Friday Fun Thread: All Carrot, No Stick...

Unfortunately, real carrots don't seem to work. I was in absentia last week due to a big deadline, which I met, but only by neglecting almost everything else in my life.  Obviously, I need to work on balance, so I never have to turn off the internet and literally lock myself in my room for hours...

Good News: Women Bankers in India...

For your weekend reading pleasure, a heartening, insightful article from the New York Times about how in India, women in finance are “not only some of the top deal makers, they are often running the show.” It’s so good, you should read the whole thing. But here’s a sample: This...

Work: Ur Doin it Rong...

Via Antony Pranata @ Flickr. Women make up nearly half the U.S. workforce now. And yet, in the past week, I’ve encountered three instances of men instructing women on how to fit in, succeed, and avoid distracting menfolk at the office. The New York State Bar Association will hold its Annual Meeting...

Friday Fun Thread: Dream Jobs...

It’s layoff season in my corner of the world, and while things are good where I work, the phone rings at least once a day with someone wanting to gossip/groan/quail about impending doom. A lot of us talk, semi-seriously, about what we’d do as a Plan B if this business doesn’t work out. Yesterday...

On living with pain and taking care of o...

I have been managing my chronic pain and taking care of myself for years. But taking care of myself requires the cooperation of other people, and that can be the most difficult challenge to overcome. I cannot take care of myself or be well if others do not take my pain seriously. Just because I was...

Childless Artists and Other Half-Existen...

Heh. I searched for existentialism and this is what came up. Via lordsutch @ Flickr. Lately I’ve been contemplating – and actually planning, and taking concrete steps toward – taking my life in another direction altogether.  This direction is, to put it bluntly, rather more risky...

Maternity Leave as a Feminist Flashpoint...

I read Hortense’s piece at Jezebel about this UK survey – in which 74% of women surveyed allegedly said they believed childless women should be entitled to something equivalent to the standard six-months given for maternity leave in the UK – and sort of thought to myself: I smell some...

From the Casefiles of Dr. O.B. Vious (De...

Gentle readers, I’m teeing up this recent Time magazine article for you not because I think it’s revelatory or infuriating. I’m sharing it with you for two reasons: A) The data and analysis it presents is good news for women, and we can always use more of that in our lives. B) I want...

Articles on women’s unhappiness ma...

It's all downhill from here, kid. Via Just Taken Pics @ Flickr. My love affair with Maureen Dowd was a brief one. It began and ended with this column. Alas, she’s back to her old tricks – namely, undermining other women. In her latest op-ed, she argues that feminism has made women...

Every Working Woman Needs a Wife. Especi...

Gentle readers, the last few months have been something of an epic headache Chez BeckySharper. You see, after many years in my humble Brooklyn abode, I finally scraped together the money to renovate my home. I decamped to a sublet on the Upper West Side–rented to me by one of the not-boyfriends,...

If You Liked It Then You Should Have Put...

Don't be afraid to get yours. Via Tracy O @ Flickr. Last week in the thread for my Best Boss Ever post commenter Plum-Pie noted that she and her sister had been discussing the issue of women in the workplace, and: “Basically, we concluded, that as women are socialised to be risk averse and...

Thought for the Week...

  Via gutter @ Flickr. I’m considering this as a possible regular feature.  Let me know what you think, and feel free to send me those thoughts and quotes that you’ve found useful. I’m starting one of my two jobs this week, and one day in, it feels like I’ve been handed a moth-eaten top...