Working in a start-up entertainment company meant hour workdays, including weekends and holidays. If you're not at a job all day, you should do something that day that benefits your craft. If you can outwork people, you're already winning because there are a lot of people who are really smart that aren't where they're supposed to be because they refuse to put in the work, and it's not going to be 40 hours a week. While she excelled in her new position, Levin had another plan for the humorous and outspoken Parker, and found her to be a perfect candidate for the TMZ pilot show that they were shooting.
But Parker, still battling with the insecurities of her pound weight gain during her time in Sacramento, politely declined. You're not afraid of me. You like to debate, and we need you on the show so I'm not really asking you that was just a courtesy, you're doing it.
As Levin predicted, Parker was a star in her own right, breaking stories and being a part of a new wave of reporting where people no longer relied on traditional television for their entertainment news—even if it meant spending hour days outside of courthouses and hospitals hoping to be the first to catch a celebrity-sighting.
Before hitting the set of Access Hollywood , Parker takes a few minutes to get her hair and makeup touched up, but she remembers when just a few years ago she couldn't afford to even get a touch up because her hustle was more important than her hair.
I had moments where I was at a check-cashing store. Having a minimal budget meant that she had to get creative, such as hosting game nights with friends in lieu of going out, and finding side hustles to help make ends meet. The buildings went from a bad neighborhood to a gated community.
It definitely changed, but I had to be patient. Parker's patience paid off as she began to build notoriety as a face of TMZ. But after five years, it was time for a change. She left the show in May without a job or an agent, but she did have valuable relationships that she had cultivated over the years.
After taking time off for the summer she reached out to a Vice President at CBS through social media, who informed her that The Insider was looking for an Internet reporter. By the fall, she had secured a new contract. If you're good to people and they see you working hard, they give you opportunities that not everybody would have. While the position required Parker to be the face of their website, Parker made it her mission to also be involved in the television meetings, where her unique perspective as a woman of color caught the attention of the higher ups, who began booking her for shorter segments before offering her a television correspondent contract just a few months into working with the show.
You have to meet with the people inside and get them to respect you with your opinion and your work and you're able to translate that into something that pays off in the long run. But more visibility also meant more criticism.
As if a gap in my teeth means I'm less intelligent. As if because I don't have makeup on means I can't be passionate about my people. It forced the woman who was once too shy to be in front the camera to turn her insecurities into empowerment.
I'm going to be on your TV and I'm going to tell you how I feel," she says. I can't imagine allowing the opinions of people I don't even know to affect my day to where I can't function properly. I wish I would let a stranger have that much power over me to determine my success. You're going to watch me get all of these checks. Standing her ground and being a voice in an industry where women of color are few has given Parker a new purpose.
So, for me, it was important to be like, 'We don't have to get on TV and agree with everybody else. We don't have to agree with mainstream media, we don't have to placate anybody. My experience, that's all I can speak about. I can't speak about a white experience. I had people in the community tell me how proud they were that I held my own.
Staying true to who she is and her vision has opened doors in ways she only once dreamed about. This year, you can catch Nina as a guest host on E!
For someone who pressed the reset button on her career at a time when many are just settling into their positions, Parker is proof that there is no age limit to finding and walking in your purpose. Kiah McBride writes technical content by day and uses storytelling to pen real and raw personal development pieces on her blog Write On Kiah.
Follow her on Instagram and Twitter at writeonkiah. According to the synopsis, Passing is set in s New York City where a Black woman finds her world upended when her life becomes intertwined with a former childhood friend who's passing as white.
Filmed in black and white, Tessa plays Irene, a wife, and mother who lives with her family in Harlem and while she acknowledges her Blackness , her light complexion allows her to fit in white areas. Ruth Negga plays Clare who is married to a white man and passing as a white woman.
On the surface, the film is about two Black women dealing with the effects of passing for white, however, there's a more underlining story.
Tessa spoke with Newsweek about the significant film and how it's about more than just race. Tessa's character seemed to have the perfect lifemarried to a doctor with two kids and living in a beautiful brownstone, however, she's not happy. Then she runs into Ruth's character and Ruth's character quickly fits into her life with her family and friends making Tessa's character feel obsolete.
Tessa touched on her character not being satisfied with her life. Despite being unsatisfied, Tessa's character tries to hold everything together, but Ruth's character's abrupt arrival exposes the pitfalls in her marriage and it seems that she can no longer "pass" like everything is OK.
