Here are a couple of recent articles about girls and math/science/technology education:
International Day of the Girl: Why Science & Math Programs Matter
Make Britain Count: Are girls really worse at math than boys?
This is the White House outreach program to encourage girls in STEM education discussed in the online lecture.
In this interview with activist and artist Jes Baker, she explains what motivated her to write a public letter to the CEO of Abercrombie and Fitch after he had been quoted saying that they did not offer women’s sizes over a size 10 because “We go after the attractive all-American kid with a great attitude and a lot of friends. A lot of people don’t belong [in our clothes], and they can’t belong. Are we exclusionary? Absolutely.” This is an example of how institutions (in this case business) influences gendered norms because while there are XL and XXL men’s sizes at Abercrombie, you won’t find larger women’s sizes.
Baker has prompted a change.org petition and created a Abercrombie ad parody to “challenge the separation of attractive and fat.” Check it out!
Here’s an article on Holley Mangold prior to her participation in the 2012 Olympics. She ended up not earning a medal due to an injury she sustained before after she dropped weights on her back.
She’s still awesome.
Here is the article referenced in the audio lecture about Michelle Obama’s “posterior” being too large.
Here is a link to an article about the young boy who decided to dress as Daphne for Halloween one year. The blog the mother wrote about it is also very interesting – both the blog and the comments responding to her give insight into how closely many people believe gendered norms should be followed, as well as the assumptions people make about sexuality and decisions to act outside of gendered norms.
Click here to read about Thomas Beadie and his family.
Click here to read the story of a student named Logan Brouelette and how the use of his preferred name and pronouns affected his health and experiences at Western University. This is a great example of why language matters in the creation of gendered identities.
Click here to read about Don Lemon, CNN anchor, and his discussion about his coming out publically in his autobiography.
Click here to read about the increasing number of surgeries and norms of masculinity associated with mustaches for many Middle Eastern countries.