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The Transition You Never Asked For: Finding Meaning after Losing Your Military Career to Disability

By Meredith Mathis — 2021

You can build back your life

Read on taskandpurpose.com

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Dating With a Disability

Women with disabilities often begin to date much later in life, and they struggle in a dating culture that places a premium on physical appearance.

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Wendy Lu
2016
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Women with Disabilities Face Significant Financial Inequity in the Workplace. What Can Be Done?

Women with disabilities are often doubly penalized—for being women and for being disabled.

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Mia Taylor
2021
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‘I Am Fearless Again’: New Veterans’ Group Gives Women a Sense of Belonging

Coming from all over the country, these women, who ranged in age from their mid-30s to mid-50s, all shared one important characteristic: They had all served in the United States military, and now as civilians they were learning to adjust to life out of the uniform.

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John Ismay
2019
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It’s Time to Talk About the Cost of Emotional Labor at Work

Much like the struggle to recognize the economic contributions of childcare for stay-at-home parents, there could be a similar gap in the working world. The definition of emotional labor being used here is that of unpaid, invisible work.

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Lindsay Kohler
2021
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How ‘Service With a Smile’ Takes a Toll on Women

When workers’ emotions deviate from what’s expected of their gender, they are often left to process the backlash on their own.

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Adia Harvey Wingfield
2016
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Is It Self-Care, or Is It Capitalism?

So many of the little rituals I have each day—like my makeup or skincare routine—do help soothe and/or rejuvenate me. For me, any type of solo practiced routine is good. But I’ve learned that self-care does not, and cannot, sustain me. And I believe that this may be the case for many of you.

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Ijeoma Oluo
2021
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What Women Should Tell Their Bosses When They Have Cancer

We hear a lot about the struggles of working women and the notion that we can create some semblance of order between managing responsibilities at home and at work. It’s the elusive work/life balance every working woman longs to achieve.

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Molly MacDonald
2017
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Fitting Breast Cancer Treatment into Your Schedule

Whether to work during treatment is a very personal decision that depends on a number of factors, including your financial and work situation, how you experience treatments and their side effects, your privacy preferences, and, perhaps, a desire or not to keep your daily routine going.

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Breastcancer.org
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Why Has COVID-19 Been Especially Harmful for Working Women?

COVID-19 is hard on women because the U.S. economy is hard on women, and this virus excels at taking existing tensions and ratcheting them up.

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Nicole Bateman, Martha Ross
2020
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How to Talk to Your Boss About Emotional Labor

Effective strategies for discussing the invisible load you’re shouldering in the workplace.

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Gemma Hartley
2019
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