Help the New York Times come up with a new trend piece
Inspired by Amanda Hess’s look at New York Times trend pieces — pieces that are usually about such pressing topics as “women are too successful to get married” and “women go to Ivy League schools in order to get married” and “some women have chicken coops” and “some hipsters are fat because they are no [...]
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Bernice B. Donald nominated to the Sixth Circuit
Bernice B. Donald, a district court judge in Memphis, has been nominated to the Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals. Supreme Court nominations are widely covered and discussed in the United States, but it’s really the lower courts that are handing down the vast majority of legal decisions. Federal courts of appeal are of particular importance, [...]
...read moreAgainst Liberation
Via Amanda, these songs from the 1970s protesting women’s lib are pretty amazing. None of them will be played at the Radical 80s Prom happening tonight to benefit WAM. Which is another reason why you should come! And if you’re there, come say hi so that you can be considered for the costume contest.
...read moreOver-booked moms opt out of volunteering
Here’s a thought: When your school system runs in some substantial part on the free labor of parents (and let’s be real, it’s almost entirely the free labor of mothers), you have a big problem. (As an aside, does anyone else hate the term “frazzled moms”?). It’s not the school system’s fault, of course — [...]
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