Hi ho, hi ho, it’s off to tell women’s stories on TV I go

I have some exciting news, folks: I'm getting an MFA in TV writing. My mission: To change the way women's stories are depicted in popular culture. I did a lot of soul searching after the election last year and realized that: I must urgently devote my life to making sure this never happens again, and …

Women, we need to take up more space

In a world where 1 in 3 women is a victim of violence ... A world where too many women are victimized by predatory gatekeepers (Harvey Weinstein, cough. Tip of the iceberg, cough) ... A world where, despite these facts, 53 percent of white women voted for Donald Trump, aka The Pussy Grabber in Chief... …

The pain of conditioning my daughter for public school

Earlier this summer, I saw that an editor at Catapult, Morgan Jerkins, was looking for stories about education. I dashed off a quick note, saying that I'd been chewing on an idea for an essay about the tension between conditioning my 5yo daughter for public school at the same time I'm trying to let go …

Superheroes in yoga pants who feed the hungry

We need to show our kids what real superheroes look like. 

Where are all the grown-up Punky Brewsters?

Where are the adult female characters who march to their own beat, who exist beyond the frame of a man's adoration?

My Hillary Blog Post

Let me get one thing out of the way upfront: I do not believe that all women "should" vote for Hillary...

How Talk of “Trade-Offs” Keeps Us Playing Small

Our culture teaches us to balance til we break. Instead of insisting on pursuing our innate gifts, we give ourselves that insidious pep talk -- "Oh well, life is about trade offs" -- and it keeps us playing small.  

The Hard Case of Needing to Be a Soft Woman

Like everyone in the media world I'm following news of Jill Abramson getting fired last week from The New York Times, and as the news and opinion pieces continue to roll in, I am getting more and more depressed. I'm glad that this issue is getting so much attention, but what will it take to move beyond conversation and really create change?

A Day in the Life of a Female U.S. Senator

If you haven't heard, Huffington Post is reporting that "Men Got Us Into The Shutdown, Women Got Us Out of It." In light of this news, I thought now would be a good time to review a female senator's standard daily schedule...

I Think I’m Leaning In

Don't look now, but I think I'm leaning in.