Corporate responsibility - I like it. Corporations should be a part of community solutions, particularly when they are part of the industry that perpetuates and exacerbates the problems. I have been keenly watching Dove's efforts regarding the self-esteem of girls for awhile. You have likely seen some of the commercials on T.V. about Dove's self-esteem program [...]
Tag: women
Rah rah sis boom bah!
Typically when I read letters to the editor like the one written by Michael Ross (The Forum, May 6, 2012), I do not respond to them. I figure all the sensible folks who read it will recognize the absurdity of the position taken and chalk the person up to being some sort of loon. Alas, Ross' [...]
Lead like a girl.
There are two researchers - Jack Zenger and Joseph Folkman - who last month published a blog about their most recent leadership data collection. The blog post references data to answer the question, "Are women better leaders than men?" And the answer is - yes. Of course I am not surprised at this answer. I believe in the [...]
When Sophia isn’t a viable option…
I want to believe that I will age like Sophia Loren has aged - like a fine wine that truly improves with age. Increasingly though I believe I am destined to go the route of Maxine - who compared to Sophia is moldy grape juice. Not that the two women are completely different - they [...]
I say…
Alright already - the day has come to speak about the whole He Says, She Says thing. And I don't mean the movie with Kevin Bacon and Elizabeth Perkins (which is technically He Said, She Said - and truly one of my guilty favorites as a Kevin Bacon fan). I am referencing The Forum's new gender [...]
Congratulations Nadine!
I had to laugh when my friend Amy sent me the story about Fargo's Nadine Schweigert's vow to herself. Amy picked up the story on Yahoo!, but I caught the original story on InForum (written by Tammy Swift). Nadine Schweigert's marriage to hersef represented her public acknowledgement that "she has learned to love and accept [...]
The Jenna Act
I do believe the cures for the ills of the world can be found in the conversations conducted in hair salons, barber shops and nail salons. They function like think tanks where the patrons and the stylists offer input into the subject at hand and emerge with a collective result that far exceeds the individual contributions. Such was [...]
THE NEW FORTY 