“I hope she’ll be a fool—that’s the best thing a girl can be in this world, a beautiful little fool.” -The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald As a student ambassador at university, I was occasionally asked to run workshops for high school students in the surrounding areas. One school event, designed to encourage an interest [...]
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Are Chore Wars Just a War to Women?
Over the last two weeks there has been a flurry of articles and blog posts about the so called “chore wars”. It all started with Time Magazine. I found all the information about how hard it is to divide up the chores fairly. While on vacation, my mom, sister-in-law and I were talking about how [...]
Mr. President-Elect, Where Are the Jobs for Women?
Today, in the Op-Ed section of the NY Times, Linda Hirshman asks a very important question about Obama’s proposed public works program to stimulate the economy: “Where Are the New Jobs for Women?” In the weekly address on Saturday, Obama said the administration will build roads and bridges, upgrade public schools, build out broadband, make [...]