http://womenandwork.org Morra Aarons-Mele Thu, 04 Mar 2010 21:25:12 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Cross posted from BlogHer.com: Back in the mythic 50s and 60s, housewives like Betty Friedan and Betty Draper were very bored. The Feminine Mystique opens with this description of an average housewife’s day: “Many women no longer left their homes, except to shop, chauffeur their children or attend a social engagement with ... http://womenandwork.org/2010/03/04/dual-income-parents-the-exhausted-american-middle/ You can find the latest about me at www.wearewomenonline.com- my new company! I am the founder of Women Online, a consulting firm for companies and causes seeking to mobilize women online. You can learn more about what I'm doing by listening to a podcast of a session I just did ... http://womenandwork.org/2010/02/26/women-online-my-new-company/ Lisa Belkin just blogged about it here. You can listen to Lisa, Ellen Galinsky and Dr. Joshua Coleman discuss here. http://womenandwork.org/2010/02/10/listen-in-what-do-kids-really-think-about-their-working-parents/ Tom Ashbrook had a good segment on the new Pew study "the Rise of Wives." I'm all for 50-50 parenting, but my sense after listening to the callers from the segment, and from hundreds of such conversations generally, is that our generation is literally writing the rules on how to ... http://womenandwork.org/2010/01/22/learning-how-to-be-equals-at-home-and-work/ That's all I can say about this discussion, started by Chrysula Winegar. Her post: "The House of Work is a Tear-Down" got many of us thinking. I'm still stuck on Carol Gilligan and her impact on women at work. The MamaBee is putting her money where her mouth is. Unlike ... http://womenandwork.org/2010/01/15/f-ing-brilliant/ Well, that title sounds like a bromance movie. But I was inspired by this post from Amy Sample Ward. She wrote: In her birthday wish post, Beth announces that she’s trying to send 53 Cambodian children to school by raising $530. Last week, Stacy Monk and I were chatting and thought ... http://womenandwork.org/2010/01/11/happy-birthday-beth-kanter/ Here we are, a new year. In December I was full of appetite. Now I'm full of good intentions. Here are my must-do's to get healthier and give back in 2010. This list reflects my involvement with the American Cancer Society's Movement for More Birthdays and my family's personal experience ... http://womenandwork.org/2010/01/05/my-bday-list-my-take-on-new-years-resolutions/ This Monday I am traveling to DC to sit down with Secretary of Health and Human Services Kathleen Sebelius. I will be traveling on behalf of BlogHer.com's community journalism initiative. I'll be asking questions from the online community- as well as a few of my own. Please, submit a question ... http://womenandwork.org/2009/12/18/morra-goes-to-washington/ Cross-posted from MomsRising: A single mom needs work; she’s literally thinking about applying for welfare. As she writes on her blog, “I had been looking for a better job, but there were none to be had in the low-income/high-unemployment area where I lived. And I couldn’t get a full-time job anyway ... http://womenandwork.org/2009/12/14/james-chartrain-and-the-new-womens-movement-about-work/ On BlogHer, I wrote about this incredibly vexing survey, which comes as no surprise to anyone, really: "The blogger Well-heeled brought my attention to this new study with the stunning question: “Could the U.S.’s lack of policy mandating paid maternity leave actually help women’s careers?” In the UK, this issue ... http://womenandwork.org/2009/12/04/punished-for-taking-too-long-a-maternity-leave-who-do-you-blame/