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 [...]
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Gender Roles Go To the Beach
I spent last week sitting on a beach reading Bossypants and an alternate version of Pride and Prejudice. Yes, you are feeling jealousy right now. If it helps I’m back to the real world and work. While sitting on the beach reading I noticed an interesting beach phenomenon. While at a family oriented resort, I [...]
finding balance in life
Last weekend my yoga teacher was focused on balance. While asking the class to do advanced poses, requiring more balance than any of us apparently had, I struggled to stay up right, occasionally putting a foot down, and starting again. After class I felt more balanced than I had in weeks. And a funny thing [...]
The End of Marriage
I recently finished reading Committed by Elizabeth Gilbert, a mere 11 months after it came out – a true feat for me. It was hardly what I’d expected, an interesting read, and possibly not the best idea for someone so neutral on marriage to be reading. I felt myself saying, “Yes! I agree – exactly [...]
Women and Work: Why Employers’ Work/Life Policies Can—and Should—Survive the Recession
This piece is part of a blog carnival on women and work. Joan Williams is a Distinguished Professor of Law at U.C. Hastings College of the Law. She is the Director of the Center for WorkLife Law and the Co-Director of the Project for Attorney Retention. – It’s no surprise to the vast majority of [...]
Working Smart vs. Working Stupid
This piece, cross-posted from Huffington Post, is part of a blog carnival on women and work. Joan Blades and Kristin Rowe-Finkbeiner founded the organization MomsRising in 2006. – Yesterday the Washington Post fed the insecurities of American workers with the headline, "As Cuts Loom, Will Working From Home Lead to a Layoff?" My response "Only [...]
Feminism, Changing the World, and the Internet
The Daily Beast recently polled 1,000 US voters about sexism in the 2008 elections. For me, the most striking poll result was that only 20 percent of women are willing to use the word "feminist" about themselves, and only 17 percent of all voters said they would welcome their daughters using that label. Yet, more [...]