Brooksely Born was a lone woman in a man’s world. She spent much of her career, and even her education, this way. Now, when she began college, it was to be expected. That it was still the case in 1998 I do find shocking. Even more shocking are the ways in which this "lone woman" [...]
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Competing Priorities? Feminism vs. everything else in your life
Recent estimates say that around 111 million people watched the Super Bowl on Sunday. A few were watching for the football; some for the halftime show; some for the commercials. I myself attended a “Most Sexist Super Bowl Ad” party in honor of the occasion. Some of you probably followed the proceedings on the #femsuperbowl hashtag on [...]
Is There Common Ground with the Pro-Life Movement?
The question of abortion, or reproductive health as the Left calls it, is one of the most hotly debated issues in America today. Now, I don’t agree with the "pro-life" view that life begins at conception and that abortion is murder. But I respect that point of view. And I’m ok with people having different [...]
The Education of Brooksley Born, Part II: The Lesson
The Players: Robert Rubin: Secretary of the Treasury during Clinton’s presidency, after which he joined the board of Citibank; has been an economic advisor to Obama Larry Summers: Deputy Secretary of the Treasury under Clinton; later, Secretary of the Treasury; under Obama, was head of the White House National Economic Council until December, 2010 Arthur [...]
what about this weekend
Reading Materials The new book by Sharon Salzberg talks about "The Real Happiness" and the role of mediation in our lives. 28 days can change the way that we understand the present. For more information, click here. "A Wander Wander Woman: How High-Achieving Women Find Contentment and Direction" is a book by Dr. Marcia Reynolds about [...]
Preserving our rights in court: the threat of Dukes v. Walmart
If you found yourself victim to discrimination at work, would you try to take your employer to court? If an upcoming legal battle goes the wrong way, you may not be able to do so—especially if you’re a woman. I’m referring, of course, to the lawsuit facing Wal-Mart regarding gendered pay and promotion disparity. Thousands [...]
Is it so bad to redefine rape? HR3, #DearJohn, and Women’s Sexuality
Despite promising to focus on jobs and the economy, Republicans have introduced HR3, “The No Taxpayer Funding For Abortion Act," which would make it virtually impossible for any woman anywhere to use insurance to pay for an abortion. Many excellent pieces have been written by the feminist community about the monstrosity that is this bill, and I don’t [...]
what about this weekend
Reading Materials The new book "Cinderella Ate My Daughter" by Peggy Orenstein talks about the "princess phase" that little girls tend to go through, and how it affected her own parenting. She also (thankfully) goes into how it affects girls into teenage and adulthood — who is the fairest of them all? (More information via [...]
The Education of Brooksley Born, Part 1
The other night, I watched a Frontline special called "The Warning" from 2009. Immediately I thought this was a bad idea, but even without understanding all the economic and market terms and lingo you can easily understand the message and the end result of the interviews. The reason we are in a recession started ten [...]
does abortion belong in popular films? a response
Recently, Jaime Keiles (of the Seventeen Magazine Project) asked some great questions about films and abortion: why do so few films depict abortions? Should we see them in films more often? Jaime had just finished watching Enter the Void, which includes a pretty realistic abortion scene. She noted that the scene made her uncomfortable, but [...]