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Even Wall Street Gets it

Editor’s Note: Yes, it’s nice that companies realize that work-life balance is important to women. Good one, Rachel. -Elisa Ladies, time is on our side. I just finished reading this NYT article, Wall Street’s Women Face a Fork in the Road, which covers the problem Wall Street firms are having with retaining women execs aged […] Continue reading →

August 6, 2006

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On setting reasonable goals

Hello, fellow Mothertalkers. Sorry to revisit a topic that I’m known to blather on about – running – but recent events have caused me to rethink my goals and plans, and I think it’s a bit metaphoric. As some of you know, I’d been talking up my plans to run a half marathon in September […] Continue reading →

August 4, 2006

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UK Chancellor's wife gives birth

I must be in the mood to celebrate babies and pregancies – British Chancellor Gordon Brown is a father for a second time. His wife, Sarah, gave birth to a second baby boy on Monday, name not yet known. From the BBC The boy, who weighs 8lb, was born at Edinburgh Royal Infirmary. Doctors say […] Continue reading →

July 17, 2006

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Marathoner Paula Radcliffe pregnant

Editor’s Note: We’ve had a lot of good diaries lately. I will post as many as I can today. Thank you, Rachel! -Elisa Not to steal Elisa’s Friday thunder, but world record-holding marathoner Paula Radcliffe is pregnant. “I’ll continue training at the same level but I definitely will not be doing the European Championships,” said […] Continue reading →

July 14, 2006

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What do you do?

Appropos of the wonderful back and forth discussions and debates we’re having about the conclusions of La Hirschman (thanks, Linda, if you’re a lurker!), I’d like to find out more about what you do, dear MTs, for several reasons. In reading the comments over time, it seems like we cross many industries and work in […] Continue reading →

June 27, 2006

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Breast Feeding Scolds UPDATE

Something I was going to post on, but Rachel beat me to it! I knew this would be a hot topic.. -Erika The New York Times has jumped on the bandwagon of scaring the bejesus out of mothers (or future mothers) who don’t breast feed their children. They don’t waste time piling it on, either […] Continue reading →

June 15, 2006

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milestone achieved

Just wanted to share with my fellow MTers – we seemed to have reached a major milestone here in our little corner of paradise. At just shy of her first birthday, my little girl has apparently decided that she’s had enough of the breast and is ready to go it alone. As with all things […] Continue reading →

June 4, 2006

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One Sick Child Away: When "Opting Out" is Not an Option

To tag team with Elisa’s blog on the Motherhood Manifesto, I’d like to point to a recent study out of UC Hastings College of the Law, One Sick Child Away: When “Opting Out” is Not an Option. The report, authored by Joan Williams, distinguished professor and founding director of the Center for WorkLife Law reaches […] Continue reading →

May 26, 2006

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Boss I'd like to work for!

Here’s a boss that seems to have gotten it a long time ago! Gay Gaddis is president and founder of t3 an advertising and marketing agency. She recently wrote an article for Fortune Small Business about how she changed her company’s maternity (and now parenting) policy when faced with the situation of four executives announcing […] Continue reading →

May 23, 2006

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International Voters

In the spirit of discussing the voting power of us mothers, Democrats Abroad have started up a spiffy website for registering absentee voters. It’s VoteFromAbroad.org, and it’s an extremely user-friendly way to register for the 2006 elections. I don’t know how many Yanks abroad there are (doesn’t that sound like a weird name for a […] Continue reading →

May 16, 2006

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