Archive for 'gender equity'
Way to Go, California
Posted on28. Apr, 2010 by Brian Reid.
As part of a job switch I am undergoing, I received a helpful brochure in the mail today regarding California’s paid leave law. It made me stunningly happy. (The brochure is reproduced here, to the left. If you want one for your own wall, you can download the PDF.) It doesn’t make me happy because [...]
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Babble Retreats; Pays Lip Service to Dads Again
Posted on20. Apr, 2010 by Brian Reid.
Sharp-eyed commenter Chris (of The Daddy Doctrines) noticed that parenting website Babble.com — which quietly changed its tagline from “for a new generation of parents” to “for a new generation of moms” last week — has done an about face, and the language about “parents” has returned. I would love to shout huzzah!, pump my [...]
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PR, Daddyblogging and the Long Road to Equity
Posted on14. Apr, 2010 by Brian Reid.
A bunch of people have asked me what I think of Caleb Gardner’s post at the Edelman Digital blog last week on the topic of daddyblogging. In the post, Caleb makes a spirited defense of fathers — and fathers who blog — as a real, important and emerging force that public relations and marketing types [...]