***I didn't post a blog last week because I couldn't bring myself to post this in the aftermath of the enormous natural disaster in the Philippines. As someone with a platform, I feel it is my duty to hold space for their stories, not my...
I have a family member who is a partner in a large firm. One night, during a holiday dinner he casually mentions that his firm created a special "non-equity partnership" position for peope who deserve to be partners, but for some reason aren't able to...
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Feminism,
Kids
by Shannon Lell
I bought my 2-year-old son a raincoat that looks like a firefighter's jacket. For my 4-year-old daughter, I bought a cute hot-pink, cinch-waisted number with a black piping an a bow. I bought them a couple of months ago at Costco and brought them out...
fWhen my parents had me - their third, unexpected child in 1978 - we lived in a small, three bedroom duplex in the small town of Kearney, Missouri. My Dad was a highschool science teacher. For extra money, he coached track and drove the school...