A new book has caught my eye, covering some of my favorite themes: Gender Equality: Transforming Family Divisions of Labor (The Real Utopias Project), by Janet Gornick and Marcia Meyers et al.

In a nutshell, the book proposes a set of policies-paid family leave provisions, working time regulations, and early childhood education and care-designed to foster more egalitarian family divisions of labor by strengthening men’s ties at home and women’s attachment to paid work. Its policy proposal is followed by a series of commentaries–both critical and supportive–from a group of distinguished scholars, and a concluding essay in which Gornick and Meyers respond to the debate over how best to promote egalitarian policies.

Contributors include heavy hitters like Barbara Bergmann, Johanna Brenner, Harry Brighouse & Erik Olin Wright, Scott Coltrane, Rosemary Crompton, Myra Marx Ferree, Nancy Folbre, Heidi Hartmann & Vicky Lovell, Shireen Hassim, Lane Kenworthy, Cameron Macdonald, Peter McDonald, Ruth Milkman, Kimberly Morgan, Ann Orloff, Michael Shalev, and Kathrin Zippel.

(Thanks to CCF for the heads up!)

The answers (or at least, the beginnings), right here.

SHE WRITES is offering our first webinar — on this very subject — on August 13, 1-2pm ET, which will also be available as a download after the live event. Details on how to register posted over there soon!

Oh how I wish I could have been there!

A report, for those of you who, like me, weren’t: “What Do Women Want: What I Learned at BlogHer”, at HuffPo. Some video and other links right here. I’m sure lots more coverage will ensue. Seen anything you want to share? Please post any links in comments!

I hear it’s going to be in NYC next year – whohoo

(Thanks, Rebekah and WMC, as always)

Do check out Lynn Harris’ commentary on the outburst(!) of edgy teen feminist blogs, like Julie Zellwiger’s TheFBomb. I’m quoted! And feeling old 🙂

Friend of GWP Marcia Yerman has a great piece up at HuffPo today on “Women Who Tech” (hint: she mentions www.shewrites.com at the end!)

The Sotomayor hearings begin Monday (7/13), and the media has been talking about her in the most ridiculously sexist and racist ways — “Hispanic chic lady” anyone? In response, the Women’s Media Center has launched a video highlighting the recent sexism & racism against Judge Sotomayor. Check it out above, or right here. The WMC is hoping to inform media coverage of Sotomayor, to encourage the media to do its job free of expressions of sexism and racism. Do check it out, and please spread the word!

Since I was busy puking my guts out this morning (month 6! when will the nausea end?!), Marco filled in for me over at Recessionwire.com.  I think his post is better than any of mine.  Check it out: he’s stepping out as “The Man Behind the Curtain.”

Yay!  Read all about it here.

We just hit 1700 members, and counting…

(Thank you, C!)

A hearty welcome to a brand new blog by Julie Zeilinger, a 16-year old from Pepper Pike, Ohio and a colleague of mine at the National Council for the Research on Women, where she is currently an intern.

According to Julie, Thefbomb.org aims to demystify “Mean Girl” image of young women — that “f”, of course, standing defiantly for “feminist.”  She’s got some great content going on, including this exclusive interview with Gloria Steinem.  Says Julie of her blog: “It is loud, proud, aggressive, sarcastic…everything teenage feminists are and should be today.”

Hells yeah to that.

It’s SHE WRITES’ one-week anniversary, and, thanks to the fact that so many women — including many GWP readers — have joined, we are on the MAP!

Friend of GWP and now SHE WRITES member Jessica Wakeman gave us a fabulous shout out this morning over at The Frisky! The post “fell off” the front page over there already (content flies!) but if anyone wants to go over there and leave a comment on it, it would end up back on the front. Just sayin 🙂

Every day over here is turning into a new adventure with this new venture. I’ve got some exciting tricks up my sleeve to announce soon over here at GWP, as well. Some new bloggers are joining us. Stay tuned!