Badass Women in Law

Badass Women in Law

Men typically dominate the legal profession—but that doesn’t mean that women don’t lead the charge. While the profession is constantly evolving to give credit to females where credit is due, women in law face discrimination that their male counterparts do...
Carl Erickson: Best Supporting Man

Carl Erickson: Best Supporting Man

Carl Erickson values transparency and quality, in his personal life and as the CEO of Atomic Object. The software company, which designs and builds web and mobile apps, has a deeply ingrained perspective on quality and building quality products because of something...
DOUBT.

DOUBT.

Hearing the audience’s unified response was simultaneously validating and soul-crushing. You see, I was giving a talk to a group of 200+ people—primarily women—titled Step into Your Power. The slide they were viewing showed a spectrum, with DOUBT at far left and...
Mugs and Microaggressions

Mugs and Microaggressions

Twelve years ago, I (Jen) started my “dream job” teaching biology at a small liberal arts college. I wanted to be a professor ever since I took my first undergraduate genetics class with the professor who became my undergraduate mentor. She was...