Tag: career accomplishments

Bodies

Weight Loss Is NOT An Achievement

Post author By Golda Poretsky, HHC
Post date Monday, March 5th, 2012
43 Comments on Weight Loss Is NOT An Achievement

Did the title of this post kind of piss you off? Good! The idea that weight loss is a good idea and a worthy achievement is so ingrained in our society that most of us take it for granted. Of course, losing weight is an achievement, right? We heap praise on anyone who does it. […]

Tags body image issues, career accomplishments, dieting, diets, self-esteem

Op Ed

Tiger Mother Doesn’t Speak For Me

Post author By Sneha
Post date Wednesday, February 2nd, 2011
5 Comments on Tiger Mother Doesn’t Speak For Me

I groaned when I first heard about Amy Chua’s “Tiger Mother” memoir, especially after reading the excerpt in the Wall Street Journal. Internet commenters rushed to share anecdotes about Asian friends committing suicide or having mental breakdowns because of parental pressure and decided her book was a legitimate reason to support their opinion that students […]

Tags amy chua, asian colleagues, asian parents, career accomplishments, indian immigrants, indian parents, magnet schools, mental breakdowns, parenting methods, racial stereotypes, raising daughters, Tiger Mom, wall street journal