It's not the nineteenth century; I'm not meant to be judged on how good a housekeeper I am. Getting down on the floor with a lemon and a bucket of vinegar does not make me a better person. — 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
“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
“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
“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
“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
“[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
“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
“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
“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
“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
“If women cut back on their ambitions en masse, institutional change will never happen and the glass ceiling will lower. We need to be… — Emily Matchar Copy Share
“My grandfather so throughly considered cooking to be "women's work" that he wouldn't even enter the kitchen to get his own glass of water.… — Emily Matchar Copy Share
“Sweden had paternity-leave policies in place for years but found that few men were taking advantage of the benefit. While women felt comfortable taking… — Emily Matchar Copy Share
