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by Leslie Morgan Steiner (Mommy Track'd - Two Cents on Working Motherhood)
I never imagined cute, ditzy Paula Abdul as a feminist. Shame on me for assuming that a Los Angeles Lakers cheerleader and music video diva couldn’t also be strong, smart and gutsy. Because Abdul’s dispute over women’s pay equity – an issue that affects all women in the U.S. and around the world -- seems to be the back story behind last week’s departure from American Idol, eloquently justified by National Public Radio’s Michel Martin and other pundits. Give me an A, Paula!
Celebrity buzz brings another teachable moment for our kids, who can certainly learn an interesting lesson in fairness from the fact that Paula quit because the men on the show were paid far more than she was.
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by Leslie Morgan Steiner
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Here’s a timeless subject that drives most women nuts: Why do men leave women they once adored?
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by Leslie Morgan Steiner
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by Leslie Morgan Steiner
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One of the tricks about American motherhood is learning to block out the pervasive, contradictory media messages…
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by Leslie Morgan Steiner
(Mommy Track'd - Two Cents on Working Motherhood)
During my first job after business school, let’s say I had a little, um, trouble with my boss, a woman who…
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by Leslie Morgan Steiner (Mommy Track'd - Two Cents on Working Motherhood)
Like much of the division of labor in our household, my relinquishment of business trips was gradual, messy,…
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by Leslie Morgan Steiner (Mommy Track'd - Two Cents on Working Motherhood)
“I heard on the radio that your husband choked you,” my ten year old daughter said yesterday. Not words…
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by Leslie Morgan Steiner (Mommy Track'd - Two Cents on Working Motherhood)
Last month, my husband of 14 years gave me a shiny red iPod as an early Valentine’s gift. One afternoon,…
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by Leslie Morgan Steiner (Mommy Track'd - Two Cents on Working Motherhood)
Open the paper, click on a newsite, turn on a tv or radio, and today’s terrible economic news dominates. As…
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