April 2010
Good Morning: And Happy (Er, Sad) Equal Pay Day
newsweek:
equalitymyth:
Today, April 20, is Equal Pay Day—a yearly marker of how long women must work into the current year (at 77 cents per every male dollar) to earn what men earned in the year past. We’ll be updating throughout the day, but here are a few figures to get your morning started:
8 months of groceries The amount a woman could buy for a family of four if she were paid equal...
That's What We've Been Sayin'... New York Times...
equalitymyth:
Though many people say that outright sexism is rare in the tech world these days, as the New York Times reports this weekend, in a really long feature that we are jealous we didn’t get to write, the reality for women in Silicon Valley would show otherwise. The highlights:
A woman in tech, with degrees from Stanford and Harvard, will still be told her business cards should read...
“While its political leaders may occasionally flirt with secession, Texas thrives...”
– Gross, on why the economic turnaround will be led by Texas
The only thing I can play from memory with any...
“Dissolute behavior in a coat and tie is always more amply forgiven.”
– Theodore Bouloukos (via rulesformyunbornson)
Phencyclidine →
For those of you just as naive as Danielle and I.
Symptoms are summarized by the mnemonic device RED DANES: rage, erythema (redness of skin), dilated pupils, delusions, amnesia, nystagmus (oscillation of the eyeball when moving laterally), excitation, and skin dryness
In response to chart below (if you couldn't tell,...
Danielle: pcp sounds amazing
Danielle: im googling pcp bc i dont know what it is
“My jacket’s gonna be cut and slim and checked
Maybe a touch of seersucker, with...”
– The Who, from Quadrophenia
(thanks, Matt!)
(via putthison)
Note to self
Same as last time.
Bedding Designer - Martha Stewart Living →
For Chris Sebastian… I know you want to be a textile designer so this may be your shot!
Smart Women Are Bigger Drinkers →
colinster:
fuckyeahplacebopills:
katykelley:
Excerpt:
There are two explanations the researchers offered for this phenomenon. One is that brainy women often delay motherhood, giving them more time to develop a social life based on alcohol consumption; the other is that higher-achieving females are more likely to work in male-dominated fields, which have cultures that are heavy on...
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