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Motherhood after tenure: feeding our children
Last night I attended a meeting of fiery radicals intent on reforming society at the most basic level: moms at...
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ABCs and PhD's: Bah, humbug?
The Olympics have just left town. Although we’re collectively gearing up for the Paralympics in a couple of weeks, the...
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Mothering at Mid-Career: On Getting (and asking for) Help
When my son was about three we took him out to a restaurant where kids were welcome. He sat in...
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Of Music and Men
Last week, our family traveled to Ireland for my son’s winter break from school. While there, we visited a pub...
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Long Distance Mom: Guns in Meetings
I hesitated to write on this topic because of the pain all of the affected families feel right now, including...
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What Constitutes a Safe World?
Thanks to everyone who commented on last week’s post. As always, every comment made me think. I’m especially grateful to...
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Motherhood after tenure: spa porn
I called in sick today for the first time in 18 years of teaching (not counting when I had emergency...
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ABC's and PhD's: Book Club, revisited
At the beginning of November I blogged about our first meeting of the SS-MD-BC (second Sunday mother-daughter book club) my...