Last week, there was another op-ed in the Times, which discussed the much debated numbers about women opting out of the workforce.  This writer produced her own numbers to show that women weren’t easing up in their ambitions and professional life after they had kids.  "Hey, look at me and my buddy in the economics department", she writes.  (Echidne liked it better than I did.  Read her take.)

I didn’t link to it, because I have grown a bit weary of this debate about numbers.  How are you defining work?  Are you opting-out, if you work full time, but take on less responsibility?  Does part-time work count? What about people who are just taking some time off? Isn’t this all about validating our own choices?

I read The Prize Winner of Defiance, Ohio: How My Mother Raised 10 Kids on 25 Words or Less over the weekend.  I loved it, despite the fact my copy has Julianne Moore on the cover.  "Now a Major Motion Picture."

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