This post first appeared on last year’s Equal Pay Day, but, frankly, we think it’s worth repeating — especially in light of the women of Wal-Mart’s ongoing travails. And we think, once you read this, you’ll agree that their travails are your travails. Happy Equal Pay Day — and we encourage you to celebrate by […]
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It’s That Time Again: Equal Pay Day. Or, Woman: Thou Art Underpaid.
Posted in feminism, why women?, workplace, tagged alpha wives, Catalyst, Equal Pay Act, Equal Pay Day, Lilly Ledbetter Fair Pay Restoration Act, NPR, pay gap, Paycheck Fairness Act, Wal-Mart on April 12, 2011| 4 Comments »
Equal Pay Day: Not as Delightful as It Sounds
Posted in economy, feminism, why women?, workplace, tagged Equal Pay Act, Equal Pay Day, gender wage gap, Lilly Ledbetter Fair Pay Restoration Act, NPR, Paycheck Fairness Act on April 20, 2010| 3 Comments »
Today is Equal Pay Day: and while the name implies equality, the meaning itself is its precise opposite. Working women of the world, brace yourselves, and prepare to be pissed: today marks the day that your salary catches up to your male counterpart’s… from last year. That’s right, as compared to the dude in the […]
Marginalizing Equality
Posted in feminism, tagged feminism, full frontal feminism, jessica valenti, scott baio, seal press on April 22, 2010| 1 Comment »
I was being interviewed by a journalism class last quarter when a student asked me if I was a feminist. “Of course,” I shot back. “Aren’t you?” She looked at me, somewhat quizzically. “Well,” she said, “how do you define feminist?” To which I replied, perhaps too glib and maybe even borderline cranky, “A human […]
The Glorious Gloria Explains It All
Posted in feminism, gender roles, life choices, worklife balance, workplace, tagged feminism, Gloria steinem, having it all, Ms Magazine, Naitonal Press Club on October 12, 2012| 1 Comment »
It happened again the other day: I was being interviewed by my introductory journalism class when I got The Question: Are you a feminist? Of course, I shot back. Beat. Are you? The young woman was the tiniest bit flummoxed at being put on the spot. Well, she said. I guess it depends on how […]
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 […]
That’ll Be 23 Cents, Please!
Posted in economy, feminism, workplace, tagged Bloomberg News, Elizabeth Dwoskin, Euqal Pay Act of 1963, Paycheck Fairness Act, Politico, Scott Wong, Sen. Harry Reid, wage gap on May 25, 2012| Leave a Comment »
Good news alert: The Paycheck Fairness Act, which passed in the Democrat-controlled House back in 2010 but died after every single Republican in the Senate voted against it, is back on the table — or more precisely, in the ring. Over at Bloomberg News, Elizabeth Dwoskin writes: Legislation that would make it easier for people […]
New Generation, Same Story?
Posted in feminism, Millenials, why women?, workplace, tagged accenture, Bryce Covert, Equal Pay Day, Gen Y, gender pay gap, maternal wall, opting out, The Nation, U.S. Department of Education on March 20, 2012| 1 Comment »
Bryce Covert’s recent post on The Nation’s website got me thinking today. It’s about an Accenture survey of Gen Y working women which found that -they have the most positive outlook for women in the workplace of any other generation. And yet: -when it comes to their careers, they’re less likely to proactively manage their […]