Mindy's Muses

tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-834486910273025911Mon, 17 Nov 2025 17:38:10 +0000women and workvalue of caregiving workfamilyaginggenderchild careparentingconnections with peopleearly education and caremaking choicespolicyhealthlossresiliencysocial science researchdepressionengaged agingparental leave policyprogram evaluationracesocial justiceapplied sociologyartscommunitymemoriesorganizingwork and family balanceadventurearts educationdiversityeducationfinding workhuman connectionimmigrantsinequalityproductivitysocial classsociological imaginationstate budgetsstresssupportwomen and healthwork statisticsHUACHouse Un-American Activities Committeebeautydancefederal fundingfeminist sociologyfestivalflyinggiving advicehealth careinsomniamilitary family policiesmusicporchfestprejudiceprotestracismselecting evaluation researchersocial policyunemploymentwomen artistswomen's bodiesworkwork cultureworking with evaluation researcherAWP conferenceAnn HandleyBlack Lives MatterBlue ZonesDonald TrumpG.O.P.JP PorchfestJP ReadsJamaica Plain PorchfestJewish historyJewish identityJoe EhrmannLantern ParadeManny FriedMarissa BayerNew York MetsNoam ChomskyRepublicansRiverside High SchoolSWAN StudySheryl SandbergShingles vaccinationTa Nahisi CoatesWake Up the Earthabstinence only until marriageanxietyarts education researchblack powerblacklistedbloggingbodiesbracare child policycareerschild developmentcircus artscommunicationcomprehehsive sexuality educationconservativescreative writingdance educationdiabetesdownsizingempowermentethnicityexhaustionfatheringfathersfeminismfeministfirst job out of collegefundersgardensgraduating from collegehealth care policyhitchhikinghomophobiahumorknittinglessons learnedlooking backmanagement policymen's gazemental healthmothersmusic educationpersonal storiespositive work culturepovertypro-feministprogressive policiespsychiatric carepublic sociologyresearchresilienceretirementsense of purposesexismsexuality educationsleepsocial historysociologyspoken wordstorytellingtheatrewell-beingwomen and self-esteemwomen managersyouth theaterMindy's Museshttp://mindysmuses.blogspot.com/noreply@blogger.com (Mindy Fried Arbor Consulting Partners)Blogger62125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-834486910273025911.post-5292882645472467814Thu, 28 Apr 2016 16:18:00 +00002016-04-28T09:22:01.899-07:00abstinence only until marriagebodiescomprehehsive sexuality educationfeminist sociologygendersexuality educationwomen's bodiesSexuality education: the battle rages on...As published in Feminist Reflections:  https://thesocietypages.org/feminist/2016/04/28/sexuality-education-the-battle-rages-on/ Mindy Fried on April 28, 2016 My friend’s daughter, Zoe, came home from school one day and told her dad about something that happened in school. She was in 8th grade at the time, and a trainer had just come to her class to conduct a http://mindysmuses.blogspot.com/2016/04/sexuality-education-battle-rages-on.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Mindy Fried Arbor Consulting Partners)7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-834486910273025911.post-5844246310651741752Thu, 31 Mar 2016 12:45:00 +00002016-04-24T20:16:28.897-07:00brafeminismgendermen's gazesocial historywomen's bodiesOde to the bra, or early lessons on becoming a woman...This post is reprinted from Feminist Reflections. My childhood friend, Gail, is six months younger than me. As adults, that age differential is totally meaningless, but as “pre-teens”, it apparently meant a lot. She reminds me that when my mother took me to the local department store to buy me a “training” bra, she followed suit.  “I had to get a bra because you had one”. We both http://mindysmuses.blogspot.com/2016/03/ode-to-bra-or-early-lessons-on-becoming.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Mindy Fried Arbor Consulting Partners)2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-834486910273025911.post-3705415474344897974Wed, 02 Mar 2016 01:17:00 +00002016-03-01T17:17:23.124-08:00Donald Trumpempowermentfeminist sociologygenderNoam Chomskypersonal storiespublic sociologyChomsky, Trump, and Challenging Bigotry... A few years ago, I was on the treadmill at the gym, trying to undo a day of sitting and staring at my computer, when a casual “gym friend” joined me on an adjacent treadmill. She noticed that I hadn’t been there much lately, and wanted to know why. I didn’t know her well and could have manufactured some quick story, but she had always been so warm and friendly, so I decided to tell her http://mindysmuses.blogspot.com/2016/03/chomsky-trump-and-challenging-bigotry.