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Set Sarah free...

There's a new movement sweeping the land that worries me, not because of it's party politics but because of it's gender politics. As Governor Palin tumbles in polls, fumbles in interviews and hides in Sedona, her supporters are mounting an...

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September 30, 2008 | Permalink | User Comments (45)

Mommy Peace...

OK, it is officially time to put the Mommy Wars to rest once and for all. They are a myth. Do you really know a single working or not working mother who has time to indulge in a theoretical debate...

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September 29, 2008 | Permalink | User Comments (2)

Right on Campbell--pull Palin out of hiding!

I missed the show (still wrestling two kids to bed at that hour unfortunately!) but caught up with the story about Campbell Brown's rant in the Times and on Youtube. Bravo. I love that somebody is actually wondering publicly why...

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September 25, 2008 | Permalink | User Comments (32)

Back to Womenomics...

Working Mother Magazine has just announced its winners for this year's most family-friendly places to work in the US. From flextime to telecommuting to backup child care, Working Mother says these are companies that realize that in order to compete...

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September 25, 2008 | Permalink | User Comments (1)

From Kabul to Colombia in Just One Day

The sight of Sarah Palin rushing round New York collecting foreign handshakes is, of course, absurd. This does not play to her strong suit, it makes a mockery of real foreign policy experience and suggests the Republicans were panicked by...

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September 24, 2008 | Permalink | User Comments (27)

Equal pay for men??

I was fascinated by a new study in the September issue of the Journal of Applied Psychology. Yes, we all knew that on average men earn more than women in the same jobs. But it also turns out that there's...

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September 23, 2008 | Permalink | User Comments (9)

Women Leaders: Competent or Likeable, But Not Both?

We've already written about how Sarah Palin is going against a national trend of professional women trying to work less and gain more time. But it's just occurred to me that there's another way she's challenging conventional wisdom. In a...

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September 19, 2008 | Permalink | User Comments (28)

See the full version of Claire's interview with Michelle Obama and Jill Biden

Here's our full interview with Michelle O and Jill B on women, work and Sara Palin! We could only fit a third of it on GMA, but the rest is worth listening to. I was struck by how hard this...

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September 19, 2008 | Permalink | User Comments (5)

Out of Africa

More of my international roundup and some stunning news from Africa. Here's a quick quiz. If you had to guess which of the following countries had more women in elected office which would it be: Peru, France, USA, Rwanda, Germany...

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September 17, 2008 | Permalink | User Comments (4)

There's Still Something About Sarah

I'm still thinking about what George Will said on "This Week," as regards Charlie Gibson asking Sarah Palin about juggling the Vice Presidency and 5 children, and then asking whether that was a sexist question. George Will suggested that was...

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September 17, 2008 | Permalink | User Comments (25)