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Sandberg's "Lean In"

Thoughts on all the coverage for it?  Anyone gotten it yet and read it?

I'm going to look for it this weekend.. I've just now started to read all the "buzz" about it..  I live in a hole sometimes in my own little world full of busy-ness :)

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Re: Sandberg's "Lean In"

  • I haven't read it yet, but I probably will just out of curiosity.  I always take what people like Sandberg have to say with a HUGE grain of salt.  She has led quite a privileged life with advantages not available to the average woman. 

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  • I saw her on Today and admittedly didn't pay a lot of attention, but I found her a little grating. I'm kinda sick of having "famous" working moms tell me how I should feel about working. I'm glad she's an empowered lady, but I don't need her telling me




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  • My reasons for wanting to read it are actually quite different.. I'm not really expecting to "gain" anything from it.. if anything, it'll probably irritate me.. but I'm more going to read it to "follow the hype" in the media.

    Honestly, had you as

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    My reasons for wanting to read it are actually quite different.. I'm not really expecting to "gain" anything




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  • The two criticisms I've heard about it are that, one, she's only speaking to a certain kind of woman: ivy league educated, six figure job, aspirations for the corner office ... and that woman is usually white, heterosexual and married in addition to being
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    I get what saying about women needing to aspire to leadership more and I think that's a great message to women who already successful and priveleged and oing well in corporate environments, etc. but I'm infuriated that everyo

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    The two criticisms I've heard about it are that, one, she's only speaking to a certain kind of woman: ivy league ed
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    fucksherylsandberg

    I get what saying about women needing to aspire to leadership more and I think that's a

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    fucksherylsandberg

    I get what saying about women needing to aspire to leadership more and I think that's

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  • Well said, KathrynMD and EllaHella
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  • I JUST started to read this, and have read a lot of the coverage of it.

    I actually believe a lot of what she is saying, and have experienced it even in my own life.  the way she describes being so bright eyed in

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    fucksherylsandberg

    I get what saying about women needing to aspire to leadership more and I think that's

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  • It's hard for me to take something like this seriously. In a world where I was blatently discriminated against at my prior  job for being pregnant... Yes, the real reason for all our problems is that women just aren't trying hard enough. BS.

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  • I feel like this whole debate is getting so old, there are so many different issues & components that ppl have in their own priorities (we 'must' allow telecommuting & flexible hours! we 'must' have better maternity & paternity leave polici

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