Workplace Wednesdays is a weekly column designed to shed light on what it's like to be pregnant and working in America, the only developed nation without paid maternity leave -- the good, the bad and the inspiring. This week's story comes from Kimberly in Dallas, Texas.
When...
(734) Comments | Posted October 24, 2012 | 1:42 PM
Workplace Wednesdays is a weekly column designed to shed light on what it's like to be pregnant and working in America -- the good, the bad and the inspiring. This week's story is Jamera Lee Massop's of Jamaica, NY.
In 2006, I was working as an administrative...
(40) Comments | Posted October 10, 2012 | 3:23 PM
Many people give women who are expecting a child advice on stretch marks, breastfeeding, sleep training and the like. What's my number one piece of sanity-saving advice to pregnant women? Get a job in California or New Jersey. Not for Disneyland and Snooki, mind you, but because these two forward-thinking...
(3) Comments | Posted October 8, 2012 | 3:13 PM
No one likes holidays more than I do -- I anxiously await being middle-aged enough to have multiple themed sweaters that I can rock for the minutest of celebrations. But Columbus Day has to take the cake when it comes to holidays that just don't seem worthy of...
(3) Comments | Posted September 28, 2012 | 12:13 PM
One of my HuffPost Live segments Thursday was on why it's so hard to say "I can't afford that!" Shame, of course, ruled the roost as the main reasons people can't stop charging coffees and Christian Louboutins alike. Keeping up with the Joneses, faking it to make it, whatever it...
(418) Comments | Posted September 27, 2012 | 4:33 PM
It didn't sit right with Lawrence E. Adjah that there were a lot of women standing up during their Caltrain commute, so he decided to take a stand. Adjah, a media and entertainment entrepreneur in Palo Alto, decided to make an announcement, asking for seated able-bodied men to give their...
(7) Comments | Posted September 20, 2012 | 3:33 PM
I had a great conversation on HuffPost Live Thursday with a Google Hangout filled with brilliant marriage and divorce experts - half were against prenuptual agreements, while the other half was adamantly in favor of them as a key staple in a 21st century marriage. Many good points were brought...
(190) Comments | Posted September 18, 2012 | 10:19 AM
Adrienne Pine, the assistant anthropology professor at American University who recently became a national name when she nursed her child during a lecture, joined me on HuffPost Live Monday to discuss her experience.
"I owe 'lactivists' a BIG apology," she said, speaking of women who actively fight for...
(15) Comments | Posted November 7, 2012 | 11:56 AM