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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 Three-Parent Family by Tracy Clark-Flory of Salon.com says a new bill allows children to have more than two legally recognized parents. Cue: Conservative freakout. 2. Dusting Off the Sewing Machine by Laura M. Holson […]

  • The Friday Five

    This week’s roundup of our favorites from across the interwebs to help you make sense of men and women. 1. Where Are the Women in Political Fundraising Battles? by Amy Schiller of Alternet.org says women dominate do-gooder nonprofit fundraising jobs, but without a corresponding presence in the field of political fundraising, they’re forfeiting an avenue […]

  • The Friday Five

    This week’s roundup of our favorites from across the interwebs to help you make sense of men and women. 1. Study: After Giving Birth, New Moms Spend More Time on Facebook by Hans Villarica of The Atlantic says a small, exploratory study suggests that social media may be a new way for parents to get […]

  • 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 Upside to All the Online Chatter About ‘Girls’ by Rolf Potts of The Atlantic says the debate about Lena Dunham’s HBO comedy is more varied and sophisticated than cultural conversations of 20 years ago. […]

  • 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 BDSM Blacklist by Tracy Clark-Flory of Salon.com says that a Facebook-like site for kinksters stops users from naming alleged abusers, sparking debate over justice and safety. 2. Media Ignores Rash of Assaults on Transgender […]

  • The Friday Five

    This week’s roundup of our favorites from across the interwebs to help you make sense of men and women. 1. Five Myths About Marriage by Stephanie Coontz of The Washington Post asks: Is marriage really better for the community? 2. S/He by Jesse Green of New York Magazine says parents of transgender children are faced […]

  • The Friday Five

    This week’s roundup of our favorites from across the interwebs to help you make sense of men and women. 1. More Men Enter Fields Dominated By Women by Shaila Dewan and Robert Gebeloff of The New York Times says that more and more men are starting to see the benefits of jobs long-dominated by women. […]

  • The Friday Five

    This week’s roundup of our favorites from across the interwebs to help you make sense of men and women. 1. In Praise of Single Mothers by Gayle Tzemach Lemmon of The Atlantic says that politicians accuse them of destroying “the fabric of this country” but, as one daughter attests, they’re holding society together. 2. Share […]

  • 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 President’s Gift by Emily Bazelon of Slate.com dissects what Obama’s personal support for gay marriage means for the law. 2. Attachment Parenting: Freakish or Feminist? by Tracie Egan Morrissey of Jezebel.com looks at 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. Pinterest’s Gender Trouble by Mary Elizabeth Williams of Salon.com says as a host of male-centered “pinning” sites arrive, can the female-centric phenomenon continue its success? 2. As Parents, Are Fathers the Second Sex? by Gary […]

  • The Friday Five

    This week’s roundup of our favorites from across the interwebs to help you make sense of men and women. 1. As Women Grow Older, Daughter Becomes The Favorite by Amina Khan of the Los Angeles Times says that a study of cellphone calls and text messages finds that as women age, their focus shifts from […]

  • The Friday Five

    This week’s roundup of our favorites from across the interwebs to help you make sense of men and women. 1. Secret Service Scandal: GOP Gets Ahead of the Facts by Tracy Clark-Flory of Salon.com says we don’t know what happened in Colombia, but GOP congressmen are already talking about unlikely sexual blackmail. 2. Spanking Goes […]