This month is a double hitter for me: I’ve got bits in the current issues of Ms. and Psychology Today.

The Spring 2009 issue of Ms.— just about to hit the newsstands if not already there– features an article I wrote on the history and funding of women’s studies programs for the special Ms. “2009 Guide to Women’s Studies.”  The first in a planned annual series, the guide—done in collaboration with the National Women’s Studies Association—provides details on 196 undergraduate and 47 post-graduate women’s studies programs, with data on additional undergraduate programs here and here.  Very cool tool for promoting women’s studies as a college major.  And the best part was that I had another reason to call up Mariam Chamberlain, founding president of the National Council for Research on Women, who was at the Ford Foundation when women’s studies began. Mariam–who just celebrated her 91st birthday, in great style–was responsible for funding women’s studies research from the get go, and for many reasons, I owe her a ton.

The June 2009 issue of Psychology Today has a bit not by me, but, well, about me.  Or rather, about Marco and me.  Seems we’re fast becoming the postercouple for laidoff men and breadwinning wives.  Ok, I know, I started it by writing about it at Recessionwire.  But we just said “no” to a very nice invitation to appear on one of the national morning shows, because we’re feeling a little reticent.  I mean, I’m all for going on tv to speak as “the expert,” but we’re starting to feel like a human interest story, and well, that’s just not in our interest, if you know what I mean.  (But thanks for the interest, morning show!  And I’m still happy to come on as an expert on gender and recession over there!)

The funniest part of it all, however, was that I had forgotten I’d done this interview and photoshoot for Psychology Today (magazine lead time is generally 3 months, so it took place in the winter).  I was reminded on the airplane, while sitting next to Courtney Martin on our way down to Atlanta last week.

I was reading (this is embarrassing) Star, and Courtney was reading Psychology Today.  I was just saying how fed up I was getting with Star (I’m a glutton for punishment) when Courtney shouted something like “Hey, it’s you!”  And there I was, photographed with Marco in a full page spread with a little blurb about our situation.

I think I shouted “Get! Out!” just as everyone got quiet for takeoff.  Ah well.