The Girl Effect

As an adolescent, I was a fairly typical, self-centered tween and teen, believing with certainty that my world revolved around me and my life. I was consumed with school, with friends, with the latest pop songs on the radio and the latest gossip heard in the hallways. I took flute lessons and competed in equestrian [...]

Smart vs. Pretty

When I was younger, I wanted to be a Jedi. (What? It was a perfectly valid career choice when I was eight.) My brother was a Jedi for Halloween one year and then I fell in love with the Star Wars movies, so it just seemed like fate: I was going to be a Jedi. [...]

Sweet Success

There are days when I think to myself, “self, what were you thinking when you decided to make this 15 Before 30 list?” Of course, thanks to my own super sense of self-awareness, I have blog posts that remind me exactly what I was thinking. Still, given the severe lack of completed tasks, I do [...]