Category Archives: Women in Business

Queen Bey

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I just wrote an article about how all women are feminists…but are just afraid to admit it. I went on a huge rant about how female celebrities are doing a disservice to themselves and their fans by not admitting to being a feminist. Leave it to the Queen Bey to prove me right!
Beyonce is on the cover of Vogue UK’s May issues (looking fierce of course) and in the interview she says, “But I guess I am a modern-day feminist. I do believe in equality. Why do you have to choose what type of woman you are? Why do you have to label yourself anything? I’m just a woman and I love being a woman. I do believe in equality and that we have a way to go and it’s something that’s pushed aside and something that we have been conditioned to accept.”
She’s flawless. God, really….she’s beyond human. Beyonce has come under some scrutiny for her latest single “Bow Down” some say it’s anti-feminst….I say nay! NAY ON THAT! The song in question has the following lyrics:
I know when you were little girls, You dreamt of being in my world, Don’t forget it, don’t forget it, Respect that, bow down, bitches.

It’s the “bow down, bitches” part that is getting flack—mainly from Rush Limbaugh. Not that Limbaugh matters or understands anything let alone feminist ideals—but I’ll address his attack.
“She’s done a total 180,” Limbaugh said of the star. “Beyonce’s now saying ‘Go ahead and put up with it!’ … She’s going to call herself Mrs. Carter on the ‘Bow Down B—-s’ tour.” He added, “She got married, she married the rich guy, she now understands. She now understands that it’s worth it to bow down. And she’s passing on that advice.”


But what the song is actually saying is: bow down bitches that thought I couldn’t make it. Bow down bitches that thought they were on my level. It’s an egotistical song…now a submissive song. Shockingly, Limbaugh missed the point! He also missed the part where it says: “I took some time to live my life, But don’t think I’m just his little wife, Don’t get it twisted, get it twisted, This my sh-t, bow down bitches”.
Oh, she took some time from making millions on her own to be a wife and mother…that means she bows down to her rich husband? SHE’S RICH! Man, that Limbaugh…what a douche amiright?
Anyway, Queen Bey is at it again. She’s just being perfect, making millions, raising a baby, having a successful long term relationship in the entertainment world and Limbaugh is fat, frustrated, idiot that couldn’t get a lady even if he paid for it—he certainly couldn’t get Bey!
In response to his idiotic take on her life Beyonce had this to say, “I feel like Mrs Carter is who I am, but more bold and more fearless than I’ve ever been. It comes from knowing my purpose and really meeting myself once I saw my child,” she said. “I was like, ‘OK, this is what you were born to do.’ The purpose of my body became completely different.”


Ugh, stop being so perfect, Beyonce!



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Female leadership is more effective… yet so limited

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The data has been analyzed, and the results are in. Women in the workplace scored much higher on leadership effectiveness than the men. Researchers John Zenger and Joseph Folkman cite sixteen qualities that make for better leadership. These include the current collaborative workplace model that plays to women’s strengths, women being better listeners and better at building relationships.

It isn’t shocking that there are so few women heading business. There is currently a dismal (yet record) amount of twenty one female Fortune 500 CEOs.

The real question is this: why do only 18% of women aspire to be the CEO? Are our sights automatically set lower, stunted by the renowned glass ceiling?

It took long enough for womenkind to break into corporate America, rising above secretarial and into command position. There still has yet to be a woman candidate for President from either of the majority parties.

Time for a history lesson. The 19th Amendment, which federally granted women’s suffrage, was not ratified until 1920. It has not even been a hundred years since women were granted the right to vote! Twenty five years later when WWII ended, the plethora of women who had joined the work force were politically pushed back to their original place on the home front. Historically, this is not the nation to encourage female leaders.

Are we really supposed to be surprised that America’s women do not encompass more leadership positions, despite their admirable and leader-worthy qualities? Give them another century and find a majority female Fortune 500 CEOs.



