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more about #workinggirls Ailatan: Farzana, I know that it seems very tough and unfair, but try to understand and help your Mum. Don't do anything silly like crossing the border and get... more » thePrototype: Isn't it pretty standard to not allow immigrants to work while in their paperwork clears? I am not sure how people seeking asylum are treated, but I k... more » Pizza!Pizza!Pizza!: Writers and prostitutes are nothing alike. They're degrading themselves every day, answering Craigslist ads asking them to sell themselves for next to... more » theKP: So does that mean that the advice dispensed by the ACORN workers (leaving aside looking the other way with regard to child prostitution) was correct l... more » SomeAuthorGirl: Piss off lady, that was the self-obsessed Baby Boomers that gave birth to me. Generation Me, my ass. I don't have time to hunt happiness, I'm too busy... more » Diziet_Sma: Lorraine Candy is a silly cow. I wouldn't even bother to take anything she says remotely seriously. more » braak: You are, as usual, completely correct.: Yeah, this smacks of that old-guard resentment. "What? You guys get to have families too? That's not fair! I didn't get to have a family! I had t... more » SarahMC: This whole article also assumes that men are all delighted in their jobs, which is a crock of shit. more » Frequentlywrong: I worked for a medical company (we sold oxygen, which you may have noticed is free) and they came up with a "Mission Statement" The BIG boss talked ab... more » CretaKano: A couple weeks ago I had a job interview at a nonprofit. I'm 30 and have two kids under the age of 5. The fact that I have young kids came up in the... more » AthertonMerriweather: I try to surround myself with people and activities that make me happy to offset the misery that is my job. It's pretty simple. more » crazy_lady: Silly. Happiness means different things to different women. Some might want families, some might like to work. Some might like both. Etc. I plan to fi... more » hello.kitty: So this is the reason there are no lady mags in my therapist's office! more » smizmar: I can vouch for her point about pregnancy being a huge issue with employers back in the day. Only 13 years ago, when I had my child, I was so nervous ... more » SarahMC: I love how, in 2009, writers still act as though women who work outside the home are an aberration. Listen, I don't expect that my 9-5 job will bring ... more » A Small Turnip: Happiness Hunters? I'm picturing Elmer Fudd in drag, carrying a shotgun and muttering something about "shooting the writer of this tewible, tewible, p... more » sequined: Is she arguing that young women aren't pursuing high-powered jobs because they'd rather have social lives? Or that women are having social lives anywa... more » greengrey: I can't have a job and be married?! Oh, shit, men don't love women with jobs! But they also don't like gold diggers! What ever shall I do!? Oh...forg... more » sarah.of.a.lesser.god (aka Mrs. BrutallyHonestHobbit): I tried climbing the career ladder, but I'm not very good at it because my results always look like this: So I guess I'll try motherhood to find some... more » opalmarie: How many people really get to do jobs that make them happy? Is it such a new phenomenon that more women derive from their families, friends, boyfriend... more » -
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Out-Of-Work Asylum Seekers In Britain Feel The Pinch
Yesterday, the Guardian published a piece on the fates of asylum seekers in these tough economic times. Forbidden from working or otherwise supplementing their meager allowance from the state, 31,500 people are mired in poverty, stuck in limbo. More » -
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How Writers Are Like Hookers
ACORN recently got in trouble for giving tax advice to fake prostitutes, leading Slate to ask how real prostitutes pay their taxes. The answer: just like I do! More » -
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Elle UK Editor Surprised That Today's Women Care About "Happiness"
Elle UK editor Lorraine Candy is "jealous of today's carefree thirtysomethings" because she says they're choosing love and happiness over hard-driving careers. More » -
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Bad Times Mean More Call Girls: Sex Work And The Recession
What will happen to "the supply of high end call girls" during the recession? The Economist's Free Exchange blog has an answer, if you can wade through the annoying jokes. More » -
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Bullied At Work? Chances Are, The Abuser Is Another Woman
Leadership coach Peggy Klaus says a recent study by the Workplace Bullying Institute (?!?) finds that female bullies direct their dysfunction at other women more than 70 percent of the time. More » -
