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BlogHer of the Week: PPR, from This So-Called Post-Post-Racial Life

PPR showed readers who think we have a clear view of the complexities of race in a black woman's career that there's still grime on our lens.

Career Coaching Icon's New Book Echoes Our Collective Migration from Craving "Success" to Seeking "Meaning"

I first heard of Laura Berman Fortgang about 12 years ago, when I worked at Time Warner and enjoyed a perk of working for a large media company: Free magazines. Laura was featured in a business article about a new, emerging practice called career coaching. As a business and career writer, this was an area of interest to me, new ways of doing well at work.

BlogHer of the Week: Momtrolfreak

When momtrolfreak and her friend, Penny, were about to become moms, they vowed to uphold an ideal similar to that with which they grew up ... well, listened to anyway, on vinyl when they were kids. The songs from the album "Free to Be You and Me." Those who had the record--remember the hot pink cover?--might remember some of the song lyrics. "It's alright to cry..." "William wants a Doll! William wants a doll!"

BlogHer of the Week: tangobaby

We didn't select this post because it inspired a TV news segment, or even because it has placed a woman and her children in a safe place, away from violence for a night or two (while they are safe, there's still more to be done).