Women's Equality Day 2013: Learning from Civil Rights Leaders

It was all over the news for days. Every pundit, every political talk show, every newspaper running big retrospective spreads. Op eds galore, and reminiscences of what it was like to be marching together toward equality. Tomorrow, August 26 is Women’s Equality Day, the day that

ParityGloria FeldtAugust 25, 2013Ms Magazine, Women's equality day, womens movement Comments

It’s Time to Move on From Chick Wars

On Wednesday night I participated in another TweetChat (what can I say? I’m obsessed) hosted by The Indie Chicks. The topic: #ChickWars.

Life tools and tipsKaitlin RattiganAugust 22, 2013chick wars, indie chicks, Twitter Comments

If Men Don’t See You, Are You Really There?

“How many of you think you have to be seen by men before you can be seen?”

ParityLex SchroederAugust 20, 2013advocates for women, Dialogue, diversity, equality, gender balance, onlyness, Women's LeadershipComment

Move Over Wonder Woman, There’s a New Heroine In Town

On Tuesday I participated in #GenderPop, a TweetChat hosted by an organization called Have Art Will Travel, also known as HAWT. Hot. HAWT uses art as a vehicle to inspire people to fearlessly live out their genders.

Inspirational Role ModelsKaitlin RattiganAugust 15, 2013burka, heroine, inspirational Comments

Follow Your Real Work Inside and Outside of Institutions

As a writer, my work is to “follow the thread” of a piece. As an editor, it’s essentially the same—to find the central thread of thinking/meaning in a piece, help the writer stay with it, and if necessary, make it more coherent and interesting

Career successLex SchroederAugust 13, 2013career development, Women's Leadership Comments

I Called Myself the “So-Called” Executive Director

In 1980 I co-founded the Management Assistance Group (MAG), the first ever nonprofit management consulting group to focus exclusively on helping social justice organizations to develop strong leadership, effective management, sound structures, and useful strategic plans.

Orange Is The New Black is Taking The Lead

Finally a show that takes intersectionality to the max: Orange Is the New Black. It’s a show entirely about women.

ParityKaitlin RattiganAugust 8, 2013equality, television, WomenComment

Practicing Sister Courage in the Digital Age

Perhaps you caught it, earlier this summer Jonathan Safran Foer wrote one heck of a column for The New York Times on how we use and mis-use technology called “How Not to Be Alone.”

Inspirational Role ModelsLex SchroederAugust 6, 2013Inspiration, inspirational women, sister courageComment

The Elephant in the Gender Equality Room: Masculinity

Just as women and girls are expected to follow ridiculous, degrading and constricting ideas of what it means to be feminine men and boys face, albeit different, but just as restricting expectations for what it means to be masculine.

ParityKaitlin RattiganAugust 1, 2013gender, masculinity, PowerComment

What Does Money Mean to You?

Peter Buffett, son of billionaire investor and philanthropist Warren Buffett, wrote a brave column for The New York Times last week cautioning against what he calls “the charitable industrial complex.”

Finance/MoneyLex SchroederJuly 30, 2013Finance/Money, Money, PowerComment

“I Can Thought Leadership, and So Can You”

When LinkedIn launched its thought leaders feature in October 2012 (Follow Richard Branson! Follow Barack Obama!), they were flooded with aspiring contenders who self-nominated, then closed off applications once they reached 150.

The F Word: Feminism

Being a feminist is hard. Let’s face it.

ParityKaitlin RattiganJuly 25, 2013equality, feminism, Feminist Comment

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