The XX Factor : work life balance

The White House: "Family-Friendly" for a Few?

Dayo Olopade — Tue, 07 Jul 2009 21:58:00 GMT

I read Liza’s summary of Mimi Swarz’s take on mature women in the most powerful workplace in the world with some interest. After all, I’d previously written on the preponderance of single women in the Obama White House , lamenting the fact that a bold-face...(read more)

The Feminism of Penicillin

Kerry Howley — Tue, 05 May 2009 17:02:00 GMT

When we talk about barriers to the entrance of women in the American workforce in the 20th century, the story we tell is largely cultural and economic. Married women with career aspirations had to contend with wage discrimination, marriage bars , and...(read more)

Recession-Era America: Rich in Love?

Kerry Howley — Mon, 02 Mar 2009 15:03:00 GMT

Jessica nails the millionaires-playing-at-poverty trope so beloved by the New York Times Style section of late. But for sheer editorial laziness nothing beats the recession-as-moral-uplift story. Here is Washington Post columnist Michael Gerson explaining...(read more)

Whatever Will Be, Will Be

Dana Stevens — Fri, 09 Jan 2009 20:47:00 GMT

Oh, Bonnie , thanks for that inspiring and wise post. With a job I love, a child that is a serious contender for the title of world's greatest kid (I know every parent thinks that, but hey, one of us has to be right, right?), not to mention a partner...(read more)

On Happily Ever After

Bonnie Goldstein — Fri, 09 Jan 2009 20:23:00 GMT

Not to be overly clichéd here but, Dahlia , Hanna , Emily, and Dana , you are right now having the best and most exciting moments in your crowded, demanding, and conflict-filled lives and are incidentally superb role models for Jessica, Samantha (welcome...(read more)