Comments on: Yo! Snow! And Sandra Tsing Loh! http://www.tucsonmama.com/2010/01/25/yo-snow-and-sandra-tsing-loh/ for the independent-minded Tucson mama (or daddy) Mon, 26 Jul 2010 11:01:22 +0000 hourly 1 By: Ilana http://www.tucsonmama.com/2010/01/25/yo-snow-and-sandra-tsing-loh/comment-page-1/#comment-2434 Ilana Fri, 29 Jan 2010 18:25:26 +0000 http://www.tucsonmama.com/?p=843#comment-2434 I'm with you on the laundry and dishes. There are evenings when I plan meals on how few dishes are used (these are the cereal-for-dinner nights: spoon and bowl, can't get better than that). I’m with you on the laundry and dishes. There are evenings when I plan meals on how few dishes are used (these are the cereal-for-dinner nights: spoon and bowl, can’t get better than that).

]]> By: Julie http://www.tucsonmama.com/2010/01/25/yo-snow-and-sandra-tsing-loh/comment-page-1/#comment-2433 Julie Wed, 27 Jan 2010 21:08:56 +0000 http://www.tucsonmama.com/?p=843#comment-2433 I know--the "labor of mediocre colleague" line made me laugh out loud... We do tend to follow some traditional gender division of labor split in our house mainly because Shipherd is handy with tools and I am more likely to clean things. The kid-caring part doesn't feel like rote busywork to me--at least not most of the time--but the goddamned laundry and dishes. I am so sick of the dishes. And the tupperware. Our tupperware spilleth over, in perpetuity. I know–the “labor of mediocre colleague” line made me laugh out loud…

We do tend to follow some traditional gender division of labor split in our house mainly because Shipherd is handy with tools and I am more likely to clean things.

The kid-caring part doesn’t feel like rote busywork to me–at least not most of the time–but the goddamned laundry and dishes. I am so sick of the dishes. And the tupperware.
Our tupperware spilleth over, in perpetuity.

]]> By: shipherd http://www.tucsonmama.com/2010/01/25/yo-snow-and-sandra-tsing-loh/comment-page-1/#comment-2432 shipherd Tue, 26 Jan 2010 14:26:50 +0000 http://www.tucsonmama.com/?p=843#comment-2432 I like the whole loss of domain-of-expertise idea because there is no longer a gender division of labor, where she says "... the work I do at home is no longer a gift, but the labor of a mediocre colleague whose performance could be better." Hilarious and acute. And, while I may derive many small satisfactions from my domestic duties as a daddy, I can certainly tap into the mommy-runs-the-house fantasy because for the most part it is endless rote busywork. I like the whole loss of domain-of-expertise idea because there is no longer a gender division of labor, where she says “… the work I do at home is no longer a gift, but the labor of a mediocre colleague whose performance could be better.” Hilarious and acute. And, while I may derive many small satisfactions from my domestic duties as a daddy, I can certainly tap into the mommy-runs-the-house fantasy because for the most part it is endless rote busywork.

]]> By: Rachel http://www.tucsonmama.com/2010/01/25/yo-snow-and-sandra-tsing-loh/comment-page-1/#comment-2429 Rachel Tue, 26 Jan 2010 06:03:41 +0000 http://www.tucsonmama.com/?p=843#comment-2429 Yeah, I'm still stuck on the drink. Yeah, I’m still stuck on the drink.

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