Everything is Uncertain, and Nothing is Forever: Dancing with Depression

Michelle Obama admitted last week that she’s been dealing with low-grade depression. ⁣ ⁣ Girl, same. ⁣Low-grade depression: check! Mrs. Obama didn’t have to do this. But she did. And I’m doing so she opened the doors for so many of us to have conversations that we were afraid to have before. ⁣ She opened … Read more

Greetings from Wonderhell

Laura Gassner Otting and Malala Yousafzai Four days ago I published my new book. The day before that I found out that it was debuting as a bestseller, #2 in the Washington Post list behind Michelle Obama. (Squee!) And, the day before that over a hundred of my dearest friends and loved one came from … Read more

Rock Your Moxie, Sleeveless or Not

I recently read an article suggesting that studies show that women who wear sleeveless dresses on stage appear to their audience members as less intelligent than their be-sleeved counterparts.  It was based on a study in Yale Scientific that reported that people assign a higher degree of intelligence to those who wear more clothes than … Read more