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By: The Eleventh Down Under Feminists’ Carnival « WhyI’mbitter’s Weblog

Sun, 05 Apr 2009 22:25:13 +0000

[...] milk. Lauredhel looks at the different consequences of getting pregnant for different classes in Some women are afraid of being mummy-tracked; others are afraid of being fired posted at Hoyden About Town and mscate discusses breastfeeding at work in Bothersome babies and [...]

By: March feminist blogging round-up « Zero at the Bone

March feminist blogging round-up « Zero at the Bone — Wed, 01 Apr 2009 08:46:14 +0000

[...] at Hoyden About Town writes Some women are afraid of being mummy-tracked; others are afraid of being fired. ‘Women should not be forced to drastically alter their bodily functions in order to hold down [...]

By: amandaw

amandaw — Mon, 09 Mar 2009 22:38:34 +0000

an emphatic Thank You for pointing out the class divide here. the High Powered White Upper Class Career dominates the feminist conversation. and that’s not to say those issues aren’t important, but when they occur to the exclusion of the issues of the rest of the world (which vast outnumber the HPWUCCs) it becomes harmful quick.

By: amy :)

amy :) — Mon, 09 Mar 2009 15:02:45 +0000

hi. i just came across your blog yesterday (can’t remember who i was reading that linked to it–oops!). i think this is an excellent post. i really look forward to perusing more of you blog.
*amy :)

By: We must not walk away from this fight « blue milk

We must not walk away from this fight « blue milk — Mon, 09 Mar 2009 10:28:44 +0000

[...] and to establish their babies. Paid parental leave is not a holiday. Women must demand not to be continually penalised in the workplace for their biology. The Australian Council of Trade Unions and the federal Labor Government are not sticking by women [...]

By: octogalore

octogalore — Mon, 09 Mar 2009 04:19:48 +0000

Great post, Lauredhel.

You’re right, the politics of breastfeeding reflect the -isms our society is plagued with.

I hope Allen does fight back. These seems like a good class action suit for an ambitious plaintiff’s attorney.

By: Legal Eagle

Legal Eagle — Sun, 08 Mar 2009 00:28:40 +0000

Excellent post, Lauredhel.

By: opal

opal — Sat, 07 Mar 2009 18:19:28 +0000

Excellent post. Thanks for all the links as well.

By: Chally

Chally — Sat, 07 Mar 2009 10:15:23 +0000

Oh, well done, Lauredhel. Chally's last blog post..In which I offer helpful answers to searchers’ queries

By: kate

kate — Sat, 07 Mar 2009 06:31:35 +0000

By the by, middle class women don’t get fired. They just don’t have their contracts renewed, there are suddenly no classes for them to teach next semester, or no more funding for their project. When you leave to have a baby, and you aren’t coming back because there wont be a job anymore, everyone will be nice about it and say how sorry they are that you’re leaving, but you’ll be no less unemployed and unemployable. Plenty of twenty- or thirty-somethings are still waiting for the permanence that would make firing possible. Plenty of working class women share that problem (because they’re also casual or self-employed contractors) and we all get screwed together.

LaNisa Allen has at least been lucky enough to have been officially fired with reference to a particular circumstance. She’s got something she can fight. I really like to think she’ll be able to change things, but much like the maternity leave debate here, I don’t think it’ll change much for the people who are most vulnerable in the job market.