Women are mean, mostly to each other.  Women treasure their friendships with other women, yet we treat our friends like trash the second we think we don’t want to be friends again.  I hate the freeze out.  Being on both sides is painful and stressful.  While in school there is often a group mentality about [...]

Women in America are taught to save – for a car, for emergencies, homes, and retirement.  What we end up learning the hard way is the need to save for maternity leave.  Thinking about having kids one day?  Ask about your employer’s maternity leave policy now!  It might happen that there isn’t one. I’ve spent [...]

Pfizer announced a recall of one million birth control packs in the United States, and warned users of the products (Lo/Ovral-28, Norgestrel and Ethinyl Estradiol) to start using a back up method immediately. The reason for the recall was a packing error.  With birth control pills it is crucial to take each pill in exact [...]

There has been a lot written lately about Gen Y women burning out early.  People seem confused by this.  Here’s a hint to figuring out why: ask Gen Y women!  Honestly, we’ll tell you why.  Everyone knows millennials feel entitled to more.  We want all the basic benefits from a job and then some.  Flexibility [...]

The Girl Scouts recently announced a new cookie.  Savannah Smiles, will be sold in honor of the Girl Scouts 100th anniversary.  As a former Girl Scout, I found this very exciting.  However, not everyone may get to try the new cookie this year!  On the heels of this announcement came some other Girl Scout news. [...]

It’s a new year and the potential for a new you is everywhere.  I’m already tired of the ads for diet systems and tricks, memberships and home gym offers.  How about doing something different this year to get to a new you? Challenge yourself to become a better, smarter version of you: become more involved [...]

Awkward moments seem to happen to me often.  I have a hard time diffusing them too.  Last week I had an awkward moment that just wouldn’t end. While paying for my bag of cat food at PetCo, I wound up in a conversation, which I completely put on the guy who rang me up.  First [...]

Women have only certain roles: wife, breeder, or servant.  These are the options, and the choice is not up to you to make.  The government will make the choice for you. Last weekend I finally finished The Handmaid’s Tale by Margaret Atwood.  I didn’t have a good understanding of what I was getting into and [...]

Did you know marriage eludes modern women?  I had no idea, but I do appreciate being informed of this.  As Suzanne Venker said in her article in National Review, women have a better shot today than ever before for martial bliss.  With the most freedom, flexibility and privileges than ever before women are waiting longer [...]

I read a piece in the Washington Post on Sunday that is still rolling around in my head.  Emily Matchar wrote about The New Domesticity.  Basically she’s asking a simple question: is the new wave of hobbies for women around knitting, sewing, canning, cooking, etc. a step back or a step forward for women.  When [...]