Monthly Archives: December 2009
What is a Mommy Blogger?
Earlier this week Babble came out with it’s list of the fifty best “mommy bloggers.” In a lot of ways it’s a great list — I read many of these women and have linked to some of them, notably The … Continue reading
Filed under News, Politics, Working Mom Blogs
ISO: Community-Building Sites for Working Mothers
Last week, in response to my post about “The Invisible Working Mother” blogger CV Harquail of Authentic Organizations challenged me to come up with some great sites that build community for working moms. I’m officially putting the word out to … Continue reading
Filed under Working Mom Blogs
A Caregiver’s Worth
Last week Ruth Mantell at The Wall Street Journal‘s Marketwatch posted this ill-titled piece “Calculating the Value of Women’s Work.” I say ill-titled because what the article discusses is not “women’s work” per se, but rather work that has traditionally … Continue reading
The Invisible Working Mother
A few weeks ago Lynn Harris had a thoughtful post on Salon.com about the recent trend towards “mommy-hating” in the media. Harris noted that articles around the recent Maclaren recall focused on supposed hysteria among mothers, painting caricatures of the … Continue reading
