I remember sitting in a junior level communications class at UMass Amherst in 1995 when one of my classmates declared that her goal was to be an MTV VJ. I was like, “say what?” I remember thinking that is the most ridiculous thing I’ve ever heard anyone say. But in retrospect I get it. When […] Read more…
March 2016 archive
Woman of a Certain Age: Why I no Longer Care About Looking Professional
I turned forty recently. I’m not one of those freaks who dreads each birthday but my forties have definitely been different. There has been one shift in my forty-year-old-thinking that is so seemingly trivial it is embarrassing to admit. Because of all the terrible things in this world that I should be concerned about, I […] Read more…