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Don’t Know What to Tell My Daughters on Women’s Equality Day

August 26, 2011

I sometimes use my experiences as PunditGirl’s mother as a lens through which to view issues that are important to me. But PunditGirl isn’t the only daughter in my life. I also have two adult step-daughters. They don’t need …

Supreme Court Tells Women to Shut Up and Go Home — Again

June 21, 2011

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The Supreme Court has told one and a half million women who work at Wal-mart, in essence, be grateful you have jobs even if you make less money and get promoted less than men. Now, shut up and go home.…

Five Things This Feminist Mom is Grateful for on Mother’s Day — A Reprise

May 8, 2011

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This one was one of my favorites from last year. So I figured — if it was good enough for Mother’s Day 2010, it should still be good for 2011! Sure, I get to leave the dishes in the sink …

Mothers of Intention — Why Perfectionist Parenting is Anything But Perfect

April 28, 2011

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Welcome the latest installment Mothers of Intention! Pleas welcome Becky Beaupre Gillespie and Hollee Schwartz Temple, the authors of the new book, Good Enough Is the New Perfect: Finding Happiness and Success in Modern Motherhood. While I …

Can the Women of the Supreme Court Help the Women of Wal-Mart?

March 30, 2011

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A couple of months ago, I wondered what would happen for about 1.5 million women when the Supreme Court got its hands on the class-action, gender-discrimination lawsuit against corporate giant Wal-Mart. That’s the approximate number of plaintiffs in the case …

One Day for Women? I’d Say We Need All 365

March 8, 2011

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007 gets schooled by “M” on International Women’s Day. What do you say — Judi Dench in 2012? And I think Daniel Craig might look better as a redhead.…

Women are the Real Losers in Wisconsin’s Labor Fight

March 3, 2011

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I don’t want to see a conspiracy where there isn’t one, but as some politicians push to cut reproductive and economic rights for women, it’s hard not to view other efforts that would disproportionately impact women through that same …

White House Report Says Women More Likely to Have a College Education, but Still Earn Less

March 2, 2011

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The White House chose Women’s History Month to release a new report on the status of American women called “Women in America: Indicators of Social and Economic Well-Being.” The good news is that it’s the first comprehensive report in …

President Obama and the Chamber of Commerce: Bad News for Women?

February 10, 2011

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When I saw news clips of President Obama walking across Pennsylvania Avenue to make a much-lauded speech to the U.S. Chamber of Commerce, the first thought that came into my head was, “Well, there’s one more stake in the heart …

Is Fair Pay Dead in Minnesota?

February 2, 2011

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I’ve never been to Minnesota, but I’m a big fan — I like it’s current Senators Amy Klobuchar and Al Franken (’cause he was smart enough, good enough and gosh darn it the voters liked him!), someone was …

Writing, writing, writing!

November 19, 2010

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Yup, still nose to the computer keyboard here for the never-ending manuscript edits! But that doesn’t mean you can’t find me some other cool places in the blogosphere! There’s plenty of blame to go around for the failure of the …

Things That Made Me Mad Today — Editing My Manuscript Edition

November 17, 2010

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Man, this writing and editing a book is a lot of work! While I’m trying to get things finished here, there are things I want to write about, but don’t have enough time for. So I’m putting them in my …