Monthly Archives: April 2010

We Have Met the Enemy and They Are Us!

By Linda | April 28, 2010

Setting: The Bowery Hotel, Manhattan.
Time: Saturday night.
Players: Saul, Jeremy, Becca, Becca’s friend Brian and me.
In the garden lounge we sat talking about the plans of the soon-to-be graduate and her friends. After graduating from the University of Pennsylvania, our youngest, Becca, will be working for AmeriCorps come September in the inner city [...]

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Sorrow and Celebration

By Linda | April 26, 2010

Jewish tradition is filled with many rituals (mitzvot) that continuously remind us of the world’s holiness. Most of these rituals create a special “time” for something that already happened, something to remember, or something to do. There are so many of these “mitzvot” (obligations or commandments) that I have often thought that were [...]

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Fifteen Minutes of Fame From 10 Years of Fighting

By Linda | April 22, 2010

Months and months ago a young reporter from AOL called and talked to me about my lawsuits. And until this past week, when I received a frantic “read asap,” I had totally forgotten about the conversation.
And then, what I read, was this story. Originally she was going to write about gender discrimination and wanted [...]

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Care and Compassion and…Chronic Fatigue Syndrome

By Linda | April 21, 2010

I was recently asked, “Do you remember the Golden Girls?” What a hoot! I still watch the reruns if I happen to be around when they are on the TV. One of the best feminist TV programs ever produced (right up there with Cagney and Lacey, don’t you think?)
The question was accompanied [...]

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April 20, 2010: Un-Equal Pay Day Again

By Linda | April 20, 2010

In 1963 the Equal Pay Act was signed into law by President Kennedy. At that time a “female dollar” was only worth 59 cents compared to 100 cents for a “male dollar.” Now the “female dollar” is worth 77 cents. So doing the arithmetic, in 37 years we have gained 18 cents [...]

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Low Hanging Fruit

By Linda | April 15, 2010

“New Bra”—3-M’s Most Important Invention Since Post-It Notes!
We all groan (sometimes) about the overwhelming and increasing burden of reading and answering our emails. Many of us have more than one account, to our now great regret. And let’s face it, where we once took delight in hearing the computer simulated voice shout “You’ve [...]

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The Buffalo Bitch Trials—A Memoir

By Linda | April 13, 2010

Writing a personal account of a part of one’s life is known as a memoir. It differs from an autobiography in that the details and facts are described as the author has experienced and remembers. Sometimes supported by notes and other documents, but not reliant on precise fact, as much is in the emotive [...]

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Past, Present and Future—Moving Forward

By Linda | April 8, 2010

My posts have been sporadic of late, but it does not mean my mind was idle or that my experiences were not worth sharing. Not at all. It means is that I took the time to remember, to replenish and to renegotiate with and remind myself (and you) of my future goals.
Of course, [...]

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Is Anybody There?

By Linda | April 6, 2010

1776. The Play or the Film.
John Adams is trying to convince Congress to vote for independence now. He is nearly engulfed in the flames of his own passion. He is, for all practical purposes, alone (Ben Franklin has almost given up as well).
The scene. By the famous liberty bell tower. [...]

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