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Girl Gangs: Why Women With Posses Have the Edge

June 21, 2013August 28, 2014 Leslie Morgan Steiner0

Over 20 years ago, the night my first marriage ended, I spent hours dialing the phone. My husband had beaten me unconscious, Id given statements to the police in my wrecked living room, and then Id driven with my dog to City Hall to file a restraining order at midnight. But when I got back home at 2 am, bruised ribs and glass cuts on my face, the first thing I did was make several calls, all of which were as important to my survival as the police, a locksmith, a divorce lawyer, and a good therapist.

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Brave New Dads

March 11, 2013August 28, 2014 Leslie Morgan Steiner0

Now heres a concept that would have made my ’70s mom spit out her martini: Dads who kvetch about the frustrations and joys of changing diapers, setting up playdates, and the best products to use to clean vomit off a highchair. What would have amazed her even more: hundreds of these dads gather annually at daddy conferences. The get-togethers are just as glitzy as marketing-to-moms conventions, with the dads events sponsored by mammoth brands such as Honda, Dove, Kraft and Huggies.

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Face Time or Family Time? Deconstructing the Yahoo Decree

March 1, 2013August 28, 2014 Leslie Morgan Steiner0

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.