I was checking my statistics for Blog Fabulous when I noticed my story Anal Retentive Compulsions in 2008 was still being read. How’s that for accountability?
That was my story where I declared my New Year’s Resolution to get be so organized I could be classified as anal retentive compulsive, you know like Kate Gosselin and […]
I find very few flaws in the logic of Leslie Bennetts in her book FEMININE MISTAKE, THE: ARE WE GIVING UP TOO MUCH?
Her logic is such that I find myself saying, She’s right. Why did I make such a self-defeating choice to quit my fulltime professional newspaper job?
Until the chapter where she reminds me why, […]
Can This Elephant Curtsy on Cue?: Life Lessons Learned on a Film Set for Women in Business (Smith & Kraus) Daneille Weinstock, television and film producer shares how she’s struck a balance and pursued her career while being a single mother.
Am I the only mother who forgets to pack a lunch, pick up the […]
Mothers periodically reevaluate whether they should go back to work or quit their jobs - depending on their current situation.
I found these fascinating statistics in FEMININE MISTAKE, THE: ARE WE GIVING UP TOO MUCH?.
One Harvard and Cornell study found that
Women who were homemakers at the beginning of their three-year study and and then went to […]
The Association of University Women and some other political action groups which aim to improve working conditions and benefits for women are asking your opinion.
That’s right, you can participate in the political process by taking a simple survey about how you work, why you work, when you work, what’s stopping you from working and what […]
Play this game to see how absurd it is that many employees have no sick days.
Doesn’t apply to you? Think again, your waitress or cook may be passing a virus on to you right now.
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The View Hot Topic: “Would you let your boy play with dolls?”
“No way,” Sherry Shepherd said Wednesday. “I’d take a doll away! I don’t want my boy playing with dolls, I want him growing up like a man.”
Elizabeth chimes in that she would “take the baby doll away and replace it with a GI Joe.”
It’s […]
I’m proud of my country because we can admit that we were tragically WRONG for participating in slavery and bigotry and that it still carries consequences to this day.
I’m proud of my country because this year we’re deciding we’re done with our long history of racism and sexism.
I’m proud of my country because this […]
I want to introduce you to Elizabeth over at CareerandKids.
I’m feel both impressed and I inadequate by her resume. She’s a fulltime nurse, married 17 years with 3 children and writes GenBetween and BusyMom.
Frankly, I’m exhausted just thinking about having that much on my plate.
One of her latest posts is about how most mothers […]
I want This is what I asked for for Mother’s Day - hip political t-shirts at Momsrising.org’s new Zazzle store.
Momsrising.org is a bipartisan political action group made up of mothers fighting for Family’s rights. Mother’s rights are family rights. Women’s rights are human rights. Family rights are human rights.
Momsrising.org leads the way for women, stay-at-home-moms […]
Got my copy of ProBlogger: Secrets for Blogging Your Way to a Six-Figure Income yesterday. Gonna snuggle up this weekend, in my tent at the lake, with b5media’s own Darren Rowse from Problogger.net.
Here’s what I know both cause I Know Thyself and cause I’m doing that free Marcus Buckingham career course on Oprah.com - […]
McCain helped defeat the Fair Pay Act this week - which concerns your pay check and that guy in the cube next to you.
If you have the same education and training as the guy next to you, you’re making less money. Here’s a statistical fact: If you’re a childless woman you make 73 cents to […]
Marcus Buckingham is a leading career counselor and he’s offering a FREE career workshop to help people take charge of their work-life balance.
I’ve taken the first 4 courses, watching 15-20 minutes of a classroom lecture and then filling in a workbook about your own career realities and goals.
I’ve found his perspective to be refreshing.
One of […]
It’s such a tight rope women walk in today’s world.
Republicans claim to want to reduce the abortion rate.
Republicans claim to think it’s wrong when women who work fulltime and “abandon their children in daycare.”
Republicans claim to hate “entitlement programs” that cost them tax money.
I have to wonder why, when facing a solution to 3 of […]
Feminism has long suffered from one major logistical problem.
The “build a career years” and the “raise the baby years” are the same years.
Women on the career path are leaving the workforce in droves because of this logistical conflict.
Both deserve our full attention so women either feel they have to choose or live with perpetual guilt […]
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