Category Archives: News
Macreconomics and Mothers
The dismal US jobs numbers and GDP growth have got me thinking about Norway. Recently the New York Times asserted that the country’s prosperity is fueled by the number of working women, 7% more than in the United States and … Continue reading
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
The Stigma of Being a Feminist
This quote from The New York Times‘ recent “Female Factor” piece “The Stigma of Being a Housewife” made me raise my eyebrows: When it is no longer socially acceptable to be a housewife — or homemaker, in modern American parlance … Continue reading
The Childcare Conundrum
Earlier this week the The Wall Street Journal reported on new legislation that would require parents to pay caregivers overtime for more than an 8-hour workday, and would mandate at least one day off per week along with holidays and … Continue reading
Advocating Wisely
Last week Melissa at Momocrats responded thoughtfully to my recent post expressing ambivalence about legislation around flextime saying: I wonder how we can continue without government intervention. I’ve no doubt that MamaBee is a terrific manager but…she is one manager. … Continue reading
Nurturing Women in Science and Math
The Wandering Scientist, one of my favorite working mom bloggers, brought my attention to John Tierney’s recent New York Times op-ed, Daring to Discuss Women in Science. The piece is nominally about new legislation being introduced to increase the number … Continue reading
Touting Meager Gains
A few weeks ago Barbara Kellerman wrote a Harvard Business Review piece imploring us to “stop touting gains [for women] so long as those gains remain meager.” As if on cue, The Atlantic ran a cover story by Hanna Rosin … Continue reading
