Lawyers who quit, and other stories
What with the election and all, we're a bit behind on "Can't have it all" manifestos. Fortunately, a lawyer (and mother of two young children) …Read More
Category Archives: Women
Should new fathers get long parental leaves?
In the UK, there’s a proposal afoot to allow either parent to get a parental allowance for most of the first year of a child’s …Read More
Why some moms stay in the picture
My husband and I signed up for the Philadelphia half-marathon in November. Coordinating two parents’ long runs on any given weekend is always rough (my …Read More
Women, money and the barriers to wealth
September’s Real Simple features an article on “Women and Money” and “Why you need to take control now.” Author Geraldine Sealey writes of putting off …Read More
Olympic moms
Getting to the Olympics is no small feat. Even if you don’t medal, I’d wager it’s roughly the equivalent of achieving a C-level job at …Read More
#ThingsIDidWhilePG
Marissa Mayer’s rise to the CEO position at Yahoo was all over the news yesterday. It would have been anyway, but she helped the story …Read More
The half-hour problem
Long-time readers of this blog know that I have a favorite data set: The American Time Use Survey. This annual study from the Bureau of …Read More
The trouble with “can’t have it all” manifestos
We live in a first-person world. We argue from our own experience. But what does our own experience actually say about the rest of humanity? …Read More
Yes, you’ll get to sleep
In the introduction to 168 Hours, I quote a young woman who was answering a survey question about combining work and motherhood. Asked about her …Read More
Would you get pregnant to take a year off work?
Crazy as it sounds to American mothers, over in the UK, women can take up to a year off work, partially paid, after having a …Read More