Debunking the myths around women’s work, money and ambition fueling modern day gender inequality
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Who Stands Behind Ambitious Women?
This week my book, The Ambition Penalty: How Corporate Culture Tells Women to Step Up—and Then Pushes Them Down, officially launched into the world, realizing an ambition nearly ten years in the making.
(See me geeking out after seeing th...
"What We Inherit From Our Mothers In A World That Hates Them": The True Price of Shame
It’s always worth considering what women are being shamed for and who it really serves.
This is a line that I had to cut from my book manuscript (because it was about a 100 pages too long by the time I submitted the first draft), but it’s...
“Why be a star when you can make a constellation?”
“The biggest innovations and breakthroughs in society are a direct result of collaboration, not competition.
Whether it’s from a workplace standpoint, whether it’s in our social relationships, whether it’s in our culture, I think we do nee...
Why Moms Fantasize About Being Hospitalized
Psychiatrist and author, , was two months postpartum when a fellow mom told her, “You know, I have this fantasy of just being hospitalized so I can be taken care of. I’m so tired. I’m so burnt out. And I wish I could just get mildly injured...
Your Boss (Husband, Partner, Peer) Won’t Listen to You If He Doesn’t Listen to Women
“There is almost no better way to inspire a flood of aggressively sexist comments than to publish the phrase ‘gender pay gap.’ No matter how many thousands of empirical, peer-reviewed papers I cite (and yes, there are literally thousands)...
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Author of THE AMBITION PENALTY (ambitionpenalty.com) Debunking myths around women’s work, money and ambition one data point at a time [stefanieoconnell at gmail.com]
Author of TOUCHED OUT. Words at New York Times Mag, Guardian, Elle, The Cut, Ms. PhD in literature, MFA in writing. Usually more madwoman than mad woman.
Tracy Clark-Flory is the author of the memoir MY MOTHER'S DAUGHTER. Also: WANT ME. She is a journalist, essayist, and co-hosts the podcast Dire Straights. Her weekly newsletter, TCF Emails, covers sex, pop culture, and feminism.
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Journalist, mom, & author of Like, Follow, Subscribe: Influencer Kids and the Cost of a Childhood Online
Storytelling is my passion. I'm a 2x NYT bestselling author of The Three Mothers: How the Mothers of MLK Jr., Malcolm X, and James Baldwin Shaped a Nation + Erased: What American Patriarchy Has Hidden From Us.
I'm the author of Unhitched: The Essential Divorce Guide for Women. I am also a therapist, a mom and a step mom. I'm passionate about reducing the shame and stigma of divorce.
Narrative Psychiatrist. Author of THE GUILT PILL (2025), WELL-BEHAVED INDIAN WOMEN, and WHAT A HAPPY FAMILY. Mother. NBC Mental health commentator.
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