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Not So Serious Women

By Kelly | Published: February 5, 2011
I’m sure you’ve encountered these women. When you were in college people used to say they were getting their MRS Degree. If you’re in the military they are Parade Pretty. If you’re in business there doesn’t seem to be a specific label. Sometimes I refer to them as the clubbing girls because what they wear [...]
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I wish I knew…

By Kelly | Published: November 22, 2010
This post is part of a blog series on Brazen being sponsored by JobSTART101. They asked Brazen members to answer the question: What do I wish I knew before I started working? Here’s my response… What I wish I knew before I started working High expectations ruin the experience. I wish I realized [...]
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Did you Know? Help Wanted – Female

By Kelly | Published: November 11, 2010
Did you know that help wanted ads used to be segregated by gender? At that time most people looked for jobs using the newspaper (awwww how quaint!). Job segregation may no longer be legal however for certain types of jobs you would never know it. These are the so called Pick Collar [...]
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Sugar Mamas on the Rise

By Kelly | Published: August 15, 2010
My boyfriend makes less money than I do and I’m ok with that. Making more money allows me to have more choices, so why would I artifically limit my choices of mates based on this criteria.  Most men wouldn’t do that… so why should I?  I want someone who is both ambitious and yet not a [...]
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Don’t tell them you’re pregnant

By Kelly | Published: June 15, 2010
Here’s the thing.  Once people at work know you’re pregnant they start assuming all kinds of things.  She’ll never come back, she doesn’t care about her career now, whatever whatever.  It doesn’t really matter.  What matters is that you’re going to be pregnant for 9 months — that’s 3/4 of a year.  So, maybe you’re [...]
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Did you Know? Women Wearing Pants

By Kelly | Published: June 8, 2010
Did you know that historically women were not allowed to wear pants in a professional environment.  That’s right.  Not allowed.  The whole concept of not being able to wear pants at work is preposterous to me.  So completely foreign that I can’t even really understand it. To me pants are more professional than skirts.  You’re not [...]
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