Robin Tran, Author at Everyday Feminism

Will You Be Successful If You ‘Work Hard Enough?’ 5 Problems With the Myth of Meritocracy

By Robin Tran | February 14, 2016

Businessperson is writing down potential earnings for 2016

What makes people successful? Our society buys into the idea that it’s a combination of hard work and pure talent – but here’s why this myth both is inaccurate and harmful.

3 Ways the US Uses Individualism to Blame Victims for Their Own Suffering

By Robin Tran | November 17, 2015

Wood painted dark blue with white stars, imitating part of the American flag

If you’re like this author, you were taught that you can work hard to overcome anything, and other ideas of “American exceptionalism.” But have you noticed these ways those ideas can be toxic?

4 Lies ‘Nice Guys,’ Pickup Artists, and Everyday Misogynists Tell You About Women — And Why They Hurt Us All

By Robin Tran | October 26, 2015

One person is saying, "What women want!" Another is thinking, "!?"

“Women are only interested in men who are jerks.” Sound familiar? That’s because messages like these are a staple of toxic masculinity. Read on to find out why this author calls getting rid of these beliefs “the best thing that ever happened to me.”