Neither can Ruth's character as she continues to intrude on Tessa's character's life and realizes she misses her Blackness.
But their character's internal conflicts aren't just unique to that time period. Tessa believes many people are still "passing" in today's society. There's such modernity to it," said Tessa. She says that to her friend, who is passing himself because he's a queer man who is married and puts on the artifice of being straight, although not very convincingly to his social community. So I think that is saying all of us sometimes find ourselves passing.
There were women who were suffocated by domesticity that have to pass, queer folks that pass, all those things were happening then in the s, and I think that still happens now. Passing was written and directed by Rebecca Hall who came up with the idea after reading the novel Nella Larsen while also coming to grips with her own family in which her grandfather, who was Black, passed for white for most of his life.
It's no surprise that women are leading in more ways than one when comes to making boss moves. While some have left the workforce altogether to start businesses, stay at home with their children, or travel, others have taken new, traditional career opportunities to the next level. Which leads us to this: Where are the jobs, and what companies are putting action behind words to diversify their ranks with opportunities for women to thrive?
There's still work to be done of course, in terms of CEO and board appointments , and equal pay , but that's a whole other story. Let's take a look at the "best" companies for women, according to the experts who put together select elite lists every year.
These are companies that have implemented policies, initiatives, and practices that put inclusion, safety, and minority advancement at the forefront. A quick note: This list isn't exhaustive nor is it intended to be a ranking of any kind.
It's a snapshot, summarized based on inclusion of companies consistently listed on multiple "best" lists that point to not only being great for women, but for Black women specifically, to give you a starting point for research to pursue your career goals.
If you've ever had to download an app to get your K info, tax returns, or digital paystubs, you're probably familiar with ADP. It provides human resource management software and services that are widely used across the globe.
A bonus: It's rated highly at 4 out of 5 stars on Glassdoor, a leading platform that highlights reviews from actual employees, both former and current. For this list, more than 85, women were asked to rate their companies on things like pay equity and parental leave, and they were also asked to describe how the brands backed gender equality or "perpetuated negative stereotypes. They've got top rankings in the hospitality industry , and they took the No. In partnership with Great Place to Work , a platform that quantifies employee experiences at companies across the U.
This banking institution headquartered in Virginia ranked 25 among Fortune 's list for "Best Workplaces for Women," but what stands out even more is that the company works with groups including Women in Technology, Achieve Escambia and HBCUs to advocate for and facilitate career advancement for minority groups.
Bank of America made both the Forbes and Fortune top lists this year that are specific to women and their needs in the workplace. And more specifically—for our melanated career women—this company made the top 5 on a recent Glassdoor list that focused on "satisfaction" ratings and other insights directly from Black professionals.
On a scale of 1 to 5, it had the second-highest "overall company" rating among Black employees surveyed. A popular and super-successful beauty brand with global reach, Estee Lauder made the top 25 on Forbes female-friendly list, but it's also very telling the recent initiatives this company's gotten behind to provide opportunities specific to Black women.
There's the Howard University partnership to empower alumni with a career hub, the recent establishment of the Equity and Engagement Center of Excellence to boost equity, and the more-than-inspiring existence of Black women executives among its ranks like Deirdre Stanley, executive vice president and general counsel, and the amazingly chic Black girl magic of the women of NOBLE , the company's Black employee resource group.
Comparably, an online resource that provides culture and compensation data, ranked Hubspot No. The software company also made FlexJobs' list "28 Best Remote-Friendly Companies for Women" due to its flex work and remote job options. This popular lodging and vacation rental platform made Forbes' list for best companies for women, and Airbnb also made the cut for Parity, a platform that works to close race and gender gaps in business.
Their list, "The Best Companies for Women to Advance," includes companies that all have "a zero-tolerance policy for harassment," "safe complaint system for employees," and practices of "regularly" communicating gender-equality values to employees. It turns me off. Stay in your lane. Nobody watched it and it went away and nobody ever heard of it again.
The same people writing these petitions are the same people who tune in and watch these shows. VH1 pays attention to that. We could make that change quickly, I believe. Advice From the Pros. By Marcus Vanderberg. Also on Mediabistro. Sign up to get our best career advice and job search tips. Thank you for signing up. Share link:. Featured Jobs. News Apprentice. Tax Correspondent. Communications Director, US. However, there is no detailed information regarding it.
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