http://dir.salon.com/topics/working_mothers/?source=rss&aim=working_mothers en-us Copyright 2007 Salon.com. Wed, 12 Nov 2008 03:11:00 PST By Rebecca Traister Wed, 12 Nov 2008 03:11:00 PST http://www.salon.com/mwt/feature/2008/11/12/michelle_obama/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/mwt/feature/2008/11/12/michelle_obama/index.html?source=rss The next first lady is an accomplished lawyer. But with the media focused on her clothes and family, Bamalot is starting to look a lot like Camelot. By Cary Tennis Wed, 12 Nov 2008 03:11:00 PST http://www.salon.com/mwt/col/tenn/2009/07/08/music_mom/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/mwt/col/tenn/2009/07/08/music_mom/index.html?source=rss I have very little time but love playing the guitar! By Lynn Harris Wed, 12 Nov 2008 03:11:00 PST http://www.salon.com/mwt/broadsheet/2008/07/23/m16_women/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/mwt/broadsheet/2008/07/23/m16_women/index.html?source=rss British spy agency is on the hunt for female, minority applicants. By Lynn Harris Wed, 12 Nov 2008 03:11:00 PST http://www.salon.com/mwt/feature/2007/06/13/kaylin_nannies/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/mwt/feature/2007/06/13/kaylin_nannies/index.html?source=rss Lucy Kaylin, author of a new book on mothers' complicated relationship with nannies, talks frankly about playground politics, nannycams and how the "mommy wars" play into childcare choices. By Rebecca Traister Wed, 12 Nov 2008 03:11:00 PST http://www.salon.com/mwt/feature/2005/12/06/total_180/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/mwt/feature/2005/12/06/total_180/index.html?source=rss A new magazine, Total 180, is targeted at moms who have "opted out." But its pages are full of despairing screams, no sex, and women who are "let out" weekly by husbands. By Carol Lloyd Wed, 12 Nov 2008 03:11:00 PST http://www.salon.com/mwt/broadsheet/2007/12/13/stay_at_home_motherhood/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/mwt/broadsheet/2007/12/13/stay_at_home_motherhood/index.html?source=rss A new study finds that moms with jobs are happier than their stay-at-home counterparts. Take that, Caitlin Flanagan. By Cary Tennis Wed, 12 Nov 2008 03:11:00 PST http://www.salon.com/mwt/col/tenn/2007/12/03/dating/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/mwt/col/tenn/2007/12/03/dating/index.html?source=rss I'm a busy divorced mom in her 30s. I don't want to hurt men's feelings, but why pretend? By Katharine Mieszkowski Wed, 12 Nov 2008 03:11:00 PST http://www.salon.com/mwt/broadsheet/2007/08/22/pumping/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/mwt/broadsheet/2007/08/22/pumping/index.html?source=rss How can mothers -- and companies -- make breast pumping on the job feasible? By Catherine Price Wed, 12 Nov 2008 03:11:00 PST http://www.salon.com/mwt/broadsheet/2007/05/15/mommification/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/mwt/broadsheet/2007/05/15/mommification/index.html?source=rss Columnist Ellen Goodman riffs on one of the biggest challenges facing working mothers: "Mommification." By Mary Shapiro Wed, 12 Nov 2008 03:11:00 PST http://www.salon.com/mwt/broadsheet/2007/02/02/workplace/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/mwt/broadsheet/2007/02/02/workplace/index.html?source=rss Employers need to stop equating face time with commitment. By Page Rockwell Wed, 12 Nov 2008 03:11:00 PST http://www.salon.com/mwt/broadsheet/2006/11/01/what_else/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/mwt/broadsheet/2006/11/01/what_else/index.html?source=rss Explaining the mystery of SIDS, working moms dare to enjoy themselves, someone finds a new Sylvia Plath poem, and more. By Rebecca Traister Wed, 12 Nov 2008 03:11:00 PST http://www.salon.com/mwt/broadsheet/2006/03/20/tenure/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/mwt/broadsheet/2006/03/20/tenure/index.html?source=rss How does motherhood affect scholarship at an Ivy League college? By Joan Walsh Wed, 12 Nov 2008 03:11:00 PST