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Quick, Hide The Knives
Two articles in the New York Times and the Atlantic Monthly describe new research that unearths the phenomena of womens so-called indirect aggression.Unfortunately, the findings are described in distinctly negative terms. The Evolution of Bitchiness, is the Atlantics title.A Cold War Fought by Women is the slightly less derogatory title chosen by the Times.These august publications are two of the oldest, WASPiest, Harvard-est publications in the nation, devoured by our …
Why I DON’T Want My Teens to Turn Off the TV
Every parenting self-help primer seems to stress how important the ages 0 to 5 are for childrens development.
Face Time or Family Time? Deconstructing the Yahoo Decree
Silicon Valleys most notorious working mom has ground her high heel in the proverbial diaper again. Yahoo President and CEO Marissa Mayertackled the top job when five months pregnant and then (in)famously took only two weeks maternity leave. Now she has banned her employees from telecommuting.
Maybe We All Need to “Lean In”
I spent the weekend wallowing in the media blitz that broke on Friday as Facebook COO Sheryl Sandbergs new book, Lean In, hit the headlines, along with her goal of raising the consciousness of working women everywhere. My first observation: Woo hoo!
Two American Women
Two American women. Both victims of relationship violence. Two horrifying photos. Four years ago, on the eve of the 2009 Grammys, the world learned that one of our most famous young pop stars, Rihanna, had been viciously beaten by her boyfriend, Chris Brown, in his automobile.