“When we combine very real workplace inequalities with these romantic opt-out stories, the idea that "having it all" is a laughable goal becomes enshrined as immutable truth. And when we portray opt...”

“Now let's make Virginia Heffernan a man. Can you imagine the same kind of spittle-flecked rage directed at a busy working father who admits to feeding his kids Annie's Organic Mac & Cheese?”

“American culture at large has failed working mothers.”

“The problem is that the media rarely discusses the real reasons behind why women leave their jobs. We hear a lot about the desire to be closer to the children, the love of crafting and gardening, a...”

“If women cut back on their ambitions en masse, institutional change will never happen and the glass ceiling will lower. We need to be there to demand equal pay, mandatory maternity leave, more huma...”

“Her conclusion: "You just have to follow your own heart" when it comes to medical decision-making.”

“Golden sees parental uninterest in collective solutions as part of a larger decline in the social contract "As a scholar, I'm very disturbed that we have more [media] articles about toxins in the h...”

“When people start talking about Right and Left, they stop talking about right and wrong.”

“Librarian: taking the E.T. out of Libertarian.”

“If it is now the belief of my fellow men, who call themselves the public, that their good requires victims, then I say: 'The public good be damned, I will have no part of it!”

“My main concern is with the world order”

“Narcissistic cathexis of the child by the mother does not exclude emotional devotion. On the contrary, she loves the child as her self-object, excessively, though not in the manner that he needs, a...”

“Here lies the partner's salvation: if you, as his intimate, wish to sever your relationship with the narcissist, stop providing him with what he needs. Do not adore, admire, approve, applaud, or co...”