smile, you bitch: being a woman in 2015

Let me preface this by saying: the world and the internet can be wonderful and terrible, and sometimes it’s easier to just pretend the garbage people don’t exist in either place, but they do. They do, and sometimes they drop some flaming dog shit on your…

The Cool Girl Trap: Or, Why Sexism in Tech Isn’t Going Away.

The Distance of 365 Days

A year ago today, a Polaroid photograph was taken of me wearing a pink lycra and spandex bandage mini-dress. I only got to see it once but I remember being pleasantly surprised that even though I smiled big, my face hadn’t scrunched up and away from the kind of sex appeal I sought in…

It’s Not Rude To Say No

a PSA to Nice Girls

I Negotiated a Higher Starting Salary

Oh, and I’m Female

Going With the Flow: Blood & Sisterhood at the London Marathon

“It’s radical knowing that on a…

The Bible Written In New York City Blog Voice

In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth. This was probably a very…

When Your Partner Is Privileged

I once read a quote about how lonely it is to be in love. The writer posited that in becoming as close…

Losing Amy

The heartbreaking loss of my sister to mental illness

I am so sorry. Please…