There’s a moment in an episode of Mad Men last season when Don Draper’s newest secretary, Megan Calvet, sidles up to him, bats her eyes, and admits that she’d like “to do what you do or what Miss Olson does.” For a moment, it seems like a bold move–a woman at the show’s fictional advertising […]
Author: Lynn Peril
A mild-mannered civil-servant by day, Lynn Peril's most recent book is Swimming in the Steno Pool: A Retro Guide to Making It in the Office (W.W. Norton, 2010). Her column, "The Museum of Femoribilia" appears in Bust Magazine. She contributes to Hilobrow.com . She lives in Oakland, California, with her husband and two cats.