Monthly Archives: August 2010
Making Pin Money
The other day one of my blogger friends forwarded me a message she had received from a marketer representing a lawyer looking to break into social media through the “mommy market.” The marketer wrote: Many professional women plan to go … Continue reading
Filed under News, Politics, Working Mom Blogs
It’s the Small Stuff That’s Going to Bring About the Revolution
Last week I was at BlogHer, and it was great — great to meet so many amazing bloggers in person, and great to feel like feminism and activism are alive and well. The closing keynote was nominally about using your … Continue reading
Family Policy for A New Age
Today’s New York Times piece by David Leonhardt sums it up, quoting Columbia University professor Jane Waldfogel: American feminists made a conscious choice to emphasize equal rights and equal opportunities, but not to talk about policies that would address family … Continue reading
Mommy War Research
Will we never learn that when we ask whether a child is better off with a working mother or a stay at home mom nobody wins? Such is the case with the most recent study reported in the Washington Post … Continue reading
Suck Me, Long Island Railroad
Do we still need the women’s movement? On Friday I had a personal experience that reminded me that sexism is alive and well, even in the most liberal of places — the New York metro area. I was coming home … Continue reading
Filed under Breastfeeding and Pumping, Politics
