Ah, the month of noobs curling in squat racks and #Whole30s ruining happy hours everywhere … kidding, I’m all for anyone getting their resolution on for however long they can—something is better than nothing and all that. I don’t do resolutions other than declaring my year’s intention, but I did sign up for a few…
Yup. Gettin’ real real up in here. 2019 is the year of vulnerability: being vulnerable by asking for what I want and accepting the consequences being vulnerable by being who I am and not playing into stereotypes or bad habits being vulnerable by being direct and straightforward and not attaching value to others’ reactions to…
A lil spirit of equality on this joyful day. https://youtu.be/rPdXgCq_Rlg
I HAVE TO CONFESS. I re-read my 35 Before 35 List. It’s nice. It sounds exactly like me at 30. Or 32. Variations on the same theme: build a startup/side hustle/passion; meet some fitness/wellness goal; do more of a certain type of traveling; learn to cook or eat something; make some shit. At the beginning…
I’ve been using the Girl of Two Shoes metaphor for a very long time (here’s the og). I never stopped to think about if it’s still serving me. Now that I have, it’s time to retire it. Because y’know what? We’re past thinking women even need to be/should/are “high-heeled” (girly) or “tennis-shoed” (tomboy). Women as…
I was wrong about everything. I was wrong that I didn’t want the jacuzzi tub… even though it looks tiny, it feels fucking amazing to have a JACUZZI TUB in YOUR OWN PERSONAL bathroom. I was wrong about what I wanted when I moved home. I was wrong about who I wanted when I moved…
This isn’t about women. It’s about power. That men hold. Feminism isn’t about females, it’s about equality. So much of today’s senate hearings—which are senate hearings, not court trials (though they obviously will affect future trials)—focus on the accuser, not the accused. She is not nominated for the supreme court, her alleged attacker is. The…
Feminist or not, it’s undoubtedly hard to navigate the various expectations around being female these days, what with their contradictions, restrictions, freedoms, and hypocrisies. Here are a few articles that explore some of these concepts, with telling quotes pulled out from each. “I wonder why we understand ownership so much better when we’re talking…
There’s a trainer at my gym who is a good friend—mostly a gym friend, though we’re text-level too. Today, I was squatting in the rack and he put his client on the platform directly behind me. I was squatting a weight that is doable, but slight scary (90% of 1RM), and it really bothered me…
Despite my best laid plans for a year of clarity, I can’t say that 2017 really brought much. Then again, I embarked on a number of different journeys, each of which cleared up some things for me—earning my (E)MBA through Smartly (I still don’t know when/if you’re supposed to put the E there?), making career…