Having a Ball Having it All

NPR wants to hear from women - what’s a piece of advice...

Mon, 06 May 2013 19:04:23 -0400

NPR wants to hear from women - what’s a piece of advice that’s helped you at work? Add to their Tumblr blog. (This is tied to their series on the Changing Lives of Women.)

"Should we automatically assume that the woman running the company is doing more with her life than..."

Wed, 13 Mar 2013 11:16:46 -0400

“Should we automatically assume that the woman running the company is doing more with her life than the woman who has negotiated a three-day week?”

- Mary Louise Kelly in The Daily Beast

"Far from having it all, most working women live in danger of losing it all"

Fri, 08 Mar 2013 17:27:31 -0500

“Far from having it all, most working women live in danger of losing it all”

- Ellen Bravo on BillMoyers.com

Beyond Sheryl, Marisa and Lena

Fri, 08 Mar 2013 12:31:35 -0500

Beyond Sheryl, Marisa and Lena:

What if instead of flaming the media circus around Sheryl Sandberg, Marisa Mayer and Lena Dunham, we told stories about powerful women who aren’t already in the spotlight? And what if we measured power by, say, compassionate action, instead of executive status and salary?

"…Women with any sort of success or advantage are supposed to be self-deprecating."

Fri, 08 Mar 2013 12:21:13 -0500

““…Women with any sort of success or advantage are supposed to be self-deprecating.””

- Why Do We Hate Successful Women? on Slate.com

The first Having a Ball Having it All live show was on Friday,...

Wed, 06 Mar 2013 10:15:00 -0500

The first Having a Ball Having it All live show was on Friday, and all in attendance did, indeed, have a ball. Listen in on my opening monologue, in which I get into character as Melody Bell, the perfect woman, and talk about phone calls with Beyonce, breast feeding my kids til they’re 6, rehabilitating llamas in Africa and so much more…

Can you get naked and still have it all?

Mon, 04 Mar 2013 15:11:35 -0500

“Attacking Judd for her nude scenes is part and parcel of the right’s current strategy to discredit promising female advocates,” says Think Progress in this article.

Having a Ball Having it All: the theme song. Written by Jordan...

Fri, 01 Mar 2013 12:28:31 -0500

Having a Ball Having it All: the theme song. Written by Jordan Hirsch, performed by yours truly.

Show tonite at 9:30 - details and tix.

Live Show Tonight!

Fri, 01 Mar 2013 11:08:45 -0500

Funny ladies like Aparna Nancherla and Meghan O’Keefe weigh in on what it means to “have it all” tonight at 9:30!

Details and tix

"Every woman I know who feels like she “has it all” — and there are many — has done it in a unique..."

Wed, 27 Feb 2013 12:16:01 -0500

“Every woman I know who feels like she “has it all” — and there are many — has done it in a unique way.”

- Sarah Lacy

Seth MacFarlane is a Boob.

Mon, 25 Feb 2013 15:59:00 -0500

Seth MacFarlane is a Boob.:

At a moment when Sheryl Sandberg, the Facebook chief operating officer, talks about how women have to “lean in” in the workplace, Seth MacFarlane pops up from behind to say, “So we can see your boobs.”

- The New Yorker

Oscar Analysis

Mon, 25 Feb 2013 15:42:00 -0500

Michelle Obama: has it all + bangs. Quvenzhané Wallis: can’t quite have it all ‘cause she’s only 9, but she’s well on her way. Renee Zellwegger: has all the botox.

Photo

Thu, 14 Feb 2013 14:15:47 -0500

If women can have it all, why are they still angry?

Wed, 13 Feb 2013 13:46:10 -0500

If women can have it all, why are they still angry?:

A roundtable discussion hosted by NYTimes columnist Gail Collins.

In Nordic countries, men and women can both have it all.

Tue, 12 Feb 2013 10:58:29 -0500

In Nordic countries, men and women can both have it all.:

That settles it: I’m moving to Sweden.

This is it, folks — the Having a Ball Having it All live...

Mon, 11 Feb 2013 15:32:01 -0500

This is it, folks — the Having a Ball Having it All live show, featuring a stellar lineup of hilarious lady-folk from the tee-vee, the interwebs and the NYC live theater scene. One night only.

Friday, March 1st @ The Tank

Hope to see you there!

"As she told GQ, she feels more complete now. “Giving birth made me realize the power of being..."

Fri, 01 Feb 2013 10:09:26 -0500

“As she told GQ, she feels more complete now. “Giving birth made me realize the power of being a woman,” she said. “I have so much more substance in my life.” But also: “I love my job, but it’s more than that: I need it.” The menagerie of stylists, managers, assistants, and nannies who make it all possible aren’t foregrounded. After all, this is part of having it all: pretending you didn’t have to break a sweat to do so.”

- Beyonce’s Message: Women Can Have it All (New Republic)

"Bad data in equals bad data out. Algorithms that dating sites have spent millions of dollars to..."

Thu, 31 Jan 2013 13:56:06 -0500

“Bad data in equals bad data out. Algorithms that dating sites have spent millions of dollars to refine aren’t necessarily bad. They’re just not as good as we want them to be, because they’re computing our half-truths and aspirational wishes.”

- Love in the Age of Data – how one woman hacked her way to happily ever after (via explore-blog)

"‎You don’t have to get a job that makes others feel comfortable about what they perceive as your..."

Thu, 31 Jan 2013 13:51:58 -0500

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‎You don’t have to get a job that makes others feel comfortable about what they perceive as your success. You don’t have to explain what you plan to do with your life. You don’t have to justify your education by demonstrating its financial rewards. You don’t have to maintain an impeccable credit score. Anyone who expects you to do any of those things has no sense of history or economics or science or the arts.

You have to pay your electric bill. You have to be kind. You have to give it all you got. You have to find people who love you truly and love them back with the same truth. But that’s all.

”

- Cheryl Strayed (via poco-cocoa)

How Grandmothers Help Us Have it All

Tue, 29 Jan 2013 12:58:08 -0500

How Grandmothers Help Us Have it All