'Single' is usually applied to women as though they are a problem to be fixed. Rachel Sklar More Quotes by Rachel Sklar More Quotes From Rachel Sklar I not only work online through my various projects, but I am an avid user of online technologies to connect and engage with friends as well. Rachel Sklar i-amonlyfriendswork My weekends are oases of time and space, where I am able to draw a breath and dive into the stuff I couldn't get to that week - the great article I bookmarked, the friend whose emails I kept dropping, the blog post I'd meant to write on a subject that wasn't timely but was still important. Rachel Sklar i-amgreatspacetime I find the term 'workaholic' to be distasteful because it reminds me of the harried-looking lawyers I recall chained to their desks through nights and weekends during my lawyer days years ago. Rachel Sklar lawyersfindmelawyer 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 i-amabortiondecisionway Law school and summer camp are the two experiences that inform pretty much all I do. Rachel Sklar prettylawsummerschool There will always be women who say, 'She doesn't represent me.' In retrospect, these things are gifts, because it forces me to step up and defend what I'm doing. Rachel Sklar stepdoingmewomen What I do want is to be transparent about where I am and how I got here. I don't like the cone of silence - it didn't do me any favors in my 20s or 30s, and I don't see it doing much for other women, either. Rachel Sklar i-ammewomensilence For single women, admitting that you want kids when you're still unattached can feel like exposing a vulnerability. It did to me. Rachel Sklar feelmeyouwomen In 2014, having children is complicated and daunting and fraught - as much as it's always been, but now we're talking about it. And the more we talk about it, the more of us will realize that we're not going through it alone. Far from it. Rachel Sklar realizealonewillchildren In September 2005, I was three things: the media blogger for 'FishbowlNY,' a maniacal Daily Show fan, and the only person to smuggle a tape recorder and camera into a big Magazine Publishers of America event featuring Jon Stewart interviewing five hotshot magazine editors in an unbelievable bloodbath. Rachel Sklar cameradailypersonmedia
