Working Mothers magazine?

NewlywednOhio

Do any of you get this magazine? What do you think of it? ?

I was browsing through one at the doctor's office the other day, and it look pretty interesting. I'm thinking about subscribing to it.

wendyj

I actually got it free through an online survey site. It's OK. I guess that sometimes I feel it doesn't always speak to me as a working mom because I'm in education and they tend to focus on those moms in the business world.

axh2277

Ditto the PP - they tend to focus on moms in the business world and lawyers so I didn't really feel like it spoke to me since even though I worked in a law setting I wasn't given the same perks as the lawyers - flex time, flexible leave, ect.

NewlywednOhio

Ah...I see. Now that I think about it there were a lot of business women in that magazine. I don't really consider myself a hardcore business woman. I mean-- I work in a corporate environment, but am a Graphic Designer. I am definitely not in the same category as Lawyer.?

Thanks for your opinions, ladies!

fIowerchild

Sounds up my alley. I might check it out.

MattsWifey<3

yes, i used to get it before i sah. it was a christmas gift...

it was interesting to read but nothing really pertained to me because like pp said it was for business women - - more like top exec business women. 

lanie26

fIowerchild:

Sounds up my alley. I might check it out.

No. Not up your alley. It's utterly absurd. The front covers are basically June cleavers in business suit and hyper edited children sitting coifed coyly on Mum's polished white sofa. The stories are filled with women so successful their words of wisdom include: get your nanny to get the children up an hour early to spruce them up for you before you wake! or "have your gardener do something special with the lawn to make you feel more perky!"

I actually wrote a letter to the editor because I found it insulting to women who work. I'd consider myself and my partner successful, but it addressed none of the concerns I had about being a working mom.

The articles were all about millionaires.

Also women who once sewed cloth diapers in their basements and now run a sweatshop of migrant workers down there! WOOOOOOOOOOOOOOW!

Ugh. It was awful. I canceled my subscription because it was demeaning.

kgb1411

I got it for free, but I stopped reading it b/c every article would make me mad.  The articles are about mythical women who are able to work 60+ hours a week, make dinner nightly, be room mom, and coach their LO's soccer team.  All in heels and full make-up.  And like Lanie, even though I feel like my partner and I are doing pretty well, the articles consistantly made me feel inadequate.

lanie26

kgb1411:

I got it for free, but I stopped reading it b/c every article would make me mad.  The articles are about mythical women who are able to work 60+ hours a week, make dinner nightly, be room mom, and coach their LO's soccer team.  All in heels and full make-up.  And like Lanie, even though I feel like my partner and I are doing pretty well, the articles consistantly made me feel inadequate.

I'd love to start a "real working mothers" magazine, and every issue would have a picture of a happy mom with jam hand prints on her shirt, or a pacifier she'd forgotten in her suit pocket. Cheerios on the floor. SOMETHING to say "hey its tough, but worth it."

kgb1411

lanie26:

kgb1411:

I got it for free, but I stopped reading it b/c every article would make me mad.  The articles are about mythical women who are able to work 60+ hours a week, make dinner nightly, be room mom, and coach their LO's soccer team.  All in heels and full make-up.  And like Lanie, even though I feel like my partner and I are doing pretty well, the articles consistantly made me feel inadequate.

I'd love to start a "real working mothers" magazine, and every issue would have a picture of a happy mom with jam hand prints on her shirt, or a pacifier she'd forgotten in her suit pocket. Cheerios on the floor. SOMETHING to say "hey its tough, but worth it."

lol...we could have articles entitled "who on earth decided to have a kindergarden graduation in the middle of the workday?"   and "clever ways to explain spit-up on a black suit (and what works best to get it out:  shout vs. tide)." 

racegirl723

lanie26:

kgb1411:

I got it for free, but I stopped reading it b/c every article would make me mad.  The articles are about mythical women who are able to work 60+ hours a week, make dinner nightly, be room mom, and coach their LO's soccer team.  All in heels and full make-up.  And like Lanie, even though I feel like my partner and I are doing pretty well, the articles consistantly made me feel inadequate.

I'd love to start a "real working mothers" magazine, and every issue would have a picture of a happy mom with jam hand prints on her shirt, or a pacifier she'd forgotten in her suit pocket. Cheerios on the floor. SOMETHING to say "hey its tough, but worth it."

If you write it, I'll buy it.  I'm sure we nesties can give you plenty of ideas for features and articles.  

NewlywednOhio

lanie and kgb- Go for it! We working moms need a good read, and we all have plenty of working mom stories to fill at least the first year's worth!

springtime81

I currently get it for free, but I would never pay for it.  Most of the articles are fluff, useless.  One month the working mom they profiled wrote in her article that her husband works a night shift so that they can avoid daycare, like it's such a horrible place to send your kids.  It pisses me off that they would put down daycare in a magazine for working mothers.