The Feminine Mystique is 50 years old; do you know where your equality is? Here’s a hint: if you’re a woman living in America, it’s still pretty far out of reach. Because for as far as women have come in the ol’ US of A, the fact is that the state of affairs here–compared to […]
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Making the Personal Political
Posted in culture, decision-making, why women?, worklife balance, workplace, tagged "lean in", "Why Gender Equality Stalled", Affordable Care Act, Family and Medical Leave Act, flexible hours, leaning out, New York Times, Pamela Stone, part-time work, Sheryl Sandberg, Stephanie Coontz, The Feminine Mystique, work-family reconciliation on February 19, 2013| 3 Comments »
Repeat After Me: Just Say No.
Posted in "What should I do with my life?", gender roles, workplace, tagged Ambition gap, Emory University, Germaine Greer, Pleasers, Serena Chen, University of California at Berkeley, Wall street Journal, workplace on January 22, 2013| 1 Comment »
If we want to close the ambition gap, a good first step might be learning how to shake our heads. There’s this great quote from Feminist icon Germaine Greer: When we talk about women having it all, what they really have all of is the work.” She was being somewhat facetious. But then again, not […]
It’s Not Me… It’s You.
Posted in "What should I do with my life?", decision-making, life choices, worklife balance, workplace, tagged Ann Charlott Alstadt, gender pay gap, happiness, mindfulness, perfection, personal responsibility, second shift, structural change, Undecided, worklife balance, yoga on October 5, 2012| Leave a Comment »
The other day, a good friend who is Swedish emailed me a link to post by Ann Charlott Altstadt, a Swedish writer who suggests that when life gets us down, we’d sometimes be better off ditching the trip to the yoga studio or the psychologist and seeing a sociologist instead. Funny, my friend said, but […]
There is No Having It All, There is No Perfect (and, Spoiler Alert: There is No Santa Claus Either)
Posted in "What should I do with my life?", culture, feminism, gender roles, identity, psychology of choice, why women?, worklife balance, workplace, tagged Ann Marie Slaughter, choices, Debora Spar, feminism's unfinished work, having it all, jugging, multitasking, perfection, pressure, public policy, The Daily Beast, the workplace, trade-offs, Undecided: How to ditch the endless quest for perfect and find a career -- and life -- that works for you, unfinished work, us vs. them on September 24, 2012| 1 Comment »
So, 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 perfection, juggling roles and choices in a not-adequately-changed world was, frankly, so similar to the things we’ve written […]
My Moment with Michelle: Why “No Answer” Is The Right Answer
Posted in "What should I do with my life?", decision, decision-making, gender roles, gender roles, tagged DNC, gender roles, having it all, Michelle Obama, Parade Magazine, Undecided, Women in Transition, Women News on September 7, 2012| 2 Comments »
I had a serendipitous moment with Michelle Obama last week — just a few days before her transcendent speech at the DNC. The occasion was an interview with the First Couple by Lynn Sherr and Maggie Murphy in Parade, the supplement that shows up in many local Sunday papers. I almost tossed the magazine aside, […]
Squawking Points: The War on Women Goes Stupid.
Posted in culture, feminism, gender roles, worklife balance, workplace, tagged Affordable Care Act, Canadian Lawyer and Law Times, equal pay, family values, feminism, forbes.com, Gay Marriage, gender wage gap, health care reform, jezebel, Katie J.M. Baker, Lilly Ledbetter Fair Pay Restoration Act, Ramesh Ponnuru, Rep. Paul Ryan, reproductive rights, Sabrina Shaeffer, safety net, war on women on August 16, 2012| 1 Comment »
It’s not so much the right-wingers’ war on women that pisses me off — it’s the fact that they think we’re dumb enough to buy their talking points. Case in point, a Bloomberg op-ed by Ramesh Ponnuru that attempts to make the case that the gender wage gap is nothing but nonsense: we make less […]
What Girls Can Learn From Olympic Grrrrrrrrrrrl Power
Posted in culture, feminism, gender roles, identity, tagged Elizabeth Gilbert, failure, Gabby Douglas, girl power, Gloria steinem, Jordyn Weiber, Kerri Walsh, London Olympics, Missy Franklin, Misty May-Treanor, NBCBayArea, Ramani Durvasula, risk-taking on August 3, 2012| 2 Comments »
The other day after I got home from my run (I use the term advisedly), I got a call from the local NBC affiliate asking for a quick interview on the overall impact of “girl power” in this year’s Olympics. Within ten minutes, the reporter and her cameraman were on their way. While dashing around […]
The Mother of all Conversations: Where The Chatter About Marissa Mayer Went Way Wrong
Posted in culture, feminism, why women?, worklife balance, workplace, tagged Boston College Center for Work and Family, Brad Harrington, Child care, Diversity Executive Magazine, Family Medical Leave Act, Fortune 500, Fortune magazine, gender roles, Google, Marissa Mayer, maternal wall, Undecided: How to ditch the endless quest for perfect and find a career -- and life -- that works for you, work-life balance, workplace structure, Yahoo on July 19, 2012| 2 Comments »
Now that the chatter about Marissa Mayer has started to grow cold, let me admit that the whole conversation has pissed me off. In case you’ve spent the past few days under a rock or — same thing — totally unplugged, Marissa Mayer is the former Google superstar who was annointed CEO of Yahoo on […]
A Fine Mess: Why We Need to Ditch the Clutter
Posted in "What should I do with my life?", culture, decision-making, tagged Center on Everyday Lives of Families, clutter, grass-is-greener syndrome, indecision, Jack Feuer, Jeanne Arnold, Life at Home in the 21st Century: 32 Families Open Their Doors, stress, The William Morris Project, too many choices, UCLA Magazine on July 7, 2012| Leave a Comment »
Sometimes what we need to do is clean house. I’m not necessarily talking about making your bed or doing the laundry — although either one is a good start — but channeling your inner minimalist and ditching the clutter. Both literally and figuratively. I’ve been thinking about this lately as I watched a friend make […]