Quotes from Rachel Sklar

If anyone was going to write the definitive account of what the 2008 election meant for women, it would be Rebecca Traister.

'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.

Is there anything about the JonBenet Ramsey case that isn't weird and disturbing?

As a matter of personal philosophy, I have generally said, 'Why not?' far more often than either 'Why?' or 'Not.'

There's a tendency, when the offspring of a famous person does something notable, to define them by their more-famous parent.

What bothered me most about chick lit, frankly, was how the term was used to dismiss a huge chunk of the bookstore as silly, girlish prattle.

'Single' is usually applied to women as though they are a problem to be fixed.

Stuart Blumberg is suddenly an authority on the modern - or, dare we say, post-modern - family, thanks to the critically-acclaimed debut of his new film, 'The Kids Are All Right.'

Good Lord - if I couldn't multitask, I don't know what I'd do.

If you care about the news and write what you want to read - not just what you think Google search wants to read - there are people out there who want to read it.

Here's the thing: 'The Hurt Locker' was an amazing, important film. But did I enjoy it? Of course not. It was very tough to watch and, while gripping, not exactly what you'd call a happy place.

The comedian can put the punchline out there, but it's the audience that receives it - and has to get it.

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.

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.

Not only do I not drive, I don't have my driver's license; there's a story there, but the upshot is that I spent my high school years an ardent environmentalist and workout junkie who wanted to save the environment, burn calories, and have my boyfriends drive me around.

As an expectant mom who is currently self-employed, I'm amazed at just how tied to the workplace maternity benefits are.

I have jeggings to wear and worlds to conquer.

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.

A strong and enthusiastic niche audience can push a topic into mainstream consciousness with speed and force.

Jessica Jackley has a gift for making people want to fork over their cash. To total strangers. Far, far away.

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.

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.

Emily Gannett is tireless. I know this because I have traded emails with her at 2 A.M. only to later wake blearily to a chipper morning missive sent south of 6 A.M. before her morning run.

On the Internet, everybody has an opinion about everything, but if you're smart, you know when to keep your mouth shut.