THE UNLADYLIKE
BULLETIN
Not behaving the way a woman is supposed to. Our favourite compliment.
Well-behaved women seldom make history.Laurel Thatcher Ulrich, historian, 1976 ·
Unladylike of the Week
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16–22 Nov
Sweta Mishra
HR Manager, BangaloreI have a one-year-old son, and the advice started long before he arrived. Eat for two. Don't eat that. Don't go back to work so soon. Why go back at all? Now it's how to feed him, how to hold him and how much I should miss him while I'm at office. Apparently I'm unladylike for not following any of it. I listen, I smile, and then I do what works for my family. My son is thriving, and so is my career.
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