Kate Hutchinson is a freelance development professional located in Boston, MA. She has been working in Higher Education for the past five years, in both administration and fundraising. Outside of work, Kate spends her time writing, in journal, blog, and creative formats. She enjoys biking, practicing yoga, meditating, and is constantly reading. Her favorite topics are feminism, medical mysteries, sociology, anthropology, mythology, and history.
She graduated from Trinity College in Hartford, Connecticut in 2002 with honors in History. Her thesis, "Physicians, Clerics, and Healing in the Middle Ages", won the Ferguson Prize in History. During her undergraduate years, she worked as a reference librarian and both wrote for and edited the college paper, the Trinity Tripod, for which she helped found the online edition. Kate graduated from Suffolk University with a Master of Education degree in 2005, with a specialization in Administration of Higher Education.
Kate currently resides in Boston, Massachusetts, with her husband and two beloved cats.
Kate Hutchinson's blog is Defending Pandora.
Today’s world is all about embracing change, whether it’s the manager learning new languages to expand business on a global scale, or an entrepreneur who invents the next iPod or Kindle.
Not every day is so idyllic. More often, there are days that I can almost feel time slipping through my fingers as I rush from interview to interview, and I feel lost at sea. There are days that I think, wouldn’t it be great if I had a pill that could keep me going? The idea of an internal combustion engine like an amphetamine is truly tempting. But it’s not a solution.
According to Dan Bilefsky, because regular women are allotted more privileges and independence now than they were even twenty years ago, they no longer see becoming a man as a necessary option for autonomy. What is really interesting about this cultural gender switching is that it is based on economics and hierarchy, rather than personal gender choice.
Breaking down the gap in women’s leadership, Donlan unabashedly puts childcare as the top obstacle to women’s leadership advancement. Because women are still perceived as the default parent/caretaker, they must struggle against preconceived notions that they will put children/family ahead of their careers.
I’ve had quite a few calls and emails from recruiters who pick it out and ask me to apply for jobs they have open. At least one has materialized into a frontrunner in my current list. So how does my resume beat the odds? Multiple Outlets.
Would you really want to put a man in charge of the country who fights against women’s reproductive rights and calls them derogatory names? I certainly wouldn’t. And why aren’t more people aware of this misogyny?
Maybe young women should be made aware of the basics of motherhood. The average teen will have to struggle to finish high school and care for a child, if she doesn’t drop out first. Without an education, her earning power drops significantly, and she won’t land a job that offers many benefits. So wake up–she won’t be pushing her darling along in a Bugaboo stroller, sipping a latte, and toting a Kate Spade diaper bag to a baby yoga class.
Then there’s the feature that allows me to see who is following me. This can be a bit of an ego-boost in some ways (hey! I’m being followed by 16 people!) but in other ways, I’m finding it’s a new method for spam. I call this Ego Marketing…
A few weeks ago, I was in the locker room at the gym, flexing my biceps in the mirror, and I saw a woman walk by with a pear shaped figure. Before I knew it, my mind began to pick apart her appearance in her bathing suit as she headed for the whirlpool. When I think about that, I’m appalled at myself. How can I be an advocate for women, if I’m part of the problem?
So do women need separate business advice? I say yes. As long as men are still defined as the norm in the business world, there is still a need for groups like Catalyst, and books that show women how to succeed in the corporate world.
