When Louise Story's piece ran in the Sep 20 NYT about droves of Ivy League women opting out of careers to be stay at home moms, it nagged me. (kinda how lisa belkin's crappy article pissed me off in 2003).
Nothing in it jibed with recent numbers I'd read about working women, and the glaring class/race holes in it were obvious.
It seems I wasn't the only one bothered by it. Below are a group of links about women and work that are useful and tell a good story about what needs to happen to make work work for women - and not just the privileged ones. (thanks, feministing)
Original Opt Out NYT articles:
Louise Story (2005)
Lisa Belkin (2003)
Rebuttals:
Linda Basch, et al, Alternet
Katha Pollit, The Nation
Jack Shafer, Slate
(the alternet article is my favorite.)
1 comment:
cute Ding . I read your comments. Very real.
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