Growing up, she wore her name as a badge of honor, having been named after her mother's sister who had passed away, suddenly, at the age of 16 from brain cancer.

However, although Michelle Brown had always treasured her name, it also hung heavily around her neck. She felt a...

Planning a hassle-free trip for one? You're not alone. I'm often hitting the road solo, and sometimes, the most important thing for me is to find the right app to call a taxi when I'm standing stranded on some street corner or the right translation for "scallops" in French ("Coquilles...

The future of filmmaking and funding is starting to look a little brighter. For the past few years, Hollywood executives who secretly care more about quality and less about the big box office dollar have bemoaned the dissolution of specialty arms like Warner Independent and the consolidation of groups like...

Today, companies looking to automate or organize their social media assets are met with a myriad of options. From customized apps by Wildfire and Fanzila to standardized systems that allow you to manage multiple brand pages like Vitrue and Buddy Media, it appears that now every start-up in Silicon Valley,...

In today's day and age, you might be surprised to learn that infertility is still a taboo subject, but the inability of women to discuss this painful problem leaves many feeling alone and misunderstood. Sarah Ivens, the founding Editor-in-Chief of OK! Magazine, knows this feeling all too well. As a...

Recently, on a visit with my professional mentor, he introduced me to what he calls, The 4th Way and I was compelled to share his thinking for those in search of inspiration, as well as their own personal or professional mentor. As they say, the teacher will arrive when the...

"Show me something that is not transformed by the other half of the human race." -- Gloria Steinem

While women played a critical role during the Arab Spring, last month at the Women in Public Service Project event at the U.S. Department of State, Secretary of State...

On Friday night in Venice Beach, a featherless and freshly-hatched bird twitched sadly on the concrete sidewalk. Quivering beneath the foot of my good friend, the little hatchling struggled to survive. It was one of those tragic moments when the sweet innocence of life hangs precariously by a thread.



We've all heard that 'sex sells,' but we rarely think twice about it. In fact, it's one tired cliché we've actually grown up believing. Unfortunately, for marketers and consumers worldwide...
We've been lied to.

And while there's no denying that Britney Spears sold records in great part...