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  • The Friday Five

    This week’s roundup of our favorites from across the interwebs to help you make sense of men and women. 1. The Wedding Industry’s Pricey Little Secret by Will Oremus of Slate.com says that widely used “average wedding cost” figure is grossly misleading, and offers a much more accurate number. 2. What Happens To Women Who […]

  • The Friday Five

    This week’s roundup of our favorites from across the interwebs to help you make sense of men and women. 1. The Triumph Of The Working Mother by Stephanie Coontz of The New York Times says those mothers who stay at home report more sadness, anger, and depression. 2. When Women Don’t Take Credit For Their […]

  • The Friday Five

    This week’s roundup of our favorites from across the interwebs to help you make sense of men and women. 1. A Work-Life Ways To Go by Ellen Galinsky of The Daily Beast says it’s not a women’s issue, or a children’s issue, or a strictly personal issue. It’s about how we are as a nation—and […]

  • The Friday Five

    This week’s roundup of our favorites from across the interwebs to help you make sense of men and women. 1. Overspending Has Become A Modern Form Of Mating Deception by Anna Broadway of The Atlantic says living beyond one’s means can make dating easier, but it leads to problems as a relationship gets more serious. […]

  • The Friday Five

    This week’s roundup of our favorites from across the interwebs to help you make sense of men and women. 1. How Motherhood Is Changing Dramatically—In 11 Graphs by Derek Thompson of The Atlantic says moms are different these days. They’re more likely to have gone to college, more likely to work full-time, less likely to […]

  • The Friday Five

    This week’s roundup of our favorites from across the interwebs to help you make sense of men and women. 1. Horror In Cleveland: Why The Warning Signs Went Ignored by Katie J.M. Baker of Jezebel says the willful ignorance of police and neighbors is a not-so-hyperbolic metaphor for what millions of domestic abuse survivors experience […]

  • The Friday Five

    This week’s roundup of our favorites from across the interwebs to help you make sense of men and women. 1. Yahoo Blows It Again by Mary Elizabeth Williams of Salon.com says a new expanded leave policy doesn’t cover real life—especially for a company that has banned working from home. 2. Why NBA Center Jason Collins […]

  • The Friday Five

    This week’s roundup of our favorites from across the interwebs to help you make sense of men and women. 1. Why Are Terrorists So Often Men? by Irin Carmon of Salon.com says Tamerlan Tsarnaev was performing a kind of masculinity through public destruction. 2. No One, Male Or Female, Should Be Ashamed Of Leaving The […]

  • The Friday Five

    This week’s roundup of our favorites from across the interwebs to help you make sense of men and women. 1. Good Day Care Was Once A Top Feminist Priority, And It Should Be Again by Noah Berlatsky of The Atlantic reports on 1971’s Child Development Act, which would have established federally funded community centers, but […]

  • The Friday Five

    This week’s roundup of our favorites from across the interwebs to help you make sense of men and women. 1. About The Children by Bill Keller of The New York Times discusses what it means for kids when gay parents can marry. 2. The Immense Value Of Giving Men More Control Of Household Tasks by […]

  • The Friday Five

    This week’s roundup of our favorites from across the interwebs to help you make sense of men and women. 1. Dunham Can’t Write Men by Dustin Rowles of Salon.com says most all of Lena Dunham’s male characters are misogynists or closet date rapists, and none of them are wholly believable. (We don’t agree with this […]

  • The Friday Five

    This week’s roundup of our favorites from across the interwebs to help you make sense of men and women. 1. ‘Roe’ Didn’t Incite The Culture Wars, And Neither Would A Supreme Court Ruling For Marriage Equality by Jill Filipovic of The Nation says the Supreme Court Justices should ask themselves: Does history look kindly upon […]