I’m not sleeping. It’s taken me several years to find my rage. As Madeleine Albright famously said – “It took me quite a long time to develop a voice, and now that I have it, I am not going to be silent.” The crucible of a law firm has sharpened me, and I am more…
Category: Sometimes I Get Hepped Up and Think I Know a Thing or Two
XOXO
I’ll admit that it was naive of me to not anticipate the response of southern governors to the Paris attacks, but it caught me by surprise. There but for the grace of God goes my baby Craig. (Photos most obviously not mine – google image searched.) “I want to bury my children and sit…
Break
The last time I unplugged entirely for any extended period of time was over three years ago, when I went to Rio de Janeiro with my law school moot court team. I was completely without internet or phone for almost a week. Internet cafes were pricy and crowded, we did not pay for my flip…
Low High
What really got me riled up was this instruction, which I’ve received a number of times in a number of “Tips for Professional Women” contexts: Practice lowering your voice. If you want to do public speaking, you have to have a lower voice. This takes work, to change your natural voice, but get it as…
Already Drowning
Profanity-laden rant by Adam Weinstein in response to that hideous huffpo stick figure nonsense that I hate with every fiber of my being and will not link to. http://adamweinsteinwriter.com/post/61495975666/to-all-of-you-people-who-keep-sharing-that-huff-po And let me just add here – the “you took out the debt for college, you knew what you were getting into” argument appears in the comments,…