Reading materials Before you head out for the long weekend, don’t forget to read through our recommendations. Don’t miss the new book, Prime Time, by Jane Fonda. The Academy Award-winning actress, at 73, covers many aspects of aging and talks about life from a wiser perspective. Prime Time is like talking to a friend, part [...]

Fem2 Community: Check out these great events being run by our friends over at FemEx.  Be sure to reach out to them for more information, and spread the word to your friends! You are invited to join us for the 6th session of FemEx– a course designed for women by women to create a safe environment where women [...]

I have been lucky enough to have never had a real job. Yes I spent many a summer among six year olds, but I have never worked for a for-profit company, never stood behind a counter, never taken someone’s order.   Over the past five years I have been even luckier to almost exclusively work for [...]

This piece was cross-posted from The Huffington Post and co-authored by Stephenie Foster and Abigail Collazo Last month, the award-winning actress, author and activist Marlo Thomas wrote a great piece on Huffington Post, “Passing the Torch… Who’s Going to Run With it?” Afterwards, Thomas was chided a bit by her friend Gloria Steinem who said that “‘passing [...]

“Leadership is inside out.  You can’t take a poll to find out what you believe in.”  Watch this video to learn more about former Congresswoman Jane Harman’s lessons learned about women and leadership after serving nine terms in the US House of Representatives!

Reading Materials The latest novel The Good Muslim by Tahmima Anam is happening in Bangladesh during the 1979s and 1980s.  The author is describing the different ways Maya and Sohail survive the war and the ensuing Mujib dictatorship. A worth reading novel of one of the most interesting characters of our century. For more information [...]

One way to start getting off the sidelines if you are early in your career is an internship with a Congressional office or campaign.  While most of what you do won’t be very glamorous, they’re all the things that everyone says about internships—you get your foot in the door, you meet people, you learn how [...]

I was born a boy and a feminist on Thanksgiving Day, 1979.  We are all born feminists, just as much as we are all born free of racial discrimination. The definition of feminism is the same now, as it was on the day I was born: a man or woman who believes in full gender [...]

DCers, join Fem2 today from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. on the National Mall for Slutwalk DC!  We’ll be running a photo booth so we can commemorate the day and all the wonderful people who attended. Come take your picture with us — then Like us on Facebook on Monday and tag your photo! We’ll [...]

Reading Materials The new novel, The Hottest Dishes of the Tartar Cuisine by Alina Bronsky, is the story of Rosa and her family in Russia.  Bronsky shows off her talents by letting her characters twist in the wind, so that each of the readers can feel differently about them.  This humor gives the readers a [...]