http://www.salon.com/mwt/feature/2003/10/27/belkin/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/mwt/feature/2003/10/27/belkin/index.html?source=rss The New York Times magazine finds a few rich white women to "prove" that working moms are starting their own "Opt-Out Revolution." Oy, not again. By Ann Marlowe Wed, 12 Nov 2008 03:11:00 PST http://www.salon.com/books/feature/2002/10/23/pearson/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/books/feature/2002/10/23/pearson/index.html?source=rss When you make $750,000 a year, you don't sweat the domestic details. But the lastest hit novel about a miserable working mom is too ignorant and dishonest about money to deal with that. By Audrey Fisch Wed, 12 Nov 2008 03:11:00 PST http://www.salon.com/mwt/feature/2002/08/05/care_study/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/mwt/feature/2002/08/05/care_study/index.html?source=rss Another study causes alarm about children of working mothers. But one of the authors admits that fathers were again left out of the equation. By Michal Keeley Wed, 12 Nov 2008 03:11:00 PST http://www.salon.com/mwt/feature/2001/06/06/windfall/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/mwt/feature/2001/06/06/windfall/index.html?source=rss After 20 years, I win a sex-discrimination lawsuit against the U.S. government. But do I deserve a reward? By Jennifer Foote Sweeney Wed, 12 Nov 2008 03:11:00 PST http://www.salon.com/mwt/feature/2001/06/05/mom_rage/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/mwt/feature/2001/06/05/mom_rage/index.html?source=rss Why, when a woman chooses both to work and to mother, does she incite the sort of rage reserved for wayward clerics and defilers of sacred things? By King Kaufman Wed, 12 Nov 2008 03:11:00 PST http://www.salon.com/politics/feature/2001/02/15/waitresses/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/politics/feature/2001/02/15/waitresses/index.html?source=rss What those oft-mentioned waitresses say about Bush's plan. By Emily Bazelon Wed, 12 Nov 2008 03:11:00 PST http://www.salon.com/mwt/feature/2000/06/05/law_school/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/mwt/feature/2000/06/05/law_school/index.html?source=rss Try Yale Law School: You'll find flexible hours, sympathetic professors, a baby room and more! By Jennifer Bingham Hull Wed, 12 Nov 2008 03:11:00 PST http://www.salon.com/mwt/feature/1999/09/13/nannylove/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/mwt/feature/1999/09/13/nannylove/index.html?source=rss Is it any wonder that some days I love my nanny more than I love my husband? By Kevin Trotter Wed, 12 Nov 2008 03:11:00 PST http://www.salon.com/mwt/feature/1999/09/08/dad/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/mwt/feature/1999/09/08/dad/index.html?source=rss This stay-at-home dad found that waiting for a call back from La Leche League is tougher than hanging out in an office all day. By Stephanie Coontz Wed, 12 Nov 2008 03:11:00 PST http://www.salon.com/mwt/feature/1998/11/30/feature/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/mwt/feature/1998/11/30/feature/index.html?source=rss Sociologist Stephanie Coontz on how American leaders have spent more time on the Clinton sex scandal than they have on issues that will affect the families of the future. By Susan McCarthy Wed, 12 Nov 2008 03:11:00 PST http://www.salon.com/mwt/feature/1997/11/24/feature/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/mwt/feature/1997/11/24/feature/index.html?source=rss Reluctant role model -- my classmates wanted to hear 'It's easy to combine kids and graduate school' By Joyce Millman Wed, 12 Nov 2008 03:11:00 PST http://www.salon.com/mwt/time/1997/09/29/time/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/mwt/time/1997/09/29/time/index.html?source=rss Who needs a man when you can buy yourself a bucketful of lilacs? By Dayna Macy Wed, 12 Nov 2008 03:11:00 PST http://www.salon.com/mwt/feature/1997/09/10/writers970910/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/mwt/feature/1997/09/10/writers970910/index.html?source=rss Women writers talk about motherhood, ambition, taking chances and making time for both kids and work.