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Category Archives: Breaking barriers
Does ‘Having It All’ Mean Doing It All?
From The New York Times authored by Maya Salam: “Plenty of new research underscores the reality that women are still shouldering, and expected to shoulder, much of the work associated with the home. “Marriage still ain’t equal, y’all. It ain’t equal. I tell women that whole ‘you can have it all’ — mmm, nope. Not […]
Wanted: The ‘perfect babysitter.’ Must pass AI scan for respect and attitude.
From The Washington Post authored by Drew Harwell: “When Jessie Battaglia started looking for a new babysitter for her 1-year-old son, she wanted more information than she could get from a criminal-background check, parent comments and a face-to-face interview. So she turned to Predictim, an online service that uses “advanced artificial intelligence” to assess a […]
Lawyers on balancing motherhood or choosing a child-free life
From ABA Journal authored by Jeena Cho: “Motherhood is more demanding than ever. Parents spend more time and money on child care. They feel more pressure to breastfeed, to do enriching activities with their children, and to provide close supervision. And women underestimate the costs of motherhood. This was the recent finding reported in a New […]
These Five Women Were Bridesmaids in Each Other’s Weddings — Now They’re All State Senators
From People authored by Diane Herbst: “They are longtime friends who have been bridesmaids in each other’s weddings, worked for and with each other for years, and supported one another with daily text chains and phone calls. And on Nov. 6, these five Democratic women candidates each won their state Senate races by double digits […]
Fighting the patriarchy one grandpa at a time
From Motherwell authored by Lisa Norgren: “To the other adults in the room this is fine. A grown man looms behind my three-year-old daughter. Occasionally he will poke or tickle her and she responds by shrinking. Smaller and smaller with each unwanted advance. I imagine her trying to become slight enough to slip out of […]
My husband and I are equal partners. Why does he get so much more credit for parenting?
From The Lily authored by Katie Wheeler: “Now that I’m a member of the “Mom Club,” I hear a lot of women who complain about their husband’s inability to fold laundry, make a bottle, juggle pickups and take on parent-teacher conferences. Parenthood has largely been viewed as “women’s work,” at the expense of both partners. […]
Your Marriage Is Over—Who Gets Custody of the Pets?
From Glamour authored by Melissa Batchelor Warnke: “When Maddy, a 39-year-old gallery founder living in Virginia, split from her husband, she imagined their parting would be placid. Aspirational even. Their home would be informally partitioned—she would live in one part, he in another, then there would be a common area in which their two children, […]
The Congressional Uniform Is About to Change
From The New York Times authored by Vanessa Friedman: “Thus does the old political camouflage erode — slowly, but with visible results. On Tuesday night (and for some, Wednesday morning), as the election results rolled in and candidates gave their victory or concession speeches, the way that many of them chose to present themselves in […]
Too Many Senior Women Are Leaving the Profession
From Law Practice Today authored by Roberta Liebenberg: “I often describe myself as a “unicorn” in the legal profession. I have been practicing law for more than 43 years, and I still have a very active, full-time practice. I love being a lawyer and feel very fortunate to work on so many interesting and challenging […]