebra.” WHY ARE WE PERPETUATING THIS IMAGE THAT WOMEN CAN’T DO MATH? I can’t do Math, but that doesn’t mean ALL women can’t?!?! (All journalists can’t, [...]
The “Boss Bitch, Baby” mentioned in my last post stemmed from a conversation I had with one of my good friends and her boyfriend, let’s call them S and M. And get your minds out of the gutter… S and M both have varied ideas about what success means, which is why it’s so great [...]
