Rachel Pastan
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Rachel Pastan, a graduate of Harvard College and the University of Iowa Writers’ Workshop, is the author of the novels Lady of the Snakes (Harcourt 2008) and This Side of Married (Viking 2004). Her non-fiction has appeared in many newspapers. She currently teaches at Swarthmore College.

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Bringing an Obama-like Attitude to the Mommy Wars

Posted May 21, 2009 | 23:06:00 (EST)

I don't know who did the dishes at Barack and Michelle Obama's house before he became president, and maybe I don't want to know. But I've been thinking about what President Obama has to teach us about how to negotiate who stays home when the kids are sick or tells...

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