By now you’ve probably seen this TIME Magazine cover of the woman breastfeeding a child who looks about four (turns out he’s 3). It’s caused quite a sensation, in part because half this country thinks breastfeeding is disgusting (especially when the child is old enough to request seconds) and the other half thinks the first […]
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Bay Area peeps: come hear Joan Blades speak about her book, The Custom-Fit Workplace, “an inspirational guide for making the workplace more nimble, trust-based, and – for business owners – more profitable.” I think she’s on to something… Joan co-founded MoveOn.org, and then more recently, MomsRising.org, which I like to think of as a kind […]
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Nomi is a working mom in Washington DC. She has two boys (age 2 and 6) and heads up the U.S. office of a UK-based family planning charity organization. She sent me an email about two news stories that piqued her interest, and I thought it would make for an interesting discussion on the blog. […]
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I haven’t watched Saturday Night Live since I was a teenager. Somehow since then, I’ve become the dorky, joke’s-on-me character. How did that happen? …and speaking of Facebook, help Working Moms Break hit the first 500 fans!
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I drive a minivan. There. I’ve said it. Maybe you think that’s not cool. I’ll try not to hold that against you. I happen to think that SUVs, which are less fuel-efficient than my minivan, aren’t cool. I hope we can still be friends. Toyota has come out with this video (“Swagger Wagon”), proving that […]
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My interview with Lady Brain aired Monday on KUSF 90.3 FM in San Francisco. We talked about the perils of working and raising a family. I think I was supposed to give advice to working moms about how to avoid a nervous breakdown, but as you know, my credibility is a little suspect here… The […]
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Last week I was interviewed by the dynamic duo at Lady Brain, the “most candid advice show on San Francisco radio.” We talked about–what else?–the perils of working and raising young children.
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Tuesday evening I was interviewed for “Your Time with Kim Iverson,” a syndicated evening radio show that airs in ten cities, including Portland, Denver, and Boston. The show was about working moms and our decisions to keep working or quit working when we have kids. I talked about why, despite having a supportive husband and employer, things became so impossible for me. Listen to the interview!
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