What does it mean to stay home?
The Pew Research Center came out with a report a few weeks ago on stay at home moms in America. The headline out of the …Read More
Category Archives: Women
Dear Mrs. Patton: From one ‘Princeton Mom’ to another
Dear Mrs. Patton: I’ve been watching the media tour surrounding your new book, Marry Smart, with some interest. For starters, you’ve done an amazing job …Read More
Who deals with childcare disruptions?
The question of what, exactly, holds women back professionally is a complicated one. It tends to involve a lot of impressions, rather than data, which …Read More
#MAKERS2014 and the question of conferences
I spent the first part of this week at the MAKERS conference in Rancho Palos Verdes, CA. The conference, which arose out of a documentary …Read More
Breadwinning, and stories we tell ourselves
Women are earning more degrees than men. While the top ranks of companies are still predominantly male, more women are advancing into leadership roles. This …Read More
So why am I not in STEM?
Over at Wandering Scientist, Cloud posted a lovely rant about efforts to make STEM more attractive to women. The idea that somehow science, technology, engineering, …Read More
No one has to stay home
In the past few years, I’ve read a number of trend stories devoted to stay-at-home dads. While not a huge trend (very few fathers exit …Read More
Survey: Having it all means more to men than women
The phrase “having it all” is a loaded one.Usually, it’s used in a negative sense -- that people can’t have it all, or at least …Read More
Why are women so tired?
There’s a certain story out there that women are exhausted. The 2007 National Sleep Foundation’s poll on women's sleep habits came out with the headline …Read More
New book in 2015: Mosaic
I’m happy to announce that Portfolio will be publishing my next book, called The Mosaic (or possibly just “Mosaic”), in 2015. This book will feature …Read More