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Mindy Fried Arbor Consulting Partners)2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-834486910273025911.post-130979612818851471Mon, 18 Jan 2016 21:50:00 +00002016-01-19T11:53:14.690-08:00adventureagingfirst job out of collegelessons learnedlooking backmental healthpsychiatric caresense of purposeDriving     For a couple of decades, I have been an “applied sociologist”, meaning that my sociology leaves the classroom and situates itself in organizational contexts. There are many ways that applied sociologists “do sociology”.  For the most part, my work focuses on evaluating a range of programs and policies to help organizations get stronger and http://mindysmuses.blogspot.com/2014/08/from-applied-to-action-sociology.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Mindy Fried Arbor Consulting Partners)3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-834486910273025911.post-8842126024866423820Fri, 02 May 2014 03:18:00 +00002015-02-12T07:10:42.263-08:00child careearly education and carefatheringfathersfeministgenderJoe Ehrmannmaking choicesmothersNew York Metsparental leave policypro-feministRiverside High Schoolvalue of caregiving workJoe Ehrmann, the New York Mets, Boomer and Carton, and Parental Leave… I was a high school cheerleader. Whew – I’ve gotten the confessional part of this post out of the way. In all honesty, I hated football, and didn’t know anything about the game. I had discovered ballet and modern dance at age seven, and very soon was taking lessons four times a week. Dance was my life. This was an era when girls were often discouraged or excluded from playing sports, http://mindysmuses.blogspot.com/2014/05/joe-ehrmann-new-york-mets-boomer-and.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Mindy Fried Arbor Consulting Partners)5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-834486910273025911.post-4716819231216834868Sun, 20 Apr 2014 03:21:00 +00002014-04-21T06:12:19.265-07:00agingconnections with peopleengaged agingfamilygendermaking choicesretirementsocial science researchwomen and workTo retire... re•tire [ri-tahyuh r]  1. to withdraw, or go away or apart, to a place of privacy, shelter, or seclusion: “He retired to his study”.  2. to fall back or retreat in an orderly fashion and according to plan, as from battle, an untenable position, danger, etc.  3. to withdraw or remove oneself: “After announcing the guests, the butler retired”.   4. to withdraw from http://mindysmuses.blogspot.com/2014/04/to-retire.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Mindy Fried Arbor Consulting Partners)9tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-834486910273025911.post-8280009269528363088Tue, 05 Nov 2013 20:23:00 +00002013-11-05T12:23:21.389-08:00One Night Stand... I was listening to a new EP by a talented musician named Nathalie Raedler and discovered a song called One Night Stand https://soundcloud.com/nraedler/one-night-stand, that poignantly describes an experience that inspired her song. It got me thinking about how much progress women have and have not made over the past few decades around sexuality and relationships, particularly young women, http://mindysmuses.blogspot.com/2013/11/one-night-stand.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Mindy Fried Arbor Consulting Partners)3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-834486910273025911.post-2580903942374380589Sun, 05 May 2013 00:11:00 +00002015-02-12T07:19:54.806-08:00aginganxietycommunitydepressionhomophobiainsomniaprejudiceracismsexismstresswomen and healthworkInsomnia stories... The men in my family were easy sleepers. It wasn’t uncommon to see my father and his six brothers lie down on the floor after a big meal and just nod out. Of course, that left my aunts to clean up, after they had also cooked the meal, and I bet they could have used a nap too. At the time, I figured that taking a post-meal snooze was the “way things were” for the men in the family. But http://mindysmuses.blogspot.com/2013/05/insomnia-stories.