By Claire Wasserman Whether you’re getting started in your career, unhappy at your job, or simply at an intersection of your life, it can be overwhelming to figure out what to do next. However, instead of focusing on the future which is full of unknowns, I invite you to first examine your past. There, you will […]
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For most women, the question isn’t “Should I be getting paid more?” rather, it’s “How do I get paid more?” And it’s a valid question! Negotiating your salary, asking for more, and raising your rates has a tendency to be a nerve-wracking process. However, getting paid more doesn’t need to involve having uncomfortable conversations for
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We’re excited to team up with Amazon Prime Video to celebrate their new original series, Harlem. Premiering on December 3rd, Harlem is an honest, heartfelt, and hilarious comedy following the lives of Camille, Quinn, Angie, and Tye as they navigate sex and relationships, chase their dreams and come to own their own power. To bring the show to life and shine
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“Tienes que ser una lider.” My mom always used to say “You have to be a leader.” She would say this what seemed like every time I ever left the house growing up. To this day, I hear these words in my head over and over again but now I finally understand why my mom
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We’ve been on Slack since 2016 and with 50,000 active members and more than 2 million messages exchanged, it’s been thrilling to watch it – and YOU – grow. But now we’re moving on to bigger and better things. After a year of research, we found the perfect platform to replace it which we’ll be
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In the month of July in the U.S., Americans raise awareness about disabilities and celebrate Disability Pride Month. These celebrations honor the July 1990 passage of the Americans with Disabilities Act, a civil rights law that prohibits discrimination based on disability. Nearly 30 years later since the act was passed, people with disabilities still face
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LGBTQIA rights have come a long way since the Stonewall Riots in 1969. In 2013, the Supreme Court ruled in favor of Edie Windsor, a lesbian in tech and marriage equality advocate, a ruling that was followed by Obergefell v Hodges in 2015. The pair of rulings that recognized same-sex marriages as legitimate in the
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This week, Congress officially recognized Juneteenth as a federal holiday, the first new holiday to be established since Martin Luther King Jr. Day in 1983. Juneteenth celebrates the day when the last enslaved people were freed in Galveston, Texas, more than two years after the Emancipation Proclamation became law. Black people, and especially Black women,
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As part of the Ladies Get Paid Book Tour, sponsored by Comcast NBC/Universal, Claire Wasserman, founder and author of Ladies Get Paid, in conversation with Soraya Chemaly, author of Rage Becomes Her: The Power of Women’s Anger, discuss The Representation Project, free speech, and using anger as a tool for positive change. Claire: A
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As part of the Ladies Get Paid Book Tour, sponsored by Comcast NBC/Universal, Claire Wasserman, the founder and author of Ladies Get Paid, in conversation with Reshma Saujani, the founder and CEO of Girls Who Code, discuss how she started the organization, running for office, and why it’s important to be brave, not perfect.
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