by admin | Jul 29, 2013 | Articles, Equality, Women's Rights
Many people believe that entertainers and celebrities can use their high profile status to impact social change with their art. Musicians like popular rapper Macklemore are held to a high standard because people listen to what they say, or in this case, rap about. MTV...
by admin | Jul 24, 2013 | Articles, Equality, Gender, Women's Rights
Some might say it’s dangerous after this year’s violence at the Boston Marathon. However, it used to be considered dangerous for women for different reasons. Some used to believe too much exertion could injure a female’s body, and women were not allowed to run....
by admin | Jul 22, 2013 | Gender, Women's Rights
The gender binary within the toy making industry is as clear as walking down a store aisle drenched in either blue or pink. Toy stores facilitate this binary by creating segregated sections that denote which gender should be playing with certain toys. It is here where...
by admin | Jul 12, 2013 | Articles, News, Women's Rights
Texas Senator Wendy Davis fought tooth-and-nail to protect women’s health care. In what seemed like an impossible task, Davis staged a one-woman filibuster for almost 12 hours despite a dry throat and exhaustion setting in. She wore her pink tennis shoes because she...
by admin | Jul 8, 2013 | Articles, Gender, Women's Rights
Why do so many women drop out of the field of academia? Why are most of the top tenured positions held by men? In universities where women outnumber men two to one, you might think the faculty would reflect that. Not so. “In 2000, I greeted the first entering...
by admin | Jul 1, 2013 | Articles, News, Women's Rights
Food & Wine Magazine’s July 2013 issue is hot off the press. Its cover features sprawling text that boasts, “Meet America’s Most Exciting New Talent: Best New Chefs,” under which the bright eyed and beaming faces of said chefs smile proudly up at you. At first...
