Taylor Swift was not happy when she found out Apple wasn’t planning to pay musicians royalties during a three-month trial period for Apple Music, its new streaming service. On Sunday morning, she took to Tumblr to criticize Apple’s policy and announce that her megahit album 1989 won’t be available for streaming on Apple Music. “We don’t ask you for free iPhones,” she wrote. “Please don’t ask us to provide you with our music for no compensation.”
Read MoreSome call it volunteerism. Some say it’s advocacy. Some label it leadership.
It can happen at school, in your neighborhood, at your temple, or at your local rec center.
Read MoreRiddle me this one: In the ten years I worked for the largest education publishing company in the world, I was afraid to ask for a raise. But in December 2014, I was brave enough to resign, change my career path, and start my own business.
Read MoreHave you ever wondered why some people seem to get a free pass? Their mistakes are minimized and their achievements maximized. Doors open for them, and they enjoy the spotlight without a tremendous amount of fanfare. They may or may not be as competent and talented as you are, but everything seems to work in their favor.
Read MoreSome problems are really difficult to untangle. The complexity of global supply chains and ending sweatshop labor, for example. Or how to solve the problem of voter suppression. How to fund things that need funding while including the voices and opinions of the people we aim to “serve.”
Read MoreWhen GM’s new, and first female, CEO Mary Barra moved quickly and publicly to recall cars with the company’s potentially lethal ignition switch problems her predecessors had known but failed to address for a decade, you could feel the fresh air.
Read MoreI had an interesting conversation with a man on the street outside a co-working/startup space the other day. He asked what I did, and I told him I was a writer/editor who also did women’s leadership work with a focus on social justice. He said, “Oh, so like Lean In?” And I said, “Yes and no. I’m interested in how women’s leadership—and the well-being of women and girls—becomes everybody’s (more people’s) issue.”
Read MoreIf I could wave a magic wand and name one wish, I’d wish for patience. I have my dad to thank for that.
Read MoreI recently had my Broadway debut and got to tell the world about Take The Lead. No, seriously, check out this video of Feminomics interviewing me and Susan Arnot Heaney at the Women Leadership Summit just after we had both spoken on a panel smack in the middle of Times Square.
Read MoreThis post goes out to all the 20 something’s out there who are lost.
Read MoreAs a writer, my work is to “follow the thread” of a piece. As an editor, it’s essentially the same—to find the central thread of thinking/meaning in a piece, help the writer stay with it, and if necessary, make it more coherent and interesting
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