I took a job at a white-shoe NYC law firm, with an office, business cards, and a fat starter paycheck. Rachel Sklar Read Quote
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. Rachel Sklar Read Quote
Law school and summer camp are the two experiences that inform pretty much all I do. Rachel Sklar Read Quote
I didn’t go to law school to become a lawyer, per se – let’s just say I was leaning in to some strong suggestions from my parents – but my nebulous goals of someday becoming a writer were just that, nebulous. Rachel Sklar Read Quote
I am pro-choice, but I don’t consider that inconsistent at all with pro-life – there’s no way that having an abortion, ever, is an easy decision, and it more often errs on the side of absolutely wrenching, not to mention physically debilitating. Rachel Sklar Read Quote
I not only work online through my various projects, but I am an avid user of online technologies to connect and engage with friends as well. Rachel Sklar Read Quote
I’m Jewish, but not overly religious, and have certainly never formally observed the Fourth Commandment, other than via the tradition of wearing white on Friday nights at summer camp, which never seemed to dovetail with the fact that Fridays were also the night for grape juice. Rachel Sklar Read Quote
Women as a raw demographic unit exercise incredible power across every element of American life. Rachel Sklar Read Quote
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. Rachel Sklar Read Quote
I wrote small stories here and there, then bigger ones. Some were even written for money. I signed up for a writing class and snuck my first assignment on a yellow legal pad in a partner’s office while he read through my memo. Rachel Sklar Read Quote
