Thursday, April 02, 2020

"You Can't Have It All." "We Still Want It All."

Public Discourse: Learning the Right Lessons from COVID-19 Can Benefit Mothers after the Pandemic by Eileen Reuter
So much of feminist thought is concerned with the idea that women need affordable, high-quality childcare options so that they can pursue professional success. But there is so little written on the ways we could use technology so that women could be with their children the vast majority of the time while still advancing in their careers.

The MoJ post which links to the above naturally has some "You go, girl!" cheerleading: "As we all sort through the consequences of our crash-landing into the world of on-line education, here's another very refreshing perspective. Some aspects of what we are all learning to do now could be opening doors to many people, such as this (obviously smart and talented) woman."

Apparently both are not smart enough to understand that if the economy craters, they may not have jobs afterwards. (Even if the MoJ poster is an academic, the higher ed bubble will pop.)

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