An article in USA Today – http://www.usatoday.com/news/education/story/2012-07-23/math-science-gender-gap/56669934/1 — inspires me to  to write a thumbs up for technology as a profession for women. I was going full stream on a marketing and public relations career (and still do lots of work in that area) when it was suggested to me, by a Buddhist teacher that a career in technology would be ideal for a woman. Did you know, female readers, that you can go to a computer trade school and…

MissRepresentation.org is on the third day of the #keepitreal campaign. It’s a campaign to get magazine editors to publish at least one non-Photoshopped image in their magazine with each issue.  Modest goal but it’s taking a national Twitter campaign to make it happen.  Fortunately, editors and magazines are paying attention. Day one — 3,000 tweets generated almost 3 million impressions.  WOW. What does this mean?  First, this is a perfect example of using social media to mobilize women of all…

Went to see “Men in Black 3″ last weekend. I liked the earlier films but guess I’ve changed. I could not tolerate the sexism in this film! Opening scene — voluptuous lass with mega-large tongue springs a villainous alien from jail. He rewards her by flipping her into outer space.  Our MIB3 buddies go to a party that’s nearly all near-naked ladies and fully dressed men. It goes on. Tossaway women, real men. The only positive female role model is…

It takes a village. Women’s leadership in society will be inspired by many women at top leadership positions in every area of life. But to make the field ready, the inspiration and realization of many women working together to help each other figure out their own innate and natural power level will make a huge difference. In my last blog, I wrote about “Miss Representation,” the film (now available on Amazon and via Netflix, among other places) that is game-changing.…