It's part of the reason I decided to speak out now. This was the tipping point for me. If it's O.K. for [David Petraeus ] to campaign for a job in the administration, then I'm going to campaign to get back out there, too.

I don't have the advocates. I don't have a good old boys network. Part of what I want to do is to create a good old girls network.

You can reclaim your own narrative.

I had been working on a second book with [David] Petraeus called Relentless. Obviously that book and the income that it would have generated went away.

[Fighting for equality for women] that's what my mission has been for the last years.

My local paper, The New York Times, Yahoo News, CBS, and The Washington Post, all agreed to stop using the word 'mistress.' The big one was the Associated Press. They made a style change, and it's the gold standard that sets the guide for news outlets around the world. That's a small step for the American language, a medium step for feminism, and a huge step for me personally.

We [in Think Broader.] went through and looked at coverage in different industries and were able to point out to newsrooms that they had these hidden biases. We'd do a review and provide a report card, and provide our suggestion on how to avoid bias.