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Two years ago at our Growing Pains event, Lori Yeager Davis, President of Martin Williams, said something that stuck with me, “I don’t think balance exists. I think choice exists.” Davis shared her experience choosing between after-hours work meetings and attending her children’s activities, a situation countless professional women have found themselves in over the years.
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As we’ve said before, mothers are truly superheroes, but sometimes, motherhood doesn’t happen for you. Maybe you’ve decided to throw your entire self into your career, you’re worried about the financial implications of children, you’ve struggled with infertility, or motherhood just simply isn’t your jam. Whatever the reason, be it simple or complex, you’re living a child-free life. But being child-free doesn’t mean we don’t want to support our child-having sisters! Here’s how we can support mothers in the workplace:
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Because I love a good theme day/week/month, I kicked off Women’s History Month with a lecture at the Hennepin History Museum. Professor Bill Green (maybe I also love nepotism) explored the life of Nellie Francis, an African American suffragist from Minnesota who fought for the rights of many marginalized communities. She worked tirelessly, not only to pass the 19th amendment, but to shed light on “the race problem,” establish anti-lynching laws, and protect workers’ rights.
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On February 21, MPLS MadWomen hosted a screening of the critically acclaimed film Time for Ilhan at the St. Anthony Main Theatre. On the snowy Thursday night, the audience filled the theater to near capacity eager to watch the film and to ask questions and listen as director, Norah Shapiro, spoke about her experience in making it.
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If, like me, you’re neither a voracious non-fiction reader nor television writer, you’ll still feel right at home opening up to Nell Scovell’s autobiography, Just the Funny Parts … and a Few Hard Truths About Sneaking Into the Hollywood Boys’ Club. Scovell’s witty candor uses her experience as a screenwriter for productions such as NCIS, The Simpsons, Charmed, and Sabrina the Teenage Witch (among others) to offer a behind-the-scenes look at pop culture that feels, at once, both comfortable and hilariously odd.
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Today we sat down with our Communications Chair Eliza Green to talk about discovering worlds through copywriting, open conversations and following in the footsteps of Dr. Seuss.
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Today we sat down with our Programming Chair Olivia Sherlock to talk about unexpected career paths, leaning into your passion and decluttering dreams.
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January is always a refreshing time to list out your goals and set yourself up for success for the New Year. If you’re anything like me, you have a number of things you want to accomplish listed out and ready to tackle. It’s nice to look at this list and feel inspired and motivated, but let’s fast forward to April, or May when the New Year’s resolution mojo isn’t so strong… It comes as no surprise that your “inspo” might fade but when it comes to goals, you need to track your success. Literally, every day.
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Today we sat down with our Programming Chair Amanda Bunnett to talk about inclusion, pushing against the status quo and Dutch marine life.
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Copywriter.
The word written and circled in purple ink on the upper-right-hand side of my planner during my senior year of college. The word I kept my sights on as I crammed for exams, applied for internships and interviewed for full-time jobs.
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