Archive for December 2006

Editrix

Posted to Work on 23 December 2006, with 2 comments so far.

by Ann — Age 37 — Mankato, MN I’ve always wanted to be a Madam but not in a feminist social justice public health kind of way. I like the idea of hot classy clothes and velvet couches. Red lamps and candles. My favorite part, the most important, would be delighting the client. I’d invite [...]

From

Posted to Work on 22 December 2006, with 2 comments so far.

by Hadley — Age 28 — Media, PA I graduated from Princeton University six and a half years ago, the product of 16 years of well-rounded and thorough education. My boyfriend after college used to threaten to hide my alumni magazine each time it arrived at our apartment, as it would send me into a [...]

Shafted

Posted to Work on 20 December 2006, with no comments so far.

by C. Abalos — Age 28 — New York, NY I work in the Intensive Care Unit of a pediatric hospital, one of the best pediatric hospitals in the country. I work in the research division of this ICU. I was reviewing the mortality statistics with one of the attending physicians when he informed me [...]

Posted to Work on 16 December 2006, with 1 comment so far.

by Carlin — Age 27 — Los Angeles, CA When I was a child, I thought “˜work’ was somewhere adults went, similar to what “˜school’ was for children. That meant, it was a place you went for a certain amount of time each day, until you were allowed to leave. A “˜boss’ was similar to [...]