a nice reminder that "flexible" work policies only work if employees feel empowered to take advantage of them

The past two years have NOT made me/many of my childless friends excited about having children. Frustrating that this gets framed as "selfishness" in discourse re: low fertility rates. Yes to imagining more communal models for care!

if only I kept up my early pandemic embroidery habit, I'd definitely have something like this to show off. yep. mmhmm. stircrazycrafter.com/2022/01/02/202…

this week I passed the mic over to sociologist Holly Hummer! We talk childless/childfree women and Neapolitan cookies. allisondaminger.substack.com/p/whos-choosin…

I never read the comments, but these are stellar - highly recommend for those looking to be better to your caregiver colleagues! askamanager.org/2022/02/workin…

"a lot of scholarly ink has been spilled over the questions that threaten to break up my marriage before it begins: are smart devices actually labor-saving? And at what cost?" Love airing my grievances in newsletter form 🙃 allisondaminger.substack.com/p/alexa-turn-o…

I'm excited to see what the B Sci team has put together! My contribution: a personal reflection on being in a different-gender relationship while building a career around studying the many problems with such relationships

summer camp labor is huge! you have to be on your computer at a particular date in Feb to stand a chance at getting your child into the camp their friends are going to. the alternative is being the worst parent ever from the child's perspective...

this is incredible (and makes me wish I kept better records...)! anybody know of the equivalent for sociology? #soctwitter #socAF

properly paginating my dissertation was almost as hard as writing it. on the plus side, just learned a whole lot about sections and page #s in Word...

so much advice boils down to either a) how to say no to other people or b) how to get other people to say yes to you. help me square this circle 🙃

when it comes to household labor, are efficiency and equality at odds? I enjoyed putting Daniel L. Carlson @[email protected] 's intriguing new paper in conversation with Emily Oster 's advice re: the family-as-a-firm allisondaminger.substack.com/p/should-you-r…

I would love to be proved wrong on this one - if you know of apps that increase equality (rather than just reducing one person's load), let me know!

qual research friends: which software is best for collaborative coding and analysis? I'm realizing Nvivo is somewhat limited, esp if you have both Mac and pc users...

the irony of attending a conference on work and family (WFRN!) while reproductive rights in this country are dismantled is not lost on me.

As always @jessgrose does an excellent job of looking at parenting issues (in this case, why moms are more often calendar managers) from multiple angles!

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