The Martyrdom Complex
I decided to subscribe to Working Mother magazine recently. While I was at the website ordering the subscription, I came across an interesting poll (it is …Read More
Category Archives: Women
Why Is Meagan Francis’s Housekeeper Controversial?
Over at The Happiest Mom lately, Meagan Francis has been starting a Mother's Day related conversation on the fiction of doing it all. As long-time …Read More
Venture Capitalists: It’s Time To Invest In Women (USA Today)
(Note: I have a column in today's USA Today on why women-owned businesses receive such a small percent of equity funding. Is it because sexist …Read More
Round-up: Is Work-Life Balance a Career-Killing Phrase?
Over at BNET this week, I blogged about the phrase "work-life balance" and asked if it is a career-killing phrase. I can't say I'm particularly …Read More
Round-up: Procrastination, Multi-tasking and Blog Inspiration
I've been taking a week off from book writing before plunging into revisions next week. It's been kind of nice to have a little bit …Read More
America’s Cheapest Family… And Our Money Assumptions
This morning, America's Cheapest Family, the Economides (real name!) were supposed to be on the Today Show again. As I've been thinking about how we …Read More
The Sleep Myth
How do we construct our cultural narratives? One way, it seems, is that we look at data points in our own lives, then cast about for …Read More
My Name is Laura, And I Have Free Time
Over at the New York Times' Motherlode blog, Lisa Belkin posted this week about "Free Time For Parents." Apparently, over in the UK, a supermarket …Read More
Advice Column: Time for a new opportunity?
A while ago, I received a letter from a woman who was considering ramping up her professional life. "In an effort to keep a healthy …Read More
Extreme Couponing… (Plus, the Renegade Writer)
Watching reality TV, one always risks turning over some new rock of humanity. But even so, I was a bit flabbergasted by Extreme Couponing on …Read More