Queens! What if I told you that you were being robbed?! From the moment you start working, there is a strong chance that you’ve been underpaid for the work you’ve done. Not because you are underqualified. Not because you are Read More
How Women Can Succeed in Male-Dominated Fields
It is no secret that even after all these years there are still major gender discrepancies in our workplaces. Numerous fields — particularly those in trades and STEM career paths — are still male-dominated and successful women feel few and Read More
Myths About Sexual Assault Need to be Debunked Now
We hear of sexual assault scandals and historic abuse cases so often that our society has almost become numb to them, especially after the ‘Me Too’ movement in 2017. While it is an issue that is talked of more openly Read More
Money Mindset and the Wage Gap
A little over a year ago, my business coach asked me about my financial goals. I told her I wanted to make enough to live a comfortable life. My coach nodded and asked me to describe a future in which Read More
World Day Against Trafficking
Many readers are now familiar with the name Jeffrey Epstein. Thanks in large part to the laser-focused investigative journalism of Julie K. Brown from the Miami Herald, Epstein, a wealthy former hedge fund manager, was recently arrested on sex trafficking Read More
Emotional Healing from PTSD
Can you have a relationship before you’re fully emotionally healed? Emotional healing is so necessary after experiencing a traumatic event. Trauma is a difficult thing to work through, from any cause. It is important to recognise trauma, hard as it Read More
Sor Juana Inés de la Cruz: More Than Just a Portrait
If you’ve ever been to the Philadelphia Museum of Art or taken an art history class, you’ve probably seen the Portrait of Sor Juana Inés de la Cruz. While the painting itself is impressive in its own right, the subject Read More
The 5 Biggest Sex Trafficking Myths Debunked
We might have actor Liam Neeson to thank for getting us riled up about sex trafficking. After all, as the very angry father of a young woman kidnapped to be sold as a sex slave in the Taken (2008) film Read More
How Women Become Vulnerable to Human Trafficking
Human trafficking occurs all around the world, and in each and every one of the 50 United States. It is estimated that there are over 40 million global victims and hundreds of thousands in the United States. While the United Read More
It’s Time To Catch Up: the Carl D. Perkins Act
Traveling Backwards In 1984, the Carl D. Perkins Career and Technical Education Act was enacted into law. The purpose of this act was to promote career and technical education (CTE) programs through federal funding. When this law was originally passed, Read More