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    OMG Miss America is so conservative

    I got sucked into another reality show: Miss America Reality Check. In theory, the show is about changing Miss America contestants from glitzy, makeup-wearing airheads to something more representative of “the modern woman”. I think they have their work cut out for them. Most of the women have been trained all their lives for this…

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    Why I didn’t finish reading Wikinomics

    After Christmas, I took a bookstore giftcard and purchased a cookbook and Wikinomics. I started reading it and got to chapter 3, which is a fairly interesting discussion of how IBM came to embrace Linux (among other topics). Then, the authors were writing about a successful female computer scientist/businesswoman, explaining her accomplishments and how much…

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    Gender roles

    Sometimes I look at my role within my family based on the tasks I’ve taken on and see that it’s pretty traditional. For example, I do the cooking and the laundry, both tasks traditionally taken on by the “woman of the house.” Mr. Geeky takes out the trash and mows the yard, typical “man of…

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