Comments on: Have It All? Why We’re Asking the Wrong Question.

By: There is No Having It All, There is No Perfect (and, Spoiler Alert: There is No Santa Claus Either) « Undecided

Tue, 25 Sep 2012 04:41:52 +0000

[...] the subject of our book is certainly in the air as of late. First, Ann Marie Slaughter, and now, a piece on The Daily Beast by Debora Spar, whose take on the issues of women chasing [...]

By: Jayne

Jayne — Wed, 29 Aug 2012 02:18:21 +0000

I have to believe that it’s possible, somehow, to have it all. The alternative is to base my life decisions on future hypotheticals — for example, should the assumption that I will have children within the next 10 years drive me to follow a less satisfying career path in the present? What if I can’t have children? What if I have children and feel unfulfilled and wish I had something else to stand on? It seems better to me, at age 26, to imagine I can have it all – otherwise I’m left struggling to sacrifice hypothetical career or family – a practice which might leave me with neither. Better to try to have it all, hope that you find a life partner that will support the aspiration, and adjust to time constraints and logistical obstacles as you discover them. But to go into it with the idea that you can’t shoot for it all and, aw shucks, that’s just part of being a woman? Depressing.

By: Mommy Wars? Media Myth! « Undecided

Mommy Wars? Media Myth! « Undecided — Fri, 24 Aug 2012 16:32:47 +0000

[...] on.). She provided slides of the recent media flashpoints, stuff we’ve written about, here and here: “Are you Mom Enough”, the recent Time Magazine cover story on attachment parenting, and Anne [...]