Apologies for the swear words, but that’s the first phrase that came to mind when I read several articles that centered on women as bosses this week: Carol Smith’s New York Times article, “No Doubts: Women are Better Managers,” the blog on Feministing.com lamenting this and other generalizations, or the interesting piece by John Powers [...]
Archive for August, 2009
Damned if You Do, Damned if You Don’t
Posted in Equity in the News, Women and Work, tagged business, gender stereotyping, leadership, management, women leaders, working mothers on August 6, 2009, | 2 Comments »
What to Watch Come September
Posted in Equity in the News, Women and Work, tagged Actress, television, TV on August 5, 2009, | Leave a Comment »
Television programming on the big networks this fall is going to have a huge makeover —so huge that I will just give you a glimpse of the shows that may have the best female leads and supporting characters. These women highlight the realities of work-life balance. Some are in traditional roles or jobs like nursing, [...]
Sister, Can You Spare a Dime
Posted in Voter Education, tagged Campaign College, elections, leadership, politics, women in politics, women leaders on August 4, 2009, | 2 Comments »
I received a letter in the mail from Virginia Governor Tim Kaine last weekend. My first thought was, no more elections. Run. Hide. Ok, admittedly a bit dramatic, but I’m still having flashbacks to the 2008 election. Normally I would have just shredded the envelope with the rest of the junk mail but, wanting to [...]
Games Boys Play
Posted in Students & Educational Issues, Women and Work, tagged math, STEM, video games, women on August 3, 2009, | Leave a Comment »
I talked to a young woman on Monday and she said, “I was a psychology major in college and I design games on my own, but I’m not sure if I would be a good game designer.” The punch line was that the young woman was Erin Robinson, who two days later was one of [...]
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