Ben Smith is already seeing the effects of Sandberg’s book: It’s been less than a month since Sheryl Sandberg published Lean In: Women, Work, and the Will to Lead,” and I’ve already had two women bring up her name in salary negotiations. I’m not alone: Other editors whom I asked this week told me that women who … Continue reading Corporate Feminism And The Class Divide, Ctd
Rebecca J. Rosen encourages men to angle their support for professional women in line with Lean In: For too long, achieving equality has been seen as women’s burden. People (myself included) were disappointed by Marissa Mayer’s shirking of the feminist label, but few ever ask America’s male CEOs whether they consider themselves feminists. A recent “pop-up … Continue reading Corporate Feminism And The Class Divide, Ctd
[youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BA5Ub6T_fOg] Readers sound off on the controversial new book and cover-story and the woman behind them: What Sheryl Sandberg and her ilk don’t seem to understand is that I, and many of my sisters, don’t want to be them. I just want a job with flexibility so that I can earn a few dollars, get some … Continue reading Corporate Feminism And The Class Divide, Ctd
Time’s cover-story features Sheryl Sandberg’s controversial new book, Lean In. An excerpt from the book: [W]omen rarely make one big decision to leave the workforce. Instead, they make a lot of small decisions along the way. A law associate might decide not to shoot for partner because someday she hopes to have a family. A sales rep … Continue reading Corporate Feminism And The Class Divide, Ctd
Facebook COO Sheryl Sandberg’s not-yet-released book Lean In is already spurring controversy [NYT]: In her view, women are also sabotaging themselves. “We hold ourselves back in ways both big and small, by lacking self-confidence, by not raising our hands, and by pulling back when we should be leaning in,” she writes, and the result is that “men still … Continue reading Corporate Feminism And The Class Divide
Friday on the Dish, Andrew plumbed his motivations for supporting the Iraq War, admired Obama on Israel while remaining skeptical that he could make a difference, and prayed for David Kuo and his family. Turning his eye abroad, he wondered if Boris Johnson could reshape British politics, expected big green things from Francis, and endorsed outing a bishop whose hypocrisy couldn’t be ignored. … Continue reading The Weekly Wrap
This weekend on the Dish, Andrew marveled at Pope Francis’s first press conference, shared the latest installment of his debate with Hitch, asked if Krauthammer would offer a retraction, noted an egregious example of Instapundit’s use of sponsored content, and pondered the latest in Obama’s drone strategy. We also provided our usual eclectic mix of … Continue reading The Weekend Wrap
