I am pro-choice, but I don't consider that inconsistent at all with pro-life - there's no way that having an abortion, ever, is an easy decision, and it more often errs on the side of absolutely wrenching, not to mention physically debilitating. Rachel Sklar More Quotes by Rachel Sklar More Quotes From Rachel Sklar My co-founder and great friend Glynnis MacNicol is only a chat box away and gives me the support (and tough love!) needed to remember who I am and what I'm worth. You can't be your own cheerleader all of the time. Be there to support your friends and let them support you. Rachel Sklar support-youwho-i-ampowerful Goliaths, choose your Davids wisely. Rachel Sklar goliath If you DON'T have diversity around your boardroom table, then what is wrong with you? Rachel Sklar diversitytablesifs There's a lot of money to be made by taking women seriously, and letting them know you're taking them seriously. Rachel Sklar lots-of-moneymadeknows Friendships that are first grounded in the shared professional ambitions - social stuff is built around that - and then you see people pulling each other up as they rise. Rachel Sklar ambitionstuffpeople I'm Jewish, but not overly religious, and have certainly never formally observed the Fourth Commandment, other than via the tradition of wearing white on Friday nights at summer camp, which never seemed to dovetail with the fact that Fridays were also the night for grape juice. Rachel Sklar nevertraditionwhitenight For video clips, you can always assume that there is a creative component since you are literally dealing with production values. Rachel Sklar youalwaysvaluescreative Women as a raw demographic unit exercise incredible power across every element of American life. Rachel Sklar womenpowerexerciselife As an expectant mom who is currently self-employed, I'm amazed at just how tied to the workplace maternity benefits are. Rachel Sklar howjustworkplacemom Twitter is an astounding platform for information, but it's a total blank slate - which means it's an astounding platform for disinformation, too. Rachel Sklar twitterwhichblankinformation Twitter may have a cute-sounding name, but it exists, it generates a ton of content, it implicates all types of people, and it has nuances that are important to get right. Hopefully, its careless rendering by sloppy journalists won't lead to the dumbification of America. Rachel Sklar nameimportantamericapeople New York apartments are notoriously small, and my cute little studio is no exception - space is at a premium, which is one of the reasons that I only have a mini-fridge. Great for leftovers, cheese, and chilling Diet Coke. Rachel Sklar newgreatspacecute 'Sesame Street' is awesome - not only because they teach, edify and entertain kids but because they savvily make it possible to do so with parental engagement, because the show is loaded with references for Mom and Dad. Rachel Sklar streetmom-and-daddadmom As a matter of personal philosophy, I have generally said, 'Why not?' far more often than either 'Why?' or 'Not.' Rachel Sklar personalmattersaidphilosophy I feel lucky every day. But I can also trace that luck back to decisions I have made. Frequently, those decisions have been to pay my own way to somewhere I want to be and something I want to do. Rachel Sklar feeldayluckway I've gone out on limbs, flung far, and Forrest-Gumped my way into the center of the action. Rachel Sklar fargoneactionway I didn't go to law school to become a lawyer, per se - let's just say I was leaning in to some strong suggestions from my parents - but my nebulous goals of someday becoming a writer were just that, nebulous. Rachel Sklar goalsparentslawyerschool I took a job at a white-shoe NYC law firm, with an office, business cards, and a fat starter paycheck. Rachel Sklar fatjobbusinesslaw I wrote small stories here and there, then bigger ones. Some were even written for money. I signed up for a writing class and snuck my first assignment on a yellow legal pad in a partner's office while he read through my memo. Rachel Sklar partnerlegalmoneyyellow I don't fault my former law firm for running their business like a business or expecting their new hire to be worth the obscene rate she was billed out at, but fun it was not. Rachel Sklar newbusinesslawfun
