First weekly column is up today... When it comes to marriage, the more things change, the less things change. In a society where mothers who work full-time still do twice the amount of housework and even more childcare hours as working fathers, the idea that Dad would give up his career ...

As any Democrat knows, "Working Families" are a staple of any good Dem's rhetoric. The concept of "helping America's working families" is so often used, it loses its power as a concept. But the "working women" campaign the Obamas are running this week is new. The title of Obama's theme ...

Yesterday Michelle Obama spoke at a luncheon for the National Partnership for Women and Families. According to the New York Times, Obama "called for an expansion of family and medical leave benefits, health care reform and equality of wages between men and women. “Believe me, when we’re paid less, we ...

I saw Sex and the City last night, and hated it. It made me so sad. I felt the movie was what would happen if a gay fashionista and an 18 year old girl got together and wrote Sex and the City: The Movie. I can’t imagine a grown up ...

I am beyond excited to see SATC, as is almost everyone I know. I prepared by watching season 2 all over again (it's my favorite). In a discussion among some very smart women I know, one theme emerged: young women, we fickle and elusive voting targets, are more excited about ...

Among McCain's pro-choice women supporters, 50% don't know his positions and an additional 25% assume his views are in line with their own! Catherine Morgan asked: "Is John McCain a Pro-Choice Republican? Would you vote for him if he was? There seems to be a lot of confusion over whether ...

I'm in Boston at the Romney Headquarters on Super Tuesday. I've been asking women in the crowd why they support Romney. Overwhelmingly: his values. I interviewed an older woman who said "Mitt is the only one she can trust- and his family sets an example. He is the only one" ...

If you'd like to learn more about blogging and how it can help build your personal brand, please join me in New York City, February 4, with SheSource.org to talk about "Blogging: a Crash Course." It's free, and it's going to be a fantastic networking and learning event!SHARETHIS.addEntry({ title: "SheSource.org seminar ...

While the nation erupts in a long overdue gender race powwow, I'll read state primary updates on: South Carolina: Lowcountry blogs Check out this post from SC blogger Consuela at Afrogeekmomanddad: It's interesting being a black woman living in South Carolina these days. All eyes are on us, as if the press and ...

I wrote a piece on BlogHer.com about my generation and Hillary Clinton. My thesis: We may not like to admit it, but Hillary and thirtysomething women both need the women’s movement. In reading responses, I sort of banged my head against the wall because I had assumed that women shared ...