There's a slideshow on Vogue.com titled "Hitched! 30 Wedding Dresses for the Bride-to-Be." The folks modeling the dresses, are, for the most part, not models. There are some "real" people mixed in. But that doesn't mean they don't have some particularly Vogue jobs. There are a lot of Slashies. » 6/02/14 7:00pm 6/02/14 7:00pm

There is a new study that validates the thought that passes through our minds on Sunday nights after spending the weekend with our families: God, I can't wait to get back to the office and relax. » 5/23/14 2:30pm 5/23/14 2:30pm

You worked hard, you lay awake at night with your mind churning, you went into debt getting that degree — and that other degree — and you finally landed your dream job. Then you realized: It's not for me. You're not alone. » 4/23/14 11:40am 4/23/14 11:40am

Do you look into people’s eyes when they're talking to you to show that you care? Well, stop it, it’s weird. » 3/31/14 5:45pm 3/31/14 5:45pm

As you may know, the United States is not the only country with a gender wage gap. This ad from Sweden claims that the quickest way for a woman to earn as much as a man is to be a man. » 3/06/14 2:45pm 3/06/14 2:45pm

Entire books have been written recently about how women need to be more assertive in the workplace. But how do we actually get women to do this en masse? A recent study, published in the Psychology of Women Quarterly asked 60 female college freshmen to write an essay about their personal accomplishments. To reflect… » 1/20/14 6:00pm 1/20/14 6:00pm

Americans in big cities (but particularly Americans in those big, grey northeastern cities where we'll imprison the burgeoning mutant population after the nuclear fallout) love to brag about how hard they work. They wear their work ethic like a badge of courage, as if working an hour longer than one's peers had some… » 1/12/14 4:30pm 1/12/14 4:30pm

A cheery new report (which is so fancy and thorough that it has its own trailer) co-authored by Maria Shriver and the Center for American Progress has determined that approximately 42 million women in America are teetering on the brink of financial oblivion as they juggle caregiving (for parents as well as children… » 1/12/14 1:30pm 1/12/14 1:30pm

Cindy Gallop — former chairman of the ad agency BBH New York — has penned a piece for AdWeek about what she calls the New Creativity, which she says is "female-informed." She has some ideas about how to shake up the "white male dominated industry." First: Hire at least three women. » 1/06/14 6:15pm 1/06/14 6:15pm

When we're not Wikipedia-ing random shit and then immediately talking about said shit like we've known it our whole lives, it seems we Millennials are subject to the same gender disparities in our burgeoning careers as any other age group, only perhaps more so. A recent Canadian study has found that Millennial women… » 12/24/13 10:00am 12/24/13 10:00am

Women, if you want to have IT ALL, forget balancing family and career on your own. The new hotness in the race for the elusive goal of womanhood— "IT ALL" — isn't quality, affordable child care or workplaces with flexible hours or equal pay, because in some careers, those concessions aren't enough. No, for some women,… » 12/09/13 1:30pm 12/09/13 1:30pm

It's pretty common to hear particular technologies presented as being either for dudes (i.e., srs bsns gadgets) or for girls (think messaging apps and anything related to shopping). It's also common to see technologies adopted by female consumers as either fluffy or some quasi-miraculous sign of alien life—see every… » 12/02/13 6:00pm 12/02/13 6:00pm

According to a poll from Gallup, forty percent of the women they surveyed say they prefer a male boss, twenty-seven percent prefer a female one, and thirty-two percent have no preference. On the other hand, 29 percent of men polled prefer a male boss, eighteen percent prefer a female one, and fifty-one percent had no… » 11/12/13 10:25am 11/12/13 10:25am

A 33-year-old "creative industry professional" was sick of seeing Craigslist postings from male "corporate types" looking for sexy female personal assistants—until she realized that she's just as busy and lecherous as those guys, and could make use of a hot piece of her own. Cutting to the chase, her Craiglist ad… » 11/07/13 4:40pm 11/07/13 4:40pm

Whether you currently work or have worked, there's a good chance you've dealt with some real fucking asshole bosses. Now is your time to cleanse yourself of those bad feelings by sharing them with a whole bunch of people who have also worked for the Worst Goddamned Human Being Alive. » 10/16/13 1:20pm 10/16/13 1:20pm

People say silly things if you tell them you're a philosopher. ("Tell me some of your sayings!”) People say particularly dumb things if you tell them you're a lady philosopher. People don't say anything to you if you're a philosopher who also happens to be a woman of color, because they think you don't exist. » 9/03/13 10:20am 9/03/13 10:20am