Rachel Sklar Quotes

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Rachel Sklar

Profession : Lawyer

Birth : December 8, 1972

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.

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

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

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For single women, admitting that you want kids when you're still unattached can feel like exposing a vulnerability. It did to me.

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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.

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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.

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What's surprised me most about the demands of blogging - the relentlessness of it. 24-hour news cycle, every media imaginable right here in New York, totally fair game.

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I started as kind of an outsider - freelancer working from home, building contacts from the ground up etc. - so I didn't have too many relationships holding me back.

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Of course the shrieking desire for the scoop can get really strong, but so is the desire to safeguard connections and keep everyone happy.

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I totally consider Fishbowl my full time job - I have to say I freaking love doing this blog. I just enjoy the medium so much; I love the fact that it requires me to read amazing stuff by hilarious and talented people and forces me to know what's going on in the world.

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I'm constantly maxing out my Gmail account, and that is hard to do.

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I downloaded a Ricky Gervais podcast once at the persistent urging of a friend and found it funny but distracting - if I'm online, I'm surfing, which means I'm distracted from the podcast. So it's a form that doesn't really work for me.

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I read 'The Shining' before I ever saw the movie, when I was maybe 12.

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What's more important to 'SNL': comedy or buzz? To the writers, players and guest hosts, it's probably the former; to Lorne Michaels and the suits at NBC, it's ultimately probably the latter.

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

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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.

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I am a pop culture person. And car people have clearly contributed to pop culture, which is how I knew about purple French tail lights and 30-inch fins without exactly knowing what they were.

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Seeing how easy it has been to use Twitter for good has exposed the double-edged sword of how easy it could be to co-opt.

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Twitter is an amazing public tool with an incredible capacity for public good.

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Twitter may have a cute-sounding name, but it exists, it generates a ton of content, it implicates all types of people, and it has nuances that are important to get right. Hopefully, its careless rendering by sloppy journalists won't lead to the dumbification of America.

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