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Mindy Fried Arbor Consulting Partners)15tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-834486910273025911.post-6379782052305934319Mon, 08 Apr 2013 18:41:00 +00002013-04-08T12:10:51.800-07:00child carehealth careinequalityMarissa Bayerparental leave policySheryl Sandbergsocial policyvalue of caregiving workwomen and workwomen managerswork and family balancework cultureSisterhood and the glass ceiling... What happens when some women break the glass ceiling? A few of them become authors of best-selling novels in which they deconstruct their workplace experiences and offer advice to others. This is a good thing, in the tradition of sisters helping one another out. But which sisters and what kind of advice do they offer? Perhaps the most popular and controversial of the genre right now is http://mindysmuses.blogspot.com/2013/04/sisterhood-and-glass-ceiling.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Mindy Fried Arbor Consulting Partners)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-834486910273025911.post-4744178443019889800Tue, 12 Mar 2013 01:09:00 +00002013-03-11T18:09:30.500-07:00artsarts educationAWP conferencecreative writinglosssociological imaginationwomen and workwomen artistsWriting about writing... Writing is a solo act, but for those in attendance at the conference of the Association of Writers and Writing Programs, or AWP (https://www.awpwriter.org/) this past weekend, you’d think it was one big party, with over 12,000 people moving through the sterile hallways of Boston's massive Hynes Convention Center to attend hundreds of sessions. I had been forewarned that this event was http://mindysmuses.blogspot.com/2013/03/writing-about-writing.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Mindy Fried Arbor Consulting Partners)3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-834486910273025911.post-8077917147570627451Tue, 12 Feb 2013 03:03:00 +00002014-06-21T17:32:00.234-07:00conservativesethnicityG.O.P.genderhealthhealth careinequalityprogressive policiesraceRepublicanssocial classsocial policysocial science researchSocial science research matters... The American Enterprise Institute just published a speech by G.O.P. darling and House Majority Leader, Eric Cantor, in which he calls for cutting all federal funds for social science research, insisting that the money would be better spent finding cures to diseases. He uses the story of a child named Katie who battled cancer, and who “just happened” to be sitting in the front row of his http://mindysmuses.blogspot.com/2013/02/social-science-research-matters.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Mindy Fried Arbor Consulting Partners)5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-834486910273025911.post-2597680954425131999Thu, 31 Jan 2013 15:48:00 +00002013-01-31T07:48:13.420-08:00Anatomy of living with a black eye... Three weeks ago, I had a freakish accident in the parking lot of my local Trader Joe’s. My shopping cart hit a pothole and overturned, and somehow the momentum took me with it, as my body catapulted over the cart and slammed into its metal bars. I wrote about the accident in a previous post, so I won’t rewind to describe details of my night in the emergency room and the generous people http://mindysmuses.blogspot.com/2013/01/anatomy-of-living-with-black-eye.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Mindy Fried Arbor Consulting Partners)3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-834486910273025911.post-203528870590006294Sun, 13 Jan 2013 21:40:00 +00002014-05-22T22:02:27.509-07:00arts educationarts education researchchild developmentdance educationearly education and careeducationfederal fundingmusic educationprogram evaluationstate budgetsyouth theaterSave the arts because the arts save lives, part 2... Over a year ago, I wrote a blog post about the importance of funding arts education. I'm still thinking about these issues, so here is Part Two: Save the arts because the arts save lives... The arts – dance, theater, music, writing and the visual arts – have a powerful impact on children, opening the door to deeper knowledge and self-expression. I know from personal experience, and I havehttp://mindysmuses.blogspot.com/2013/01/save-arts-because-arts-save-lives-part-2.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Mindy Fried Arbor Consulting Partners)2