I love being an Iowan today!! :-) And did you take a look at even part of the 69-page decision!? It is amazing...they really tore apart ALL the stupid reasons ever given for the ban, including "best interests of children" (posted to Same-sex couples can now marry in Iowa!)
I have had this happen to me more times than I can count in service and retail jobs...always the explanation has been, "well, when YOU were hired, that was the starting pay, but starting pay is hirer now..." So why (posted to Equal Pay Day - How Do You Know If You're Being Paid Fairly?)
I'm really glad there is such a lively and interesting discussion going on about this topic. I have been wondering lately, why the closer I get to giving birth, the less I read/write on feminist blogs. Is it that I (posted to Parenting, blogs, and feminism)
Thank you for posting, Miriam. This might be an overly simplistic story, but last year I was a volunteer at the LGBTQ People of Color Health Summit (I was invited by a friend.) I'm white, hetero, married and brought my (posted to <em>Is that a boy or a girl?</em>)
I'm about to have my first child, and have also been thinking very deeply about many of these questions. (I wrote about some of worries here: http://femography.blogspot.com/2009/03/letter-to-my-child.html) I think I might say, to my child, should he/she be old enough (posted to <em>Is that a boy or a girl?</em>)
I still sense the squirming on their end on occasion. They would not squirm so if it were a young man taking a stand. I think they are conditioned to see a vocal, articulate woman as "bitchy" or even "irrational". (posted to Equal Pay Day - How Do You Know If You're Being Paid Fairly?)
I still sense the squirming on their end on occasion. They would not squirm so if it were a young man taking a stand. I think they are conditioned to see a vocal, articulate woman as "bitchy" or even "irrational". (posted to Equal Pay Day - How Do You Know If You're Being Paid Fairly?)
Thank you for a great read. Very useful to know, and im sure I will need to check up on this article in the near future. distance learning degree AND online associate Degree (posted to Parenting, blogs, and feminism)
Do you know how to convert an FLV to an SWF file that's compatible with actionscript 3.0? I want to insert a video onto the welcome page of my Acrobat eportfolio, but the only file format that it will accept (posted to Meeting the Health Care Needs of Pregnant Inmates)
(Harper is the source on this topic. While I'm a lawyer with good familiarity with these issues, I won't engage on the legal analysis because I simply can't improve on what Harper has done.) online doctoral degree AND business school (posted to Meeting the Health Care Needs of Pregnant Inmates)
