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by Anne on May 30th, 2012

Over the past few months, women’s issues have taken center stage in political debates on state house floors and in the media. What hasn’t really been addressed by politicians and pundits is the changing role of women in the family (although these changes may underlie some of the debates).  Women are playing a larger role in business, education, and household incomes. So, how did this “seismic economic, social and emotional change” occur? Here are a few articles straight from our stacks for some perspective:

1. Mundy, Liza. “Women, Money and Power. Time 179, no. 12 (March 26, 2012): 28. MasterFILE Premier, EBSCOhost (accessed April 18, 2012).

Liza Mundy explores how the increasing financial contributions of women have changed domestic roles, marriage rates, and relationships.  Food for thought: “Assuming present trends continue, by the next generation, more families will be supported by women than by men (30)”.

2. Gulli, Cathy. “The Richer Sex.” Maclean’s125, no. 9 (March 12, 2012): 48.  MasterFILE Premier, EBSCOhost (accessed April 18, 2012).

The changing role of women isn’t isolated to the US. In this Maclean’s article, Cathy Gulli focuses on how women’s earning power has changed their relationships with their partners.

3. Bolick, Kate. “ALL THE SINGLE LADIES.” Atlantic Monthly 308, no. 4 (November 2011): 116. MasterFILE Premier, EBSCOhost (accessed April 18, 2012).

If women are becoming more successful than men, Kate Bolick asks, “Why should women marry at all?”

4. Roiphe, Katie. “She works crazy hours. She takes care of the kids. She earns more money. She manages her team. At the end of the day, she wants to be… spanked ?.” Newsweek159, no. 17/18 (April 23, 2012): 24. MasterFILE Premier, EBSCOhost (accessed May 1, 2012).

Katie Roiphe explores why Fifty Shades of Grey provides the ultimate escapist read for working women. But should it?

Find these articles and more among our magazines.  You can also find them in EBSCOHost, our magazine database.

 

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Magazines on the Beach

by Kara on January 14th, 2010
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Recently I had the opportunity to spend some time hanging out on a beach.  I filled my suitcase with ten months worth of magazines and set out for new adventures.  My plan was to read the magazines then leave them for others to read so I’d have room to bring back treasures and chocolate.  The plan worked great.  The Library has subscriptions to the magazines I read, so I thought I’d share a little about my reading and tell you about our magazine collection.

DWELL – At Home in the Modern World. Dwell is an architectural magazine  described as, “… staging a minor revolution. We think that it’s possible to live in a house or apartment by a bold modern architect, to own furniture and products that are exceptionally well designed, and still be a regular human being.” The pictures are wonderful, the articles give great ideas, and I find a lot of inspiration about planning spaces.  PLUS – Iowa City Public Library was mentioned in the recent article Farm Fresh – what a great surprise!

Health – My neighbor subscribes to Health and sends the magazines my way when she’s done.  Health has a lot of interesting articles and doesn’t seem to be as heavily laden with quick-fix articles as some other magazines.  I should have discovered a New Years Resolution in one of the articles, but there were so many distractions … waves, whales, naps.  Nevertheless, it’s a great magazine.

More – On my 40th birthday a friend gave me More magazine as a joke.  I enjoyed the articles so I subscribed.  More’s tagline is, “Celebrating Women over 40.”  Sometimes I find their fashion suggestions a bit too big city, but I do enjoy their articles and features.  A recent article was about one of my favorite authors, Julia Glass.

The Library has a wonderful magazine collection on the Library’s second floor that covers a wide variety of subjects.  Back issues of magazines check out for seven days and staff at the Reference Desk are always happy to help you find what you are looking for.  ~~Enjoy~~

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Make Magazine: Technology on your time

by Maeve on August 13th, 2008

The library adds new magazine titles each year.  A new one for this year is Make: Technology on your time.  It is like Popular Mechanics, sort of, but way cooler and hipper and probably just as nerdy, but in 21st century way.  Issue 14 , the library’s first, focuses on optics.  There are DIY projects ranging from making a kaleidoscope, (this one is simple enough that I might even be able to tackle it), to how to build you own opaque projector to making a cosmic night light.  There are also 27 other projects including making a taffy puller.  My brother and I burnt our hands as kids when we pulled taffy so this would have been great.  However, the none of the Clarks were blessed with the fix it gene  and I don’t think we could have made the one in the magazine, but if you are savvy in taking things apart and putting them back together and you can follow directions, you might really enjoy this magazine and be able to complete the projects.  There are a couple of useful features for each project that tell you the complexity of each project, taffy puller – Medium, and the amount of time needed.  And there are warnings about each project too.  Making things can be fun, but remember, when using tools be careful – you only get one set of eyes…

ICPL’s subscription is brand new but you can see what is in earlier issues by looking at Make online. 

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