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<?xml-stylesheet type="text/xsl" href="http://www.slate.com/blogs/utility/FeedStylesheets/rss.xsl" media="screen"?><rss version="2.0" xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:slash="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/slash/" xmlns:wfw="http://wellformedweb.org/CommentAPI/"><channel><title>The XX Factor : billable hours, family</title><link>http://www.slate.com/blogs/blogs/xxfactor/archive/tags/billable+hours/family/default.aspx</link><description>Tags: billable hours, family</description><dc:language>en</dc:language><generator>CommunityServer 2.1 SP2 (Build: 61129.2)</generator><item><title>How the Billable Hour Hurts Women and Families </title><link>http://www.slate.com/blogs/blogs/xxfactor/archive/2008/04/01/why-the-billable-hour-is-anti-family.aspx</link><pubDate>Tue, 01 Apr 2008 17:19:00 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">b38b617e-fbf1-4816-b2a6-f11ec83af8cb:2331</guid><dc:creator>Judith Shulevitz</dc:creator><slash:comments>0</slash:comments><comments>http://www.slate.com/blogs/blogs/xxfactor/comments/2331.aspx</comments><wfw:commentRss>http://www.slate.com/blogs/blogs/xxfactor/commentrss.aspx?PostID=2331</wfw:commentRss><description>Dear Emily, Once, at a dinner party honoring the retirement of a friend of my father-in-law, I sat next to the law firm's former managing partner. You would have heard of the firm; it's one of those with huge offices in New York and Washington and all...(&lt;a href="http://www.slate.com/blogs/blogs/xxfactor/archive/2008/04/01/why-the-billable-hour-is-anti-family.aspx"&gt;read more&lt;/a&gt;)&lt;img src="http://www.slate.com/blogs/aggbug.aspx?PostID=2331" width="1" height="1"&gt;</description><category domain="http://www.slate.com/blogs/blogs/xxfactor/archive/tags/family/default.aspx">family</category><category domain="http://www.slate.com/blogs/blogs/xxfactor/archive/tags/law+firms/default.aspx">law firms</category><category domain="http://www.slate.com/blogs/blogs/xxfactor/archive/tags/billable+hours/default.aspx">billable hours</category></item></channel></rss>