Feminism Archives - Page 13 of 23

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Bodies, Gender and Domination

OOPS course

January 30, 2018 • by Chiara Bottici and Jamieson Webster

Course Description: Why do people fight for their own servitude as if it were their own deliverance? This is a question that has been at the heart of philosophy for a long time under the headings of voluntary servitude, ideology, and more recently domination. The aim of this seminar is to ...

Education

Gender and its Discontents

OOPS course

January 29, 2018 • by Chiara Bottici and Margot Bouman

Description: We start by acknowledging that sex- and gender-based social organization is pervasive and, further, that its prominence and persistence is reflected in sex- and gender-conscious research across the humanities, the arts, the social sciences, design, and studies dedicated to social policies and innovative strategies for social intervention. We expand on ...

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Tonya Harding, Prison Book Bans, and the Clinton-Lewinsky Scandal

Past Present Episode 115

January 28, 2018 • by Natalia Mehlman Petrzela, Nicole Hemmer and Neil J. Young

In this episode, Neil, Natalia, and Niki debate Tonya Harding’s comeback, book bans in prison, and the 20th anniversary of the Bill Clinton-Monica Lewinsky scandal.

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Tonya Harding, Prison Book Bans, and the Clinton-Lewinsky Scandal

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Millions March Throughout Country on Inauguration Anniversary

Hundreds of thousands in New York City

January 26, 2018 • by Jo Freeman

It was called a Women’s March, and it took place on the first anniversary of the massive women’s march on Washington after Trump’s inauguration. But women and women’s rights were only one of several themes. The most prevalent theme was opposition to everything Trump has done and said, before and ...

Millions March Throughout Country on Inauguration Anniversary

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How the “Pussyhat” Became a Feminist Fashion Icon

Feminists have long had a fraught relationship with fashion. But the pussyhat looks set to change that.

January 18, 2018 • by Einav Rabinovitch-Fox

Almost a year ago, a day after Donald Trump’s inauguration, hundreds and thousands of women gathered in Washington D.C. to protest the president’s policies towards women, LGBTQ, Muslims, immigrants and other minorities. The world looked on with awe at the sea of pink that formed on the Great Lawn; in ...

How the “Pussyhat” Became a Feminist Fashion Icon

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The Many Faces of the #MeToo Backlash

From Weinstein to The New School: Push back against sexual harassment allegations is gathering steam

January 17, 2018 • by Maryam Omidi

For every allegation of sexual assault or harassment there seems to be both a wave of solidarity and also a backlash. The #MeToo campaign, which garnered 1.7 million tweets in 86 countries by October 24, 2017 just nine days after actress Alyssa Milano kick started it in response to allegations of sexual ...

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Toward a Feminist Definition of Feminism

A historical exploration of the word, ‘Feminism’

January 16, 2018 • by Hannah Leffingwell

Recently, Merriam-Webster announced that its “Word of the Year” -- the most looked-up word in 2017 -- was feminism. Use of the word spiked nearly 70% this year, especially in the wake of the Women’s March. Look-ups of the word also spiked after Kellyanne Conway claimed that she was not a feminist ...

Toward a Feminist Definition of Feminism

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Looking Back 40 Years at the National Women’s Conference

Reviewing two recent books on the 1977 National Women’s Conference

January 6, 2018 • by Jo Freeman

Coinciding with the 40th anniversary of the National Women's Conference in Houston in 1977, are two recently published books about that conference. They are: Shelah Leader and Patricia Hyatt American Women on the Move: The Inside Story of the National Women’s Conference Published by Lexington Books, Paperback 2017, xxi, 169 pp, photos Marjorie Spruill Divided We ...

Looking Back 40 Years at the National Women’s Conference

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The Feminist Eagles

How High School Activism Is On The Rise

January 4, 2018 • by Sari Rosenberg

Merriam-Webster’s dictionary recently announced that “feminism” was the most searched for word in 2017. Several key historical moments last year prompted this spike, including the January 21st Women’s March and the recent #MeToo campaign. Our societal reckoning with the deeply entrenched patriarchal structure and institutional racism has been a long time ...

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Women Rule?

We’re Getting Closer

December 31, 2017 • by Jo Freeman

We may be in for another Year of the Woman. The last year to get that designation was 1992, which saw a great leap upward in the number of women elected to Congress, from 29 to 47 in the House and from 2 to 7 in the Senate. This followed ...

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Gray is Beautiful Revisited

On the Politics of Sex and the Crisis of Democracy at Home and Abroad

December 23, 2017 • by Jeffrey C. Goldfarb

This week I am returning to my appreciation of the color gray, a theme I promised to explore regularly here, which unfortunately I have only returned to occasionally, and not recently. I am returning to the theme on this the darkest of days -- I started writing this during the winter solstice ...

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A Feminist Policy Wonk’s Memoir

A short take on Hillary Clinton’s book, What Happened

December 8, 2017 • by Daisy Hernandez

We have opinions about her. We have arguments. We have history. We call her “Hillary.” It doesn’t matter if we have ever met her (I haven’t) or if we have canvassed neighborhoods for her presidential campaign (I have). We all have ideas about Hillary. And feelings. Maybe this would be ...