With so much pressure on young girls to rely on physical beauty as their source of power (screw you, Spice Girls, Instagram, and YouTube), the future can seem bleak for the coming generation. But we hear rumblings of change in the air (and so do advertisers.) Photographer Kate Parker tells us why #strongisthenewpretty might be getting so much traction, and what this means for our daughters. #hopeful

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Unless you’re a member of Doctors without Borders you probably have moments when you long for more meaning in your job. Here’s the deal: it’s not your job, it’s what you do with it. Mary Alice Stephenson of Glam4Good shares how she’s turned leaders in the fashion world into a bunch of do-good revolutionaries.

Your job interview feels like a date. Your date feels like a job interview. You’re closing a deal and you’re in full seduction mode. What’s going on here?? Here’s what: there’s a big overlap between smart dating and smart business. This conversation will get you promoted or married. Or both. Listen to Bela Gandhi, founder of Smart Dating Academy.

We tell ourselves stories all day long to make sense of our lives. And we’re very attached to our version of events. But some stories are fairy tales. The takeaway: don’t hit send on that highly charged email until you have the full and accurate story. You’re welcome.