Monthly Archives: October 2009
The Switch From Witch
It’s always particularly vexing to see a publication directed at women promoting the worst kind of female stereotypes. This week ForbesWoman, an offshoot of Forbes Magazine, included an article titled “The Office Mom” asserting that women were “making the switch … Continue reading
Too Many Choices, Too Few Opportunities
There is an incredible passage in Sylvia Plath’s The Bell Jar about choice. The novel’s protagonist, Esther Greenwood, is thinking about her future: I saw my life branching out before me like a…fig tree…From the tip of every branch, like … Continue reading
When Will Things Finally Change?
Last night I was on a terrific panel about different kinds of work choices along with a career coach and a “mompreneuer.” I represented the full-time working mom perspective. The group asked interesting questions, many driven by personal experience, but … Continue reading
Making Cooking Work Every Day
Last week I heard this interview on NPR’s Fresh Air with the wonderful Ruth Reichl, former New York Times food columnist and editor of the recently closed Gourmet Magazine (November is their last issue). Reichl is also a working mother … Continue reading
Work 2.0
I recently read a 2008 article in Edutopia by Harvard professor Clayton Christensen, author of Disrupting Class: How Disruptive Innovation Will Change the Way the World Learns, that presents an exciting “Education 2.0″ vision of using technology to create lessons … Continue reading
Filed under Management, News, Work
Solutions for All Working Parents
I’ve been critical of Judith’s Warner’s New York Times blog in the past; however, her latest post “The Choice Myth” is a worthwhile read. Warner recaps new data suggesting that most stay-at-home mothers are disproportionately uneducated, low-income and of immigrant … Continue reading
The Opt-Out Revolution Numbers Game
Last week Lisa Belkin’s 2003 New York Times Magazine article “The Opt-Out Revolution” reared its ugly, mommy-wars inspiring head yet again, when Washington Post reporter Donna St. George took the time to parse 2007 census numbers on stay-at-home mothers. The … Continue reading
