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 for political power.

2. Single People Deserve Work-Life Balance, Too by Kate Bolick says in every major city, people with and without children are quietly cobbling together more flexible schedules. We can all learn from their success.

3. Facebook ‘Likes’ Sheryl Sandberg for Board of Directors by Anna Bahr of Ms. Magazine says of Facebook’s more than 900 million users, 58 percent are women, but until this week, the social media site’s board of directors was strictly a boy’s club stocked with wealthy white men.

4. Why Women Stand To Gain the Most From the Health Care Decision by Sharon Lerner of Slate.com discusses how yesterday’s Supreme Court ruling affects things like mammograms, pap smears, and immunizations for our children.

5. Nora Ephron: Writer, Filmmaker, Feminist, Wit by Katha Pollitt of The Nation discusses the revered filmmaker’s impact on women and feminism.

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