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Kindra Hanson-Okafor, Age 38, mom of Chioma, 5, and Amara, 20 months; wife of Ngo, 46; Co-owner, Iconoclast Fitness, New York, NY | Credit: Courtesy of Kindra Hanson-Okafor
I came to New York to work as a model. I had great success but knew I needed a steadier income. I chose the fitness industry as my next direction, and I spent more than 12 years running a top gym. My husband, Ngo, is a two-time Golden Gloves boxing champ and a trainer, so having our own gym made sense. We opened Iconoclast Fitness in 2018, and I m proud to be a Black female business owner. I m someone who s drunk in love with her kids and also tired as hell. But mothering begins with mothering yourself, so I try to give myself grace.
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Alarm bells should be ringing. Working women, particularly moms, are not OK nearly a year into this pandemic. Stretched to the limit and juggling balls in the air no one could ever prepare for, the progress women have made in the workplace for decades is at risk.
Just look at Beth Hogan. I m not enough for the job, for the home, for anything and that s hard and it s really lonely, this working mother told me on
CNN Headline News. In March 2020, Hogan had just completed her master s degree, and was preparing for her dream job when the world came to a screeching halt along with her career plans. Instead, she struggled through distance learning, Zoom conference calls, endless chores that often fall into women s laps, and the impossible expectation that any of this is possible.
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Moms everywhere are holding down their careers and holding up their families. Four women with demanding jobs (and demanding kids) explain how they make it through the day. Jessica Malaty Rivera Age 37, San Francisco, CA; mom of Samia, 4, and Laith, 2
Rivera, our cover star this month, has spent 15 years focusing on infectious disease research, public health policy, and vaccine advocacy. The organization she works for has taken on the task of tracing the pandemic s spread throughout the country, collecting and analyzing data no other official source is publishing. A self-described data nerd trained in science, she has used her growing influencer status to factually answer questions about mask wearing, vaccinati
Share How the Pandemic Has Changed The Game For Working MomsâAnd What Comes Next Weâre mid-pandemic, peak work from home, peak remote school, peak burnout. And thatâs if weâre lucky: Hundreds of thousands of mothers have been pushed out of the labor force entirely. But experts say this crisis could speed workplace equality, normalize flexible schedules, and lead to more meaningful and sustainable jobs for us all. By Ann Shoket February 03, 2021
If you ve been feeling as if the world is on fire, you re right. It was, literally, for a while: As if a pandemic, a recession, a racial reckoning, and a contentious election weren t enough, 7.7 million acres of land and thousands of homes burned in the wildfires that swallowed the West. We ve lost so much in the last year. Loved ones. Time. Sanity. And jobs.
More often than not, the duty of ensuring that the holiday season is as magical as possible falls to mom. And yet, when it comes time to rip open gifts, they might be the first member of the family to get the shaft. Mother and baby boy holding mug, sitting on sofa
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Saturday Night Live sketch, featuring alum and host Kristen Wiig, summed this all too relatable phenomenon up perfectly. In the sketch, Wiig plays a tired mom whose kids, husband, and even the family dog get all the presents they could have ever hoped for from fancy tech to signed baseball bats and stockings full of extra goodies. Wiig s character, on the other hand, got . a robe. Days later, moms proved that