every time I've ever seen the letters "FMLA" I've always read it internally as "fuck my life" bc it really does feel very skint to get 12 weeks (unpaid) after a baby! I think it's great that there is a policy push around this! Particularly since some states lag others terribly - weeeeeee policymakers!
omg SAME. I stumble over FMLA every single time. It does feel skimpy, but baby steps I guess. Moving from like 2 weeks unpaid (for some folks😭😭) to 12 weeks *paid* could be so huge towards even better circumstances eventually (I hope).
Seeing this cheered me up this week, too! (And lord knows we all need some cheer right now.) Thank you for writing about it! I’m working on some writing that’s related to this, too. 😊 You’re right that it probably won’t make the news as much as it should, but that’s what dorks like us are for, I guess! I agree that it’s a reason to be hopeful, and publishing it the week before the election will hopefully give it some extra impact.
Hopeful !!!
every time I've ever seen the letters "FMLA" I've always read it internally as "fuck my life" bc it really does feel very skint to get 12 weeks (unpaid) after a baby! I think it's great that there is a policy push around this! Particularly since some states lag others terribly - weeeeeee policymakers!
omg SAME. I stumble over FMLA every single time. It does feel skimpy, but baby steps I guess. Moving from like 2 weeks unpaid (for some folks😭😭) to 12 weeks *paid* could be so huge towards even better circumstances eventually (I hope).
Seeing this cheered me up this week, too! (And lord knows we all need some cheer right now.) Thank you for writing about it! I’m working on some writing that’s related to this, too. 😊 You’re right that it probably won’t make the news as much as it should, but that’s what dorks like us are for, I guess! I agree that it’s a reason to be hopeful, and publishing it the week before the election will hopefully give it some extra impact.
Thank you Ariana! Power to the dorks! Can't wait to read your piece on it, it definitely deserves the deep-think treatment.