“If women cut back on their ambitions en masse, institutional change will never happen and the glass ceiling will lower. We need to be there to demand equal pay, mandatory maternity leave, more human hours. Leaving the “dirty work” of… — Emily Matchar Copy Share Image
“For women with children, the new handmade economy offers the tantalizing possibility of flexible, part-time, at home work--the "egg money" of the twenty-first century.” — Emily Matchar Copy Share Image
“A privileging of individual rights over group goods can lead to serious problems, as we’ve seen with the antivaccination movement.” — Emily Matchar Copy Share Image
“But she realized that modern homemaking could be creatively fulfilling in a way she'd never imagined. Unlike previous generations of housewives, who Erika imagines… — Emily Matchar Copy Share Image
“There’s no evidence that women are actually happier at home. In fact numerous studies show that working moms are happier and more fulfilled than… — Emily Matchar Copy Share Image
“Why is it we don’t intervene in the bureaucracy?” asks Chris Bobel, the gender studies scholar, who has noted that many young activists prefer… — Emily Matchar Copy Share Image
“[Judith Warner:] Our neurotic quest to perfect the mechanics of mothering can be interpreted as an effort to do on an individual level what… — Emily Matchar Copy Share Image
“Dozens of my own friends and acquaintances--ambitious, educated women who might have turned up their noses at anything domestic had they been born a… — Emily Matchar Copy Share Image
“Does the burden of “do it yourself” fall harder on women than men?” — Emily Matchar Copy Share Image
“Golden sees parental uninterest in collective solutions as part of a larger “decline in the social contract”… "As a scholar, I'm very disturbed that… — Emily Matchar Copy Share Image
“Choosing a simpler life does not offer me a paycheck, a pat on the back from the parents who paid for a “wasted” education,… — Emily Matchar Copy Share Image
“I was in need of some community," she said. "I think that's the reason so many women bloggers start blogging, just to find someone… — Emily Matchar Copy Share Image
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