Every professional advice column includes this one piece of sterling knowledge: Find a Mentor! But what does that mean?  For a lot of people – especially young women – this entails seeking out someone who has the most impressive job title in the field you want to work in, “accidentally” bumping into them at an [...]

Falling leaves, cooler temperatures, and costumes in windows.  Autumn is here, and for us over at Fem2.0, that can only mean one thing one thing: ramping up our efforts to fight domestic violence.  September 23rd was the 17th anniversary of the Violence Against Women Act (VAWA), and this Saturday, October 1, is the start of [...]

As Editor of Fem2.0, part of my job entails keeping up with news, campaigns, and events related to women’s rights.  Because we tackle such a broad range of issues, I have Google Alerts set to a rather random smattering of keywords that do or may affect women.  One of these is “sexual assault.”  While a [...]

On September 20, Slate and Intelligence Squared hosted the live debate “Are Men Finished?” Before the debate, 20% of the audience believed that men’s time of dominance was over.  By the conclusion of the debate, 66% of the audience had been convinced that the future world will be driven by women The debate was a [...]

Last week, I did something that I do often: I went to see a DJ perform. I go to concerts several times a month, sometimes with groups and sometimes only with my boyfriend, but always with someone. The music was loud, the energy was high and I was ready for a good night. We had [...]

In case you didn’t know: today is World Contraception Day!  In case you missed it, and it wouldn’t have been that hard to, there was a recall of several birth control pills recently.  Every woman I shared this with was not just shocked they didn’t know – but panicked that their pill was included.  The [...]

Reading Materials Some of us have connected with someone who was so different from us, and who enjoyed things that we didn’t.  In the book Daughter of Smoke and Bone, author Laini Taylor explores the attraction between to contraire characters and gives us a story full of fantastic flairs and humor. For more information, click [...]

A few months ago I wrote about the need to donate to women candidates.  If we want to be better represented we need to support each other as candidates.  I have pledged time and again to give more to women candidates.  So last week I made my first donations of the 2012 election cycle, and [...]

This is it!  Part III of III in our series on making the most of networking events.  It may seem like your job is done once your heels are kicked off, but in order to make sure you squeeze every ounce of value from your event, be sure to take the following five actions. 1) [...]

As economies around the world work frantically to avoid another downtrend, the US has turned to the Supercommittee and congress to solve its fiscal woes. While the Obama administration is committed to seeing how women might solve the problem, the radical right seems more intent on restricting women than harnessing their potential. The impact of [...]