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Nov 6, 2020

Things I Saw While Working the Polls on Election Day in PA

My husband Chris and I worked the polls all day Tuesday here in our hometown. Our official role was as designated Poll Watchers, as members of our town’s Democratic Committee. At my request, I spent the day outside working the Democratic Committee table, directing voters and handing out sample ballots…

Election 2020

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Things I Saw While Working the Polls on Election Day in PA
Things I Saw While Working the Polls on Election Day in PA
Election 2020

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Aug 11, 2020

A Diary of August 11, 2020 — The Day Campus Reopened

I thought I would be okay today. I’m not. I just watched my husband pull away from the curb to drive in to work for the first time since the shutdown in April. His name is Chris. He works IT for the library of Villanova University. We begged for permission…

Pandemic

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A Diary of August 11, 2020 — The Day Villanova University Campus Reopened
A Diary of August 11, 2020 — The Day Villanova University Campus Reopened
Pandemic

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Jul 30, 2020

Some Market Feedback for My Favorite Personal Care Brand, Dollar Shave Club, From Their Hairiest Customer

Rather than get actual client work done today, I spent most of my writing time composing a love letter in the feedback box of my on-demand-personal-grooming-subscription-service-of-choice, Dollar Shave Club. Yes, I really sent them this, no, they didn’t hire me as their copywriter or paid influencer, as though I’m important…

Feedback

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Some Market Feedback for Dollar Shave Club, From Their Hairiest Customer
Some Market Feedback for Dollar Shave Club, From Their Hairiest Customer
Feedback

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Mar 18, 2020

How To Work From Home Without Giving Your Cat Up For Adoption, and Other Tips

Working from home for the first time ever? *cracks knuckles* my time to shine. I’ve worked from home for six years, and I’m here to help with tips from the veteran self-employed, presented here in the order you will experience them. Please review carefully: 1. You will feel a thrill…

Remote Work

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How To Work From Home Without Giving Your Cat Up For Adoption, and Other Tips
How To Work From Home Without Giving Your Cat Up For Adoption, and Other Tips
Remote Work

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Sep 4, 2019

There’s Never a First Offense When You’re a Nice White Boy

Content warnings: mentions of assault, abuse. I looked up from my bowl of cereal, and noticed that all of the acrylic squirrel figurines decorating my dorm room shelf were gone. On inspection, there were little gaps in the dust where each figurine had clearly been until quite recently, with little…

Sexual Assault

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There’s Never a First Offense When You’re a Nice White Boy
There’s Never a First Offense When You’re a Nice White Boy
Sexual Assault

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Sep 6, 2017

When I Ask for a Life Preserver, Don’t Tell Me to Say Please

Sure, fight for your rights — but don’t inconvenience me when you do it. That’s the message I heard thunderously loud and clear at a BarCamp event here in Philadelphia last fall. BarCamp is an “unconference” — members of the Philly tech scene show up every year, and sign up…

Feminism

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When I Ask for a Life Preserver, Don’t Tell Me to Say Please
When I Ask for a Life Preserver, Don’t Tell Me to Say Please
Feminism

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Sep 1, 2017

Why I Don’t Use an Androgynous Pen Name

First published on Raging Chicken Press Yesterday, I was asked by a Twitter follower why I didn't choose to change my name on my online work. She asks because I am most well known online at this point for an experiment I did at my old technical writing job three…

Feminism

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Why I Don’t Use an Androgynous Pen Name
Why I Don’t Use an Androgynous Pen Name
Feminism

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Mar 10, 2017

Pinkwashing: Or, How Not To Market to Women

Let me tell you a story about my first real published blog post. I was working as a technical writer for a guy who had just purchased a women’s career blog without any real idea of what he wanted to do with it. (And if you found me via this…

Life Lessons

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Pinkwashing: Or, How Not To Market to Women
Pinkwashing: Or, How Not To Market to Women
Life Lessons

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Mar 9, 2017

Working While Female

A Twitter thread has gotten some attention recently, where my former-coworker / current-best friend, Marty, recounted the day he realized just how bad, and insidious, workplace sexism could be. After noticing that a client was treating him like crap while his email signature was accidentally set to my name, we…

This Happened To Me

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Working While Female
Working While Female
This Happened To Me

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Nov 18, 2016

Therapy for the Man Behind the Curtain

It’s 10:13am, November 9th, 2016. I’m sitting in a room with four other women, and we’re learning skills and coping mechanisms to get us through our days when our traumas and the chemicals in our brains are telling us that we surely can’t. I’m crying. (What’s new.) I’m scared. Trump…

Politics

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Therapy for the Man Behind the Curtain
Therapy for the Man Behind the Curtain
Politics

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Nicole Hallberg

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Philly freelance blogger. Follow @nickyknacks for the personal stuff and www.nicolehallberg.com for my work stuff.

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