<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<rss version="2.0"
	xmlns:content="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/content/"
	xmlns:wfw="http://wellformedweb.org/CommentAPI/"
	xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/"
	xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom"
	xmlns:sy="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/syndication/"
	xmlns:slash="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/slash/"
	>

<channel>
	<title>Hello Ladies &#187; Isotoner</title>
	<atom:link href="http://helloladies.com/tag/isotoner/feed/" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml" />
	<link>http://helloladies.com</link>
	<description>The intersection of feminism and life</description>
	<lastBuildDate>Mon, 06 Feb 2012 20:23:59 +0000</lastBuildDate>
	<language>en</language>
	<sy:updatePeriod>hourly</sy:updatePeriod>
	<sy:updateFrequency>1</sy:updateFrequency>
	<generator>http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1</generator>
	<div id='fb-root'></div>
					<script type='text/javascript'>
						window.fbAsyncInit = function()
						{
							FB.init({appId: null, status: true, cookie: true, xfbml: true});
						};
						(function()
						{
							var e = document.createElement('script'); e.async = true;
							e.src = document.location.protocol + '//connect.facebook.net/en_US/all.js';
							document.getElementById('fb-root').appendChild(e);
						}());
					</script>	
						<item>
		<title>Ohio Working Mothers Need Not Apply</title>
		<link>http://helloladies.com/2010/09/ohio-working-mothers-need-not-apply/</link>
		<comments>http://helloladies.com/2010/09/ohio-working-mothers-need-not-apply/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 09 Sep 2010 11:30:32 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Hello Ladies</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Feminist Forte]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[breastfeeding]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[equal pay]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Isotoner]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[maternity leave]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Ohio Supreme Court]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Pataskala Oaks Care Center]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Tina McFee]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[working mothers]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://helloladies.com/?p=2392</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Just because it&#8217;s legal doesn&#8217;t make it right. The Ohio Supreme Court has ruled that businesses can fire women for taking time off to give birth or for pregnancy-related leave if they haven&#8217;t worked the minimum amount of time required to earn leave. In McFee v. Nursing Care Mgmt. of Am., Inc., the court ruled 5-1 that &#8220;an employment policy that imposes a uniform minimum-length-of-service requirement for leave eligibility with no exception for maternity leave is not direct evidence of sex discrimination.&#8221; Maybe not, but that doesn&#8217;t mean it&#8217;s not terrible policy.  Tiffany McFee, had been working at the Pataskala Oaks Care Center, a subacute and rehabilitation facility with the motto &#8220;Caring is What We Do Best&#8221; (oh, the irony!), for eight months when a doctor ordered her to stop working for a pregnancy-related condition. Soon after she gave birth. She was fired three days later because she took leave before she was eligible. Company policy requires an employee work a year prior to taking leave for any purpose. The ruling was based on a law that allows &#8220;an employer to terminate an employee for any nondiscriminatory reason&#8221; and another that states pregnant employees must be treated “the same for [...]]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://helloladies.com/2010/09/ohio-working-mothers-need-not-apply/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>0</slash:comments>
		</item>
		<item>
		<title>It&#8217;s World Breastfeeding Week</title>
		<link>http://helloladies.com/2010/08/its-world-breastfeeding-week/</link>
		<comments>http://helloladies.com/2010/08/its-world-breastfeeding-week/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 03 Aug 2010 18:12:32 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Hello Ladies</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Feminist Forte]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[breastfeeding]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[healthcare reform]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Isotoner]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[long island railroad]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[maternity leave]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[parenting]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[the mama bee]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[wordl breastfeeding week]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[working mothers]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://helloladies.com/?p=2140</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[ It&#8217;s World Breastfeeding Week sponsored by the World Alliance for Breastfeeding Action (WABA), a global network of individuals and organizations concerned with the protection, promotion and support of breastfeeding worldwide. According to the World Health Organization (WHO), &#8220;breastfeeding contributes to a lifetime of good health. Adults who were breastfed as babies often have lower blood pressure and lower cholesterol, as well as lower rates of overweight, obesity and type-2 diabetes. There is evidence that people who were breastfed perform better in intelligence tests.&#8221; And, &#8220;Breastfeeding also benefits mothers. … It reduces risks of breast and ovarian cancer later in life, helps women return to their pre-pregnancy weight faster, and lowers rates of obesity.&#8221; WHO recommends women have at least 16 weeks off from work after giving birth in order to adequately rest and breastfeed their child. However the organization reports many women abandon breastfeeding before the recommended six months because they lack the time and a place to breastfeed or pump at work. Here in the U.S. women definitely struggle to find the time and space to breastfeed. Most women are lucky if they can take 12 weeks maternity leave. I pumped in an electrical closet full of spiders when [...]]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://helloladies.com/2010/08/its-world-breastfeeding-week/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>0</slash:comments>