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If You’re Breathing, You’re a Feminist

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There is an influx of celebrities denying being “Feminists”. Famous ladies like Melissa Leo, Carla Bruni-Sarkozy, Marissa Mayer, Taylor Swift and Katy Perry have all denounced being “feminists”. While accepting her Woman of the Year award from Billboard Perry said, “I am not a feminist, but I do believe in the strength of women.” Well, they’re wrong.

I’d like to categorically say that these women are wrong. It doesn’t matter if they want to admit it or not but they are feminists. Any woman breaking boundaries in a male dominated world, any woman succeeding in her choice of career, any woman that says I am more than a “sister, wife, mother I am a person” is a feminist. If you want to sit and say, “I am defined by what a man or society tells me I am” then you are not a feminist.

The problem with saying, “I am a feminist” is it is perceived as “I am a man-hating, unshaved, beast that will cut the sleeves off my t-shirts and refuse to wear skirts”. Feminists have a brand issued. We have a PR problem. There was a radical movement that hi-jacked what being a feminist is. Gloria Steinem is a feminist and is gorgeous. In fact she became the face of the movement because it was a good face.

You can still be pretty, girly, frilly and demand to be treated as equal. Being a feminist isn’t being angry and boorish. It’s not about being hard and masculine. It is about standing up for equal rights because you are a human being and a citizen of the world.

It does a great disservice for Katy Perry to say “I’m not a feminist”. Of course you are! You believe you are worth something! That’s why you beat down the doors of the record industry and didn’t conform to what they wanted to be. In her movie trailer Perry stands on stage and says, “thank you for believing in my weirdness.” But it was Perry herself who trusted her weirdness who knew she knew what she was doing and didn’t let anyone tell her “no, no silly little girl you can’t sing about this, you can’t dance that way, you can’t dye your hair pink”. She said, “Watch me dye my hair, put on a whipped cream bra, dance around Candy-land while singing I kissed a girl and make millions”. In the trailer someone also says, “What are people saying she can’t do? That’s what she’s going to do next.” That’s a feminist.



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Yahoo CEO Mayer Takes A Huge Step Back

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One of the major perks of working in the digital space is being able to work from home. It’s my personal dream. I love working from home. I get more done. I’m relaxed. I feel better. It’s just wonderful. It’s also great for parents. If you work on the Internet you can take your job anywhere. That means you can work flexible hours, you can work from home and keep an eye on the kids. You can go to school field trips and parent teacher conferences then work after.

In fact when Marissa Mayer left Google and became the “Queen of Yahoo” she was looked at as a role model for women. She was young, she was successful, she was creative and innovative, and she was pregnant when she took the reins of Yahoo. Everyone looked to Mayer to pave the way for women in this industry…until recently.

Mayer recently announced that all “remote employees” must relocate to company facilities. That means…no more work from home situations. This is completely backward thinking on the part of Mayer. But this isn’t the first time Mayer has set everything back.

After she gave birth Mayer took a short (two-week) maternity leave. She then built a nursery next to her office at her own expense, to make working and having a newborn easier. That’s great for Mayer…but most of us don’t have that option.
She then made the public statement, “the baby’s been way easier than everyone made it out to be.” Maybe the baby was easier because Mayer can afford a nanny with her $117 million over five years contract, a work nursery, and a penthouse apartment–that means baby can be with nanny in playroom and mommy can nap without disruption…again not the case for most working parents.

Jackie Reses is the H.R chief at Yahoo and put out a memo about the new policy stating, “some of the best decisions and insights come from hallway and cafeteria discussions, meeting new people, and impromptu team meetings,” adding tartly that if “Yahoos” “have to stay home for the cable guy, please use your best judgment in the spirit of collaboration.” Basically, please live to work not work to live.

What Mayer is doing is punishing all because of a few. It is true that not everyone can handle a “work from home” lifestyle but some people need it. So instead of teaching her executives to better manage their remote employees Mayer is just pulling the plug.

This is a huge setback for working parents, for the digital space, and for women in high powerful positions. You don’t have to be Stalin to be respected…but Mayer seemed to miss that memo.



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