Archive for 'General'
Newsweek Calls Laid-Off Fathers Gym-Hitting, Cartoon-Watching Layabouts
Posted on08. Mar, 2009 by Brian Reid.
Sometimes, I just don’t know where to start. Newsweek, last week, ran this extraordinary piece of drivel on how men have historically used periods of unemployment and economic turmoil to hit the bottle (and the gym and the remote). There is some historical analysis there that is utterly inapplicable to the current state of things, [...]
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'Wingnut' Revisited: RebelMom Asks A Good Question
Posted on07. Mar, 2009 by Brian Reid.
Earlier this week, I posted a bit about a Missouri legislator who wanted to give at-home moms — but not dads — money for school, arguing that women are nuturers and should therefore get a leg up. It’s a silly argument, grounded in outdated and discredited notions of what men do versus what women do. [...]
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Convention 2009, All Eyes on Omaha
Posted on21. Feb, 2009 by Brian Reid.
It’s hard to remember an At-Home Dad Convention planning process that had so much nailed down so quickly. I know I’ve talked about the location before (Omaha) and the date (October 10), but even the little things are coming together. The hotel is set (the Courtyard by Marriott, downtown), as is the meeting space (the [...]