That thought has been gnawing at me recently. As a Gen. Y--I was born in 1982 -- I've grown up with the protection of Title IX, witnessed women make inroads in every imaginable field and profession, and have never been told I couldn't do something because of my gender. In...

When did it become acceptable to hate your body? And I'm not talking about those fleeting moments of dissatisfaction that are a ubiquitous part of human existence. I'm talking about the unadulterated self-hatred that has become so commonplace that we don't even notice it.

We don't blink an eye as...

A few weeks ago a friend asked me if I thought the waif look, popularized by Kate Moss, which has now morphed into the malnourishment look was losing steam. Honestly, I told her, I have no idea, and more importantly, I don't really care.

What's really concerning me, yes...

There is an epidemic sweeping through offices across America--it's called the "Tiara Syndrome." Carol Frohlinger and Deborah Kolb, the founders of Negotiating Women, Inc., an organization that provides training and consulting to professional women, coined the phrase to describe how women often operate in the workplace, when it comes to...

When I started doing research for "New Girl on the Job: Advice from the Trenches"--the book I refer to as the cannon of advice I wish I had before I started working--I asked Jean Otte to walk me through the nuts and bolts of finding a mentor. Otte is the...