If you saw me seven years ago walking down a street in L.A., you would have picked me out from the crowd as different. There was perhaps something special about me back then, something just a little extraordinary. For example, you may have seen me levitating ever so slightly as I tugged my knee-length skirt […]
This article originally appeared on The Nation. Republished here with permission. New York Times reporter Jodi Kantor released a new book yesterday about the Obamas titled, appropriately, The Obamas. It’s clear from promotional materials and Kantor’s own interviews that what’s different about this book is its positioning of first lady Michelle Obama as the pivotal […]
This week’s roundup of our favorites from across the interwebs to help you make sense of men and women. 1. The Economics of Divorce by Matthew Yglesias of Slate.com analyzes the narrowing gap in income declines between men and women who split from their partners. 2. “Chelsea” Celebrates the Drunk Chick by Mary Elizabeth Williams […]
This originally appeared on The Scale: The Pursuit Of Balance In Life. Republished here with permission. There was a huge response to a recent article in ‘The National Post’ by writer Christie Blatchford regarding the men of Toronto. It was a call for Toronto to stop being a ‘City of Sissies’. In response, I am […]
This article originally appeared on the Good Men Project. Republished here with permission. Men in all positions of power need to overcome their fears, Hugo Schwyzer writes, and start making themselves available to members of the opposite sex. I received two similar emails last week asking the same question: Why don’t more men in positions […]
I have to confess: I’m not a big boxing fan. My knowledge of the sport amounts to one full match I saw on TV and amazement over the fact that my Mom used to practice it as a kid. I was basically of the opinion that because I’m not a fan of huge gloves and […]
“Scientists prove telecommuting is awesome,” went the headlines about a recently published study on the effect on telecommuting on Chinese workers, which was also discussed in Slate. Researchers from Stanford University tracked the productivity of 255 employees in a Chinese travel agency who had been randomly selected to work from home. Because the telecommuters took […]
Mike McQueary has been vehemently criticized for his response to witnessing Jerry Sandusky’s rape of a ten year-old boy on a Friday night in March 2002. People universally agree that McQueary should have put a stop to the rape rather than leave “distraught.” As it turns out, an anonymous friend recently leaked an email from […]
