Morra Aarons-Mele

Welcome to my website. I blog at BlogHer.com, HuffingtonPost.com, and TechPresident.com.

Welcome to my website

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What I’m up to

1) Talking about women online and what they mean for the 2008 election. 2) In "math camp" at the Kennedy School of Government at Harvard, in preparation for getting my Master's in Public Administration. Do you remember f(x)? I do not. 3) Growing more and more in love with our puppy!SHARETHIS.addEntry({ title: ...

Two exciting developments

One, I started a column on TechPresident.com today. Here's my spiel: "The candidate most effective at reaching women online will have a serious edge in the primary election. Why? More women vote than men. More women are online than men. Given the importance of reaching women online, all of the ...

Happy Day!

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Not blogging until after May 12

I'm taking a break from maintaining this site until after finals, moving, and my wedding in May. I'm working on some interesting projects right now, though, including: ltr.com: a new approach to online dating. Check out the alpha site here, and if you're single and looking for true love, fill out a ...

VOTEvotevote

My sister says she's not voting tomorrow because she can't get it together.  I don't buy that sanctimonious, it's your country kind of stuff usually, but honestly. If not now, when? Blue State, Red State, vote. I've been blogging on BlogHer- there's a good, bipartisan discussion going on.SHARETHIS.addEntry({ title: "VOTEvotevote", url: ...

SUV Moms: the New Security Moms

I cross posted about this new polling on BlogHer. Is there a rule somewhere that identifying a new political bloc requires a cutesy name? I suppose so, because Amy Gershkoff at Greenberg Quinlan Rosner has written about a new group that gives Dems a fighting chance with married women this November: ...

Beyond

Uh, K-Fed, who wears the pants in this household again? The world's luckiest aspiring rapper (and former dancer) is apparently feeling some pangs of jealousy, and he's reportedly forbidding wife Britney Spears from using male dancers in her new video. Kevin, do not bite the hand that feeds you.SHARETHIS.addEntry({ title: "Beyond", ...

Work.com

A) How much did they pay for that domain name? B) This is a very helpful site for anyone starting a small business, or thinking about it http://www.work.com/ SHARETHIS.addEntry({ title: "Work.com", url: "http://womenandwork.org/2006/10/10/workcom/" });

“I think you can care about shoes, and still be a really strong woman.”

Hat tip to Susan Mernit quoting food blogger Pim Techamuanvivit, speaking at BlogHer. Case in point: I have huge feet, size 13. I cannot tell you how many powerful women I've instantly connected to over our large foot size. It's like we're a band of Amazon sistersSHARETHIS.addEntry({ title: "“I think ...

About Me

Morra Aarons 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.


Morra Aarons-Mele


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 ...
June 26th 2008
Tags: Internet Media, Psychology, Work

I’m not here- but I am Twittering

At the recent PDF Conference in New York, Arianna Huffington faced the audience and said, "I want you to listen to me." What she meant was, stop multi-tasking for a second. Stop Twittering, blogging, IM-ing, catching up on email, or reading Gawker and listen. We all hear, we're adept at hearing ...
June 23rd 2008
Tags: Feminism, Internet Media, Politics, Work

Obama leading the way on working women

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 ...
June 23rd 2008
Tags: Internet Media, Politics, Psychology

Do women blog like they live?

Women's social networks are famous for being dense. We talk amongst ourselves, online and offline. Before women entered the workforce, their social networks were almost entirely female. Even still women's networks are more female than male, and contain fewer weak ties (See Ronald Burt). Their networks are less rich in those ...