Morra Aarons-Mele

Welcome to my website. I blog at BlogHer.com, HuffingtonPost.com, and TechPresident.com.
February 13th 2007
Tags: Feminism, Politics, Psychology, Social Work

Hillary Clinton and women’s language

Right now, I'm kind of the like the breathy young undergrad I never got to be (mostly because I was too busy being distracted), because, in grad school, I'm reading Carol Gilligan. I feel like I've discovered a new world, even when I'm reading a classic! Apologies to Carol Gilligan ...
February 2nd 2007
Tags: Politics, Psychology, Social Work

Psychiatric Care and Iraq War Veterans

It's sometimes depressing to be a nascent mental health professional these days; federal research funding is decreasing, and on the treatment side, insurance providers increasingly favor something called "brief therapy," several sessions of cognitive-behavioral treatment to cure ills. In the military and Veterans Administration, however, decreased mental health services have ...
January 24th 2007
Tags: Feminism, Psychology

Cat futures?

I love this line in the New York Times: "The news that 51 percent of all women live without a spouse might be enough to make you invest in cat futures." meow!SHARETHIS.addEntry({ title: "Cat futures?", url: "http://womenandwork.org/2007/01/24/cat-futures/" });
December 22nd 2006
Tags: Feminism, Psychology

Happy Sex, Happy Families

I had no idea....it's a little pat, but I'll buy it: from alternet Listen to the apocalyptic rhetoric of the religious right and you'll find an important theme emerge: The introduction of contraception, which permits people to have sex for fun, is bound up with all of society's ...
October 3rd 2006
Tags: Feminism, Politics, Psychology, Social Work

womenandwork.org

Just rolls off the tongue, doesn't it? This is the site for my emerging work. Click here for my bio.SHARETHIS.addEntry({ title: "womenandwork.org", url: "http://womenandwork.org/2006/10/03/womenandworkorg/" });

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Morra Aarons has worked for nearly ten years on online campaigns for politics, advocacy groups, and corporate entities. She specializes in mobilizing women online. In addition, she studies the field of work redesign and works with clients to better manage life and work. In her spare time, Morra enjoys blogging about women and politics. She lives near Boston with her husband Nicco, dog Rascal, and cat Uno.


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August 7th 2008
Tags: Feminism, Internet Media, Politics

It’s the new McCain: Titty jokes and Bush smirks

Cross-posted from the Huffington Post From Politico: "...at a biker rally in Sturgis, South Dakota, John McCain appears to have volunteered his wife for a topless beauty pageant: McCain felt so comfortable at the event that he even volunteered his wife for the rally's traditional beauty pageant, an infamously debauched event that's been ...
July 21st 2008
Tags: Feminism, Internet Media, Psychology

What I learned from (hot chick on Wired magazine cover) Julia Allison

What kind of ambition drives a woman to appear in a glamour shot on the cover of a nerd magazine under the caption, “Become Internet famous (even if you’re nobody)…Julia Allison and the secrets of self-promotion.” Did you all see the recent Wired cover with Julia Allison? Women on Wired ...
July 20th 2008
Tags: Uncategorized

Cobbler has no shoes

My website is in a bad place. I know. I'm in a major transition: career, life stage. And thus, the site is in flux, my bio's in flux, all is flux. I will soon have a lovely, frequently updated site. Until then, remember me fondly and read me elsewhere!SHARETHIS.addEntry({ title: ...
June 28th 2008
Tags: Politics

Zimbabwe’s dead as Mugabe prepares to assume the “throne”

The Chicago Tribune has a very moving article. Mugabe's people have been killing members of the opposition party and we worry about our presidential candidates making poor jokes...  Kalyn sent me these links from Field to Feast, an African food blog- a post from April with hope: "A week ago today, the ...
June 26th 2008
Tags: Feminism, Politics, Work

Morra on the guardian.co.uk

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 ...

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