Money
Your guide to personal finance from Marie Claire, with news and features from financial experts.
Money
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The Secret Way Women Are Swaying Politics
A growing number of women are donating to super PACS to influence elections and politics
By The Washington Post Published
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$250,000 in Debt Is the Best Thing That Ever Happened to Me
Why being in the hole isn't always all bad.
By Anonymous Published
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You're Better at Negotiating Than You Think You Are
Women get a bad rap when it comes to getting what we really want. Here's why that's BS.
By Marie Elizabeth Oliver Published
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Netflix Is Being Sued for Raising Its Prices
If the suit goes forward, you could make money from it.
By Megan Friedman Published
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This Is the Fundamental Missing Piece of Women's Equality
Without data on women's lives, we'll never affect global change.
By Melinda French Gates Published
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4 Amazing Hacks That Will Make Your Cheap Wine Taste Better
Oooo: Classy!
By Aly Walansky Published
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I Was a Real-Life "Sugar Baby" for Wealthy Men
My actual Girlfriend Experience.
By Anonymous Published
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Why "Treating Yourself" Is Such an American Idea
As the daughter of immigrants, I thought self-care was a luxury only rich families could afford.
By Eva Recinos Published
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One Year After the Earthquake: How Nepal Is Being Rebuilt—by Women and Girls
When the country fell apart, women stepped up. Plan International ambassador Urmila Chaudhary reports.
By Urmila Chaudhary Published
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Taking It to the Limit: What Happens When You're Addicted to Overspending?
These women hold down serious jobs, stopped partying years ago, and aren't usually risk-takers—except when it comes to their credit cards.
By Anya Hoffman Published
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How the Caregiver Crisis Is Preventing Us from Fixing the Pay Gap
Women hold two-thirds of the jobs in the lowest paying fields—and it's keeping us down.
By Phumzile Mlambo-Ngcuka Published
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I Took a Job as a Brothel Receptionist—and Then Got Arrested for It
"Promoting prostitution" is a Class-D felony, guys.
By Samara Published
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My Secret Heroin Addiction Started When I Was 13 Years Old—and Took Me Down a Path I Never Expected
I used heroin on and off for 10 years, before my family and most of my friends knew anything about it.
By Erin Khar Published
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The Dawn of the "Career Girl"
In an excerpt from Brooke Hauser's new biography, Enter Helen, iconic editor Helen Gurley Brown radically advocates for young women to have jobs, sex lives, and money of their own.
By Brooke Hauser Published
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Here's Why You Should *Not* Ask for Permission at Work
Tell, don't ask.
By Helene Lerner Published
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I Ditched My Corporate Job to Launch a Record Label
Binta Niambi Brown is hustling harder than ever, but it's *so* worth it.
By Mehera Bonner Published
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6 Things You Need to Know About Women's Issues in India
Contributing editor Melinda Gates on the stories—and women—who are making impactful change.
By Melinda French Gates Published
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What Having Endometriosis Has Cost Me
You've heard about the disease's medical and emotional fallout—but what about the financial one?
By Maggie M. Ethridge Published
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I Quit My 6-Figure Career to Teach Yoga
Money isn't worth the misery.
By Sara DiVello Published
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I Fell in Love with a Con Artist
My boyfriend stole more than $11,000 from me. Then I learned that he was never who he said he was.
By Anonymous Published
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Jennifer Lawrence Crushes the Hollywood Pay Gap to Become This Year's Highest-Paid Oscars Nominee
JLaw to the Academy: BBHMM.
By Chelsea Peng Published
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I'm a 20something in L.A. and This is Exactly How I Spend My Money
Total financial transparency. Let's do this.
By Maya Kachroo-Levine Published
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What I Learned When I Won the $112 Million Lottery
Money changes things—fast.
By Cynthia P. Stafford Published
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The $20 That Broke My Relationship's Back
My boyfriend's "borrowing" ended us.
By Suzannah Weiss Published
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Why My Husband and I Insist on Keeping Our Money Completely Separate
My $200 shoes are my business.
By Marian Schembari Published
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A CEO Just Took a 90% Pay Cut So He Could Give His Employees a Ridiculously Huge Raise
Imagine a magical place where the new minimum wage is $70,000.
By Megan Friedman Published
The Stigma of Being Black and Mentally Ill
How racism is preventing me from getting the help I need.