Gee whiz, the summer has flown by! For just about every student and teacher, school has started back up. I know Hurricane Harvey has disrupted the start of the school for many in Texas, to say the least of its destruction. And Irma seems to be gearing up to do the same in Florida. Add to that that announcement that the DACA program will be ending, negatively impacting 800,000 people who have lived in the United States for most of their lives, young people who often have known no other home than the U.S. It's been a difficult week, and its negative effects will be felt for a long, long time.
But, in addition to obsessively following the news (does that count as a hobby?), I've read a bunch of great stuff lately. I've been getting some new interviews ready, but in the meantime, check out these awesome women.
Oprah in character in the upcoming Wrinkle in Time movie. This is basically how I picture her anyway: wise, powerful, and stunning.
1) I spent at least an hour yesterday on Time Magazine's Firsts page, watching videos and reading about women who have broken the glass ceiling in some way. As the introduction says:
What a jagged image we use for women who achieve greatly, defining accomplishment in terms of the barrier rather than the triumph. There she is up where the air is thin, where men still outnumber women, but where the altitude is awesome. Our goal with Firsts is for every woman and girl to find someone whose presence in the highest reaches of success says to her that it is safe to climb, come on up, the view is spectacular.
2) Oprah is (of course) one of the women featured by Time. I also loved her profile in the September issue of Vogue.
3) Oprah's A Wrinkle in Time costar Reese Witherspoon wrote this essay in Glamour about ambition and her own experience with putting her money where her mouth is- taking her frustration with the lack of film roles for women and producing Gone Girl, Wild, and Big Little Lies. Her advice: "Run away from a man who can't handle your ambition."
4) When I think of women who embody the idea of finding a way to do work as an adult that taps into what you loved growing up, Christina Tosi of Milk Bar always comes to mind. If you have a sweet tooth and you've ever eaten a compost cookie, or cereal milk soft serve, or crack pie, or any of the other VERY sugary treats at Milk Bar (my favorite is the cornflake-marshmallow cookie), you know why Tosi's treats have found such a devoted following. You might not know the story of how she built her business, though, which is just as compelling.
