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Advice You Will Never Hear From a Career Counselor

Posted February 1st, 2012 by

Almost two years ago, I wrote my first blog post. As soon as it went live, I thought, I have quite possibly just ruined my entire life. This was about a year after I went home sick from my job and then never went back. The whole experience still felt painfully raw. I was filled [...]

Fantasy State of the Union

Posted January 25th, 2012 by

From Your (Wo)manInWashington blog MOTHERS changing the conversation @ www.MothersOughtToHaveEqualRights.org My sister Americans: The state of our union is strong.  Electing women to fully 51% of public offices has ushered in a new era in our great experiment in democracy. Legislators now put the common good ahead of their personal power and individual gain.  We, [...]

MomsRising is Live Tweeting the State of the Union. Join Us!

Posted January 24th, 2012 by

Great news! MomsRising got invited to tweet at the White House during tonight’s State of the Union speech by the President! And I’ll be there representing us. We’ll be keeping our ears open for the issues that matter every day to families, like health care coverage, unemployment insurance, fair pay, paid sick days and paid [...]

Change & Opportunity

Posted January 21st, 2012 by

From Your (Wo)manInWashington blog MOTHERS changing the conversation @ www.MothersOughtToHaveEqualRights.org Mothers have a genius for on-the-spot problem solving.  Sizing up a looming crisis in a nanosecond, we flip through our mental list of optional responses, then implement, discard, and substitute possible solutions until the crisis is resolved and order restored.  Every single day mothers meet [...]

Work and Family Researchers Network Inaugural Conference, June 14-16, 2012

Posted January 20th, 2012 by

Excitement continues to build about the new Work and Family Researchers Network (WFRN), the international membership organization of interdisciplinary work and family researchers.  We’ve had a terrific response to our inaugural conference, Interdisciplinary Perspectives on Work and Family, June 14-16, 2012 in New York City.  Over 700 participants from over 30 countries will be on [...]

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The Best Job in the World

Posted January 10th, 2012 by

From Your (Wo)manInWashington blog MOTHERS changing the conversation @ www.MothersOughtToHaveEqualRights.org Why ease in to 2012 when we can take a flying leap directly into the epicenter of the maternal conflict? Sister blogger ButIDoHaveALawDegree graciously permits me to run her latest post here, in full, and I’m certain it will strike a major chord with you.  [...]

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On Women and Guilt

Posted December 20th, 2011 by

Another smart post from our friends at Role/Reboot. -Eds. I’m on the board of a small, parenting-related nonprofit organization, a board comprised of smart, thoughtful women who are mostly mothers of small children (and one dad, though our father pool is growing). In addition to our full-time parenting jobs, pretty much all of us have [...]

The Holiday Season: A Survival Guide

Posted December 19th, 2011 by

For years I would wake up at 5:30 in the morning every Black Friday, leaving the kids with my mother-in-law, and get to the mall by 6:15 am. Every year, I would return six or seven hours later, loaded down with presents, and my mother-in-law would say, “There you are! I took care of your [...]

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American Moms: Unsung Heroes of a Bad Economy

Posted December 15th, 2011 by

American mothers are hard-hit by the tough economy, with 42 percent more women than men living in poverty and single moms especially vulnerable. Yet women work valiantly to sustain families, and remain thankful that they can manage at all. In a new study on American families released today, the toll of tough times is painfully [...]

And Now, About Those Mega-Rich Alleged Job Creators…

Posted December 7th, 2011 by

Any second-grader could do the math. I say the Job Creators are the 99% who clip discount coupons from the Sunday newspaper so they can get 4 cans for $1.

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