I will say I have a bone of contention to pick with female strength. It was my last stronghold. Now, it’s going down the drain.
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Tag Archive: politics
Sarah Palin Gives Fickleness a Bad Name
Besides having the political (and emotional) will of a sock puppet, I can’t believe people still take this woman seriously.
Kumar Goes To Washington – Maybe You Can, Too!
After reading about Kal Penn’s (bka Dr. Lawrence Kutner on House) most recent foray into civic duty, I thought I’d highlight this awesome program I heard about while I was in Washington, DC this past March. I met a super cool (fellow Chicagoan and Northwestern alum) who was in the program.
Her current assignment? Working within the Drug [...]
The Importance of Serendipity
During open gallery hours, L is talking to a woman about the Congo Women project. She came in after seeing a sign detailing our exhibit in one of the space’s windows.
L is telling her about all the other work she hopes to fund, specifically, our forced labor initiative.
The woman calls L a few days later. [...]
The Power of Telling of Other People’s Stories
Photo Credit: Lynsey Addario
Jimmy Briggs is telling a story about a Congolese woman he is interviewing.
The woman is describing how she was raped twice in one day.
In the interview, the woman explains that her brother, husband and children were present when she was first attacked in the morning by the Congolese government army.
When they were finished, the [...]
Becoming a Crony is Great – Nepotism Isn’t So Bad Either
More often than not, workers around the world find themselves navigating professional communities that require a password and secret handshake for entrance. Frankly, if you aren’t (or haven’t been) a part of nepotism or savored the sweet rewards of cronyism - you’re doing something wrong.
That’s how Stars get promoted, people get demoted and job descriptions get “tweaked” [...]
