Comments on: Round-up: Work rituals, politics https://lauravanderkam.com/2012/10/round-up-work-rituals-politics/ Writer, Author, Speaker Mon, 29 Oct 2012 02:49:51 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.7.2 By: Laura https://lauravanderkam.com/2012/10/round-up-work-rituals-politics/#comment-22674 Mon, 29 Oct 2012 02:49:51 +0000 http://localhost:8888/?p=2847#comment-22674 In reply to Twin Mom.

@Twin Mom – thanks for sending that link. It is very much my philosophy too! I sent the author a note on Twitter thanking her for the piece.

]]> By: Twin Mom https://lauravanderkam.com/2012/10/round-up-work-rituals-politics/#comment-22673 Sat, 27 Oct 2012 16:10:41 +0000 http://localhost:8888/?p=2847#comment-22673 This blog post on balance seemed like pure Laura. I didn’t want you to miss it, though I think you have it figured out for your career.

http://blogs.hbr.org/kanter/2012/08/the-imperfect-balance-between.html

]]> By: nicoleandmaggie https://lauravanderkam.com/2012/10/round-up-work-rituals-politics/#comment-22672 Fri, 26 Oct 2012 19:32:28 +0000 http://localhost:8888/?p=2847#comment-22672 That abortion article is ridiculous and full of straw(wo)men itself. I do not know a single pro-choice woman who thinks that abortion is a necessity when the pregnancy is the result of rape. The whole point of being pro-choice is that the CHOICE of whether or not to keep the pregnancy is a necessity.
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Scalzi has a much better article on the topic this week. http://whatever.scalzi.com/2012/10/25/a-fan-letter-to-certain-conservative-politicians/ He very clearly outlines how rape is about taking away choice in order to dominate. Taking away the choice about whether or not to keep the baby makes it even worse.
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Most pro-choice people I know would never have an abortion themselves, or would only have an abortion under dire circumstances. Some do not even believe in abortion more generally. However, they do not want to take that choice about what to do with their own bodies away from women. These conservative politicians making headlines recently clearly do. (And that rapist father in the article who forced his daughter to abort multiple times– that was also taking away her choice.)

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