by admin | Jul 19, 2013 | Articles, Profiles
There aren’t many people who would do what Sacha Baron Cohen does, but that’s part of the reason he’s such a powerful advocate for equality. He is a comedic genius, but he has no problem making people uncomfortable. He frequently offends for forcing...
by admin | Jul 17, 2013 | Articles, News
The elation of many Americans over the strike down of DOMA and California’s Proposition 8 has allowed the news of the Voting Rights Act’s legislative setback to be somewhat neglected by the media. The joyous momentum towards human equality with DOMA and Prop 8’s...
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...
by admin | Jun 26, 2013 | Articles, Gender, News
What would you think if you saw someone stealing a bike? That depends, according to an ABC experiment, on what the “thief” looked like. Their experiment involved three actors of widely varying physical appearance. There was a young, white male, a young, black male...
