If you add it up, you see it’s not just a glass ceiling, it’s the proverbial glass pyramid: 45 percent of men made $65,000 or more per year. Just 25 percent of women did. Fully three-quarters of women who put in full-time work made less than $65,000 in 2011. Continue reading On Equal Pay Day, Seattle’s Glass Ceiling is Showing
The ten-minute play, the haiku of theatre, is a proving ground for playwrights. Every minute, every word and action, has to count in order to convey distinct lines, character, relationship and the changes that events bring to them. Alternatively a playwright might slap a disjointed wad of wackiness on the stage and at least keep the audience from boredom. Continue reading Sex Life is the Highlight of Balagan’s “Death, Sex: Election Season”
‘Tis the season of year end highlight lists. I’ve already shared my food highlights, but this food-writer-by-day and sex-educator-by-night (or something like that) has been thinking about the year in sex. With a look at the national scene and a little local (and also a food-flavored) finish, here are some highlights of the political and cultural climate related to sex for 2011, along with a couple of toy recommendations to take you into 2012. Continue reading Good Sex, Bad Sex 2011
