A lot of companies are coming out with their formal response to the Coronavirus, along with sage advice on what to do. Thinking of that reminded me of the time I worked for the Department of Aviation. Among other things I managed the contract for services for people who were homeless. I got a call…
DetailsWhen I was a girl, boys had cooties. A friend’s daughter recently was warned by a fellow kindergartner not to touch or “you’ll get coronavirus.” In Boccaccio’s day you would have avoided someone “like the plague.”Until 2013 “oh well, no one lost a limb” was a light way to brush-off something that didn’t go as…
DetailsWhen I was a girl, boys had cooties. A friend’s daughter recently was warned by a fellow kindergartner not to touch or “you’ll get coronavirus.” In Boccaccio’s day you would have avoided someone “like the plague.” Until 2013 “oh well, no one lost a limb” was a light way to brush-off something that didn’t…
DetailsWhen I was a girl, boys had cooties. A friend’s daughter was recently warned by a fellow kindergartner not to touch or “you’ll get Coronavirus” (although that may have been more literal.) In Boccaccio’s day you would have avoided someone “like the plague.” If you’re in another country and there’s a language difference you know…
DetailsThe ERA and Women in the Workplace 2020 The first Women’s Rights Convention in the US took place in 1848. 75 years later, in 1923, women began the fight for an Equal Rights Amendment (ERA). The ERA finally passed the House of Representatives and the Senate in 1971 and ‘72 respectively. It then went out…
DetailsA mandatory half-day outing to the Shedd Aquarium. On Ash Wednesday. “This employee felt anything but appreciated,” said a friend about the recent “Employee Appreciation Day” event hosted by her company. Beyond not feeling appreciated, she was mad. “Here I was, standing alone in the aquarium, and all I could think of was how much…
DetailsHow many times do you ask someone what they do, and they recite a list of tasks? Like the UPS Store speed dating commercial: “We do printing, packing, faxing, notarizing, shredding…” Note that she does not end up with a date. And yet, when you provide different services within a business it can be hard to…
DetailsComedy writer and satirist (and self-proclaimed, highly acclaimed pizza scientist) Caitlin Kunkel is ON FIRE! Since publishing the book New Erotica for Feminists in 2018 things have exploded. She’s the co-founder of the comedy and satire site The Belladonna Comedy. She created the online satire writing program for The Second City and teaches workshops and speaks across the…
DetailsWhether you are an interculturalist or not, you’ll love Caitlin Kunkel’s story of adapting the curriculum she wrote for The Second City in Chicago to teach satire and stage a show in Amman, Jordan. It was more about bringing her expertise for the process, not judging the content, says Kunkel, an accomplished comedy writer and…
DetailsHow many times do you ask someone what they do, and they recite a list of tasks? Like the UPS Store speed dating commercial: “We do printing, packing, faxing, notarizing, shredding…” Note that she does not end up with a date. And yet, when you provide different services within a business it can be hard…
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