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Math Geek Mom: Reasonable Accommodations
In the book "Mama, Ph.D.," my essay that tells of the very nonlinear path I took into academia and parenthood...
Motherhood After Tenure: whose life-story is worth telling?
I was struck by Neil Genzlinger's purposely-provocative dismissal of recent memoirs in the NYT book review: http://www.nytimes.com/2011/01/30/books/review/Genzlinger-t.html?pagewa… In it, he...
Awkward activism
Our stubborn refusal to go with the flow may have put our son in an awkward position. This month kids...
Mothering at Mid-Career: Pause
My daughter Mariah used to have a Spanish teacher who would quell a restive class by commanding them to “press...
On Trusting Our Kids
Frank Plantan objected to last week’s post, stating, I thought at first that your worries were that [my son] overstayed...
Math Geek Mom: Comfort Food for the Soul (and Brain)
When I think back to the one day that almost everyone in my generation recalls vividly, I remember that the...
Long Distance Mom: Mystique Revisited
If you’ve been snowed in and have a little time on your hands -- as I do in Chicago —...
Mothering at Mid-Career: Birthday Resolution
I have a big birthday coming up this year. Never mind which one — ok, I’ll be fifty — but...