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Gym Gem: Get What You Want

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…

“Travels with Just a Shoulder Bag”

Just before my last-minute ski trip last weekend, I read this article about how Athleta’s CMO travels with only a shoulder bag. Um, yes. So inspired, for my Friday night-Monday morning trip I packed only my ski bag and a shoulder bag. The shoulder bag*, similar to this Sak shopper (just a different pattern), held:…

Does my body look good, or is it just my jeans?

I was staying with my lifelong facebook girlfriend and her husband on a recent weekend when she received a fresh Athleta shipment containing some new skinny jeans. Boring boring new skinny jeans who hasn’t launched those? I thought at first. BUT HOLY COW the skinny jeans are the holy grail of skinny jeans. You know…

5 Things I Emailed This Week: Millennial Madness

I’m happy to occupy the random sweet spot that is between millennial-millennial and Gen-X-millennial, the group born in about 6 years that’s digitally-native with the benefit of experiencing a life (we remember) without technology. Cell phone when I could drive at 16. Facebook halfway through college. Early enough adoption of instagram that it was boring…

5 Things I’ve Emailed This Week

These are links I’ve emailed around to various friends, so thought I’d share them with y’all too. — As a woman, and feminist, and leader, in tech—from startups to literal IT—how could I not weigh in on this? First, read: The google engineer’s memo, in its entirety. Then, read: The google senior executive (YouTube CEO) response…

Research List: In Search of Better, Fewer

A few years ago I implemented a strict one-in, one-out policy for clothes-buying. It was successful, but I constantly wish I would pare down more: I have a few pieces I love, love, love, and I wear them ALL THE TIME. Why bother keeping the rest? Because I might, maybe, possibly want to wear them…

Weighing in on Equal Pay Day

I missed Equal Pay Day last week because it was a different important day for me to discuss, but let’s hit it up now. Top of mind all the time and all. First: Then, check it: theskimm.com’s Guide to Equal Pay. And finally: