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Megan Broussard is a writer and Cajun-turned-New-Yorker. She covers women’s interests for her namesake blog and sites like Forbes, Bustle and HuffPost Live. Additionally consulting lifestyle brands on digital strategy, she is the social voice behind popular female-focused companies like Rent the Runway’s Project Entrepreneur. When she’s not wondering if you’re mistaking her for Congressman Weiner’s mistress of the same name, she is busy chasing after the real man who stole her heart: her dude-with-a-‘tude cockapoo named Chewbacca. TMI Timeline Big Timeline 1986: I enter the world (Lafayette, LA to be exact) after putting my mom through a 13-hour labor. “You were hard-headed then, ya hard-headed now,” as she says in her Cajun accent. Of course, none of this would have been possible had my grandfather (paw paw) not wooed my grandmother (maw maw) from the convent, bringing her flowers everyday until she left. That’s him (far left) crowning my grandmother Homecoming Queen in Erath, LA. 1990: Obsessed with the story “Rikki-Tikki-Tavi” and proceeded to tell everyone I had a pet mongoose. (I didn’t have a pet mongoose.) Learned there was no limit on the number of books you could check out at the public library. Decided it was my duty to act them all out anytime I had an audience. Earned the nickname “perroquet” (parrot in French) from my T-nonc (Cajun/Creole for little/younger uncle) because I “talk a lot, for a girl.” 1992: Wrote my first book using old-school, green-and-white striped computer paper, binding the perforated edges with bread ties. Try-Sarah-Tops was the untold story of how the beloved triceratops got its name: because the first one’s name was Sarah who never gave up, teaching young children (like myself) that good things come to those who try and quitters get extinct earlier, duh. 1993: In elementary school, I wanted to be a boy like my dad and half-brothers. I’d wear baggy, airbrushed T-shirts from Destin, FL and put my hair in a ponytail everyday despite my mom’s threats that my hair “would start to fall out if I didn’t start wearing it down, bebe.” A threat that was about as real as the loup-garou….Pictured right is the day my mom caught on to pulling my hair up after she’d drop me off at school. Clearly, I forgot it was picture day and my messy attempt at putting it back down was a massive fail. 2000: Middle School marked the first of many mixups with my celebrity doppelgänger Miranda from Lizzie McGuire. I embraced my millennium young-lady-ness by wearing sparkly eyeshadow, baby backpacks and everything Limited Too. And I was told by my favorite teacher that I had a knack for writing I should seriously pursue. 2003: Failed driving test (written and road evaluation). Counted it as proof I was destined for NYC’s public transportation. Read The Awakening by Kate Chopin, which heavily influenced my writing style (e.g. surprise endings and local color/characters) and quest to explore the complexities of modern-day women, specifically gender roles. 2008: College sweetheart got down on one knee on a hot summer’s night. I gasped in terror. He looked up at me and asked, “What? I’m tying my shoe.” Whew. That’s when I knew I was in the danger zone and had to get out of my hometown before I settled down. Shortly after I broke up with him and signed up for study abroad in Paris, I made plans to get a post-grad internship in NYC. 2009: Graduated in PR the year the economy tanked, plans to move up North became difficult since most firms were firing instead of hiring and Dallas seemed to be the only market growing instead of shrinking. So I accepted a post-grad internship with a global PR firm. There I was, a brunette in my red Jeep Liberty Sport, sandwiched between luxury vehicles driven by blondes with amazingly teased hair. That was also the first time I realized I had an accent and used funny words like cooing “cher” when I saw a baby or saying “that’s lagniappe” in place of “no worries” or yelling “get down” when I want someone to stop by and visit. 2010: Started ProfessionGal, a career and lifestyle blog for millennial women as a way to decompress from a stressful job (I LOVED) as a social media manager for American Airlines. Dealt with digital mishaps including this Miranda Kerr debacle and the infamous Jack the Cat situation. 2011: A business trip to London, and one crazy coincidence, changed my life when a woman I’ve never seen or spoken to since pulled some strings to miraculously move me to NYC, reaffirming my motto: you never know who you’re sitting next to. Oh, and this thing with ex-Congressman Anthony Weiner will haunt me forever. 2012: Moved to NYC, traded in my then-boyfriend for a cute cockapoo and found myself working for a serious of, um, shall we say, eccentric bosses? One of them me for not buying her boyfriend beer and the other consulted a psychic before hiring anyone. 2013 – present: Decided it was time to work on my own, and never look back. Now, I’m working happily ever after as a writer and content marketer. Did I tell you yet how happy I am to meet you?

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  How America Spices Up Its Pizza

  By Megan Broussard Verified

  Jan. 25, 2025

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  1 In 3 Say Their Partner Acts Like A Baby When Sick

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  Jan. 23, 2025

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