Emily Gould responds to two recent pro-marriage books.
Hanna Rosin gets points from me for the Romy and Michelle line.
Liesl Schillinger makes an interesting connection in this New York Times piece: Sarah Palin and Minnesota congresswoman Michele Bachmann,
the Romy and Michelle of conservative politics, have—to their great
horror—something in common with Democratic Speaker of the House Nancy
Pelosi. They are all ubermoms, with precisely five children. “Could it
be that the skills of managing sprawling households translate well into
holding office?” asks Schillinger. “Or that such a remarkable glut of
mom cred makes a woman’s bid for external power more palatable to
voters?”
Interesting research on the starting pay gender gap and the haggling gender gap.
Apt. 11d 