“Some guys will hate you for being superior to them at the thing they care most about being good at. They are Paul Kinseys. This generally looks like it sounds, and involves sputtering. Cool guys will respect you and your hustle without being personally or professionally threatened. The coolest guys (Ken Cosgroves) will be secure in themselves enough to respect you specifically because of your hustle. “
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The socialites who write personal essays for Vogue aren’t known for their kindness and humility, but Dara-Lynn Weiss, who opened up about putting her 7-year-old daughter on a Weight Watchers-style diet in Vogue’s April issue, has to go down in history as the one of the most fucked up, selfish women to ever grace the magazine’s pages.
“We’ve not seen another Gloria Steinem because there is only one Gloria, and someone with her combination of conviction, wit, smarts and grace under fire doesn’t come along every day.”
In honor of the death of UK Sunday Times correspondent Marie Colvin, read my list of stories written by ladies who ventured where few people dare. See the full list at EcoSalon
The formidable Margaret Thatcher once said that if you want something done, you should give it to a woman. I would argue that if you want something done in extreme heat, give it to a particular group of women who, each and every day, provide a tremendous testament to the adaptability and resilience of females. Walking through Masjid Jamek, the oldest mosque in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia (a country that is approximately 60 percent Muslim), I had a tiny taste of what females of the Islamic faith do on a daily basis. It was a scorching 95 degrees and, in my borrowed navy blue polyester robe and orange headscarf, I wasn’t nearly as clothed as most women I see walking through the streets. However, I could hardly think of anything other than the relief of taking it off. Read the rest of my reflections on wearing the veil at EcoSalon.
Not too long ago, I was hanging out in a London nightclub, beer in hand, friends in tow, talking to some British guy I hadn’t the faintest interest in. During a particularly agonizing bout of small talk, this gentleman asked me what I was doing in London. I told him I was writing for a magazine. He was confused.
“You’re too pretty to write for a magazine,” he said bluntly. “Shouldn’t you, like, be in one?”
— From Kate Bolick’s thoughtful, deeply personal, and nuanced Atlantic piece about changing attitudes towards marriage and her quest to find contentment as a single woman.
All the single ladiesss put your hands up.
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McClelland is the human rights correspondent for Mother Jones (a post which was essentially created for her) and has reported from all over the world. A candid post for GOOD about her struggle with PTSD after her sexual assault in Haiti caught my attention. I admire her tenacity to do the work she does as well as her honesty about the challenges of being a female reporter in the world’s most difficult places.
Why I love infographics: the world’s most powerful people, represented by shoe size. See the full-size version at MYOO.com
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