I have never had any luck with a direct approach, no matter how stellar they admit my performance to be or how valuable my experience. I guess I’m not being girly enough about it. The one exception (which has worked several times) is wedging “wow- that’ s more than I’m making” into the back-office discussion [...]

Project Unspoken Voiceover: What do you do on a daily basis to avoid rape, sexual assault, or harrassment? 1: Well… travel in groups?… I’m not really that worried about it personally. 2: By harassment, do you mean sexual harassment? 3: Wow…that’s a good question… 4: There are not a lot of scenarios where I am [...]

Just one heroine? But there are so many… I might start with Dido Twite (from Joan Aiken’s books) for gumption and PITA charm, or Annie Jason Masmajean (from Kagan’s Mirabile). Masmajean’s got the thorough sense and competence I want when I grow up.