Category Archives: Politics
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
The Media is Failing Us
Despite that over 70% of mothers work, it’s funny that there’s very little media created specifically for us. In fact, there are exponentially more publications that tell you how to make the best cupcake or decorate the ideal nursery or … Continue reading
Filed under News, Politics, Working Mom Blogs
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
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
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
Women and Business Reporting: Separate But Unequal
Earlier today an article came across my twitter feed from ForbesWoman titled “Worst Words to Say at Work: These nine words and phrases will make you sound noncommittal, undependable and untrustworthy“. The article didn’t specifically mention women anywhere, so I’m … Continue reading
Filed under Management, News, Politics
Why Gender Quotas Are Bad for Business and for Feminism
A few weeks ago CV Harquail at Authentic Organizations drew my attention to this New York Times article about Norway’s policy requiring that 40% of corporate board members be women. On its face, the legislation seems like a good thing … Continue reading
