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Confident man = “go-getter”; confident woman = “*#~”. Sigh.

Unfortunately, what is perceived as confidence in men is often seen as pushiness in a woman.  A Psychology Today articles suggest that a  firm handshake may go a long way in subconsciously conveying a positive view of your confidence. Um, maybe?

I’m insulted but it’s still funny :)

Welcome to Hollywood: do you play golf?

Oh look, according to the WGA, my industry is an old boy’s club where sexual harassment, sexism, and discrimination are as alive and well as they were in “the Gilded Age” of cinema, despite 60 years of advance in every other industry. Not a huge surprise to me. Show me a show about, say, black [...]

Crazy Females

AAAAAAAAAAAH! These women do realize that movies aren’t real life, right? Just because all the movies were so damn cheerful does not mean that living through the depression, spending all day over a hot stove, or wearing corsets  was! Heh. I’m trying very hard to imagine what people in 50 years are going to think [...]