Nov 17
This is how you teach about LGBT issues in an age appropriate way. Take note United States. [youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Tykz4JhBKv8&feature=player_embedded#![/youtube]
Nov 10
NPR’s Fresh Air interviews Jill Lepore, Professor of History at Harvard University and author of the current New Yorker piece “Birthright: What’s Next for Planned Parenthood.” Listen to How Birth Control Became Politicized here. You can also watch a detailed history of Margaret Sanger’s fight to legalize contraception and to develop a birth control pill …
Nov 04
The Girl Scouts and Boy Scouts could not be more different. Besides the obvious focus of their organization on girls and boys respectively, the Girl Scouts are an inclusive organization, while the Boy Scouts have gone to the Supreme Court of the United States twice for their right to discriminate- once for the right to exclude …
Oct 20
This piece from Allison McCracken posted on Antenna explores the erotic appeal of androgynous males in popular culture. McCracken examines the fan culture surrounding the character of Kurt on Glee and the actor who plays him Chris Colfer. This fandom, comprised mainly of women and gay men, is similar to the fervent fan community surrounding …
Oct 17
Sociological Images discusses Dr. Pepper’s new diet drink for men. It’s not for women. Get it?
Oct 16
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Oct 14
For years now award winning author Margaret Atwood has insisted that her novels aren’t science fiction, as everything she writes either has happened or could happen today (acclaimed science fiction author Ursula K. Le Guin disagrees). She prefers to describe her work as Speculative Fiction. In her most recent book “In Other Worlds: SF and …
Oct 12
Liz Chassey, Co-Chair of the Student Diversity and Inclusion Council, recently served as a guest blogger on Guerrilla Girls On Tour! She posted an insightful feminist analysis of the new TV series Pan Am. We are delighted to highlight the work of one of our own!
Oct 12
Gay rights pioneer Frank Kameny died on October 11- National Coming Out Day. He was 86. After serving in WWII, receiving his doctorate in astronomy from Harvard, and teaching at George Town, Mr. Kameny found himself fired from his job with the U.S. Army Map Service in 1958 for being homosexual- an injustice he tried …
Oct 08
In the wake of the death of Wangari Maathai, who was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize in 2004 for her stance on rights of women and protection of Kenya’s environment, the Nobel Committee has awarded the prize to three women: President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf of Liberia — the first woman to be elected president in …