Tag Archives: working mothers
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
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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The MamaBA
I started writing this post last October — with an apology for being away for more than a month. Already I had heard from my online friends and community asking if I was okay. I never answered because I kept … 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
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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
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
Why Women May Not Advance – Even Without Sexism
The Wall Street Journal’s “The Juggle” blog recently reported that benefits like paid maternity leave, comprehensive healthcare, tuition reimbursement and flex-time are on the decline according to a study by the Society for Human Resource Management (SHRM). I’m not surprised. … 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
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
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