		</item>
		<item>
		<title>The Skinny on Breast-Feeding</title>
		<link>http://helloladies.com/2009/11/the-skinny-on-breast-feeding/</link>
		<comments>http://helloladies.com/2009/11/the-skinny-on-breast-feeding/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 13 Nov 2009 14:39:53 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Hello Ladies</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Feminist Forte]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[breastfeeding]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Isotoner]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[La Leche]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[People Magazine]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[weight loss]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[work life balance]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://helloladies.com/?p=530</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Major eye-rolling ensued when I read the article in The New York Times this week about breast-feeding and weight loss. Now that women have surpassed men on the national payroll shouldn’t we be talking about the obstacles women face pumping at work? (FYI, you can check out Moms to Work and The Savvy Gal for those stories.) To be fair, the Times has written several articles this year on breast-feeding. They&#8217;ve covered the health benefits for mothers and babies, a link between breast-feeding and lower breast cancer rates, and the challenges of working, travelling and pumping.  But I am more interested in changing work/life policies that favor working parents than I am in changing my waistline. The eye-rolling started at this sentence: These days, more than ever, a mother is expected to bounce back from pregnancy and be a “yummy mummy” in no time. And really got going here: Earlier this year, Rebecca Romijn, who wore a shrink-wrapped outfit in “X-Men,” called breast-feeding her new twins “the very best diet I’ve been on.” After Angelina Jolie posed for the November 2008 cover of W magazine nursing one of her twins, she said that it had helped her regain her figure. [...]]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://helloladies.com/2009/11/the-skinny-on-breast-feeding/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>2</slash:comments>
		</item>
		<item>
		<title>Real Stories of Maternity Leave</title>
		<link>http://helloladies.com/2009/10/real-stories-of-maternity-leave/</link>
		<comments>http://helloladies.com/2009/10/real-stories-of-maternity-leave/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 01 Oct 2009 22:03:11 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Hello Ladies</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Feature Story]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Feminist Forte]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[breastfeeding]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Isotoner]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[maternity leave]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[working mothers]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://helloladies.com/?p=198</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Hello Ladies. Check out our October feature story, &#8220;Real Stories of Maternity Leave.&#8221; Here&#8217;s an excerpt: These stories aren&#8217;t uncommon. Many women cobble together vacation, sick time and disability so they can afford to stay home for a month or two after giving birth. Or they return to work only to learn their bonus has been cut and they&#8217;ve fallen out of favor. And many of them walk away without a fight, because they are exhausted, worried about the repurcussions, and focused on their future. Even the women who consider their experience a positive one, are working during leave, losing needed income, and returning to work sleep deprived only to express breast milk in bathrooms, airports and company parking lots. As one nonprofit fundraiser who did not want her name mentioned said, &#8220;(Having a baby) is a precious time in life and it should be very sacred. But the fact is women have to rush through the process and hurry back to work and pump in a closet.&#8221;]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://helloladies.com/2009/10/real-stories-of-maternity-leave/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>1</slash:comments>
		</item>
		<item>
		<title>Burberry and Breastfeeding</title>
		<link>http://helloladies.com/2009/08/burberry-and-breastfeeding/</link>
		<comments>http://helloladies.com/2009/08/burberry-and-breastfeeding/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 31 Aug 2009 20:15:16 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Hello Ladies</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Feminist Forte]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Shoes and Other Fun]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[breastfeeding]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Burberry]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Isotoner]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://helloladies.com/?p=41</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[When it comes to fashion, I&#8217;ve always believed in quality over quantity. I&#8217;m a big fan of amortizing my purchases  &#8212; dividing the estimated number of times I&#8217;ll wear something by the cost of the item and then adding in maintenance fees. It helps justify a big ticket item. For example, 11 years ago I bought a pair of classic black Gucci loafers with silver horse bits for $300. They have never gone out of style and I wear them all the time. With a little shoe polish I keep them looking good  &#8212; although I have had to get them resoled twice.  I can’t begin to imagine how many actual days I&#8217;ve worn them. But even if I amortize the initial purchase price over 11 years – they were a steal. $300 + $100 (cobbler fees) / 11 = $36. I dare you to find a quality, classic shoe for less than $36.  So Ladies, as summer comes to an end, if you are thinking about purchasing any new cold weather gear, I urge you to consider buying quality. How about Burberry? A trench will require a $900 outlay of cash up front and a rain hat $125. But [...]]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://helloladies.com/2009/08/burberry-and-breastfeeding/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>1</slash:comments>
		</item>
	</channel>
</rss>

