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Exams and Evacuation: An Open Letter to My Macroeconomics Professor
Dear Professor: Attached please find my exam submission with graphs. My apologies for the late graph submission — by way of explaining, I’ve applied the IS-LM-FE framework to my own experience over the past couple of days as follows: Assume … Continue reading
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Distancing From the ‘Nice’ World of Mommy Blogging
The other day I was invited to an event with a number of bloggers who are mothers. If you were a marketer you might call it a ‘mommy blogger‘ event. I knew hardly any of the other women, but one … Continue reading
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Marketing By Gender
Catching up on TED Talks, I recently heard Johanna Blakley speak about how social media will end gender as we know it. Blakley’s hypothesis is that new media offers marketers the ability to segment in radically different ways, making traditional … Continue reading
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Are Modern Parents Really So Miserable?
I’ve been reading a lot about the phenomenon that is ‘Go the F**k to Sleep.’ Some like it, some hate it. Strangely viral, the book strikes me as no more than a novelty. Who would want to read it more … Continue reading
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The New Victoria Woodhull. But Not As Smart.
I’m finally catching up on New Yorker articles, and was fascinated by the recent piece on Silvio Berlusconi, the scandalous President of Italy. Although he has been roundly criticized for alleged sex with underage girls and Bunga Bunga orgies, Berlusconi … Continue reading
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When Is A Good Time To Have Children? Never.
Earlier this week Forbes ran an anxiety-provoking piece titled “When Should You Become a Mom,” exploring when working women should have children. The article seemed to come to the conclusion that there is simply never a good time. If you … Continue reading
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Women and Work: Feminists in Solidarity with Domestic Workers
Great video from the Barnard Center for Research on Women.
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Snack Thursday: Homemade Chocolate Chip Cookies for Playdates
Earlier this week in my post Are We More Stressed Than Our Mothers, I mentioned that I make chocolate chip cookie dough in bulk, freeze in logs, and then can always cut a few pieces off to have freshly baked … Continue reading
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Response to Flex-Time Article in The Washington Post
Katherine Lewis had a great response at her About.com blog to the recent Washington Post article suggesting that flex- or part-time work schedules may lead to layoffs. Check out my response to the article here.
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Are Women Losing Flex-Time Because of the Economy?
This article from today’s Washington Post talks about how many women are facing loss of (or at least pressure on) their flex-time arrangements because of cut-backs at their companies. As a mother, I can imagine how difficult this must be; … Continue reading
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