Monthly Archives: May 2010
First Person Friday: A Working Mother’s Working Mother
Today’s First Person Friday comes to us from The Mama Bee’s mama: Grandma Bee. She doesn’t have a blog (yet), but from time to time she comments and contributes here at TMB. Reading The Mama Bee, I sometimes wonder whether … Continue reading
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Legislating Worklife
Perhaps it’s unwise to admit this given that I’m participating in a Room of Your Own panel at Blogher called “Screw Worklife Balance, We Need Worklife POLICY!”, but I’m ambivalent about worklife policy. Get your flames ready. Wearing my manager … Continue reading
First Person Friday: How Do You Do It All?
Today’s First Person Friday comes to us from Liz O’Donnell, who blogs about feminism, politics, work and sometimes family at Hello Ladies. Liz is one of my favorite fellow travelers: a mother, a worker, a blogger, a self-proclaimed feminist — … Continue reading
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Why is Women’s Progress Plateauing?
Just before Mother’s Day Sharon Lerner, author of The War on Moms: On Life in a Family Unfriendly Nation, wrote an op-ed in The Nation: The Gender Equity Bubble Goes Pop!. Lerner argues that a profound lack of support services … Continue reading
First Person Friday: Working and Making it Work with Four Kids
Last week I started a new weekly “feature” giving working mothers a platform to tell their stories. I’ve written before about the invisible working mother phenomenon, and I hope this forum offers community and inspiration for those of us who … Continue reading
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Flexibility at What Cost?
A couple of weeks ago a CEO named Maynard Webb extolled the virtues of life as an independent contractor in The Huffington Post. He wrote compellingly about the need for a new model of flexible work, saying that: There is … Continue reading
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Getting Honest About Part-time Work
Laura Vanderkam posted a very interesting take on part-time work in USA Today this week. She points out that while a much-touted Pew study suggests a majority of mothers would prefer to work part-time, the numbers tell us that part-time … Continue reading
First Person Friday: A Happy Day
A friend pointed out that there are very few first-person narratives — especially funny ones — by/for working mothers. I’m making Friday my day for personal anecdotes, even though this kind of writing is not Mama Bee’s forte. Bear with … Continue reading
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