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I've been called the Women's Auxiliary of the Brat Pack. ”
There is part of you as a female - no question - that feels like you have to be overprepared and outwork the men because people are automatically going to look at you and say, 'Well, you didn't play football,' or, 'You don't know what you're talking about,' because you are a female. ”
When there is a certain subject matter where I want to get involved, where I think I could add to the conversation, and especially with gender issues, I appreciate having that voice and that seat at the table. ”
As far as feeling like I need to prove myself or this or that, I don't feel that way anymore. I've been in this business for ten years, so I'm kind of past all that. I was there where, as a female, you always feel like you have to prove yourself; you have to outwork them. But all I worry about now is being prepared. ”
As I continue to write as M. O'Keefe, I find myself following darker story lines. Plots I might have flinched away from I now rush toward. Using sex as a tool to tell women's stories is endlessly fascinating. ”
Behind a smoke screen of high-profile female appointees and soothing slogans, George W. Bush is waging war on women. ”
I've seen what power women have in unification, and I would love to create co-working spaces and networks for female entrepreneurs. ”
I would love to raise a fund or get some awesome empowered women together and put together an advisory board to get behind female entrepreneurs. ”
Every life - regardless of background or gender - has equal value. ”
If you care about women's rights, you can't not vote. ”