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I’m going to be honest with you, dear reader, I think that we are all exhausted. So this week, I am going to share with you some of my thoughts about what we should keep and what we should get rid of during our #saferathome time. It is a kind of new take on my past Rants and Raves columns.
Read MoreAbout a year and a half ago, we wrote that DeVos—left unchecked—was likely to undermine Title IX processes and definitions that were instituted to protect victims and encourage them to come forward. On May 6th, the current administration revised Title IX laws in several important and discouraging ways. Wendy Murphy, a professor of sexual violence law who sued DeVos in 2017, calls this revision “a bad turn”.
Read MoreWe return this month with our series that recaps our favorite (or least favorite) moments in gender equity from news, media, and long reads all over the internet. You’ll see installments for This Month in Gender Equity one week each month. If you have ideas or contributions, leave a comment or tweet at us!
Read MoreIt may be helpful to preface this week’s blog by saying that we recognize the value of very strict parameters around media consumption, particularly when most media these days is heavy. COVID-19 continues to dominate headlines and consume our days and our energies and while the consequences of the virus are devastating everywhere, they will be disastrous for women. There’s no getting around that. We so appreciate the readers here. But if this isn’t the best thing for your mind and heart right now, we appreciate that too. Be well. We’ll be here next week.
Read MoreWow, what a 2020 we are off to. I’d love to say something affirming or comforting here, but I, probably much like you, have eaten way too many of my quarantine snacks already, while frantically trying to design engaging lessons from afar, as I contemplate my mortality and also whether I really need more pretzels. We are in scary times. I hope that you are being safe, staying home, and are able to convince your older parents that, no, they don’t need to go to the gym today. But even if you are home, hopefully watching Netflix, practicing some self-care and saving the world by social distancing, that doesn’t mean that you have to give up on your quest to support women. Here is a list of some ideas to help you stay engaged in the fight while making safe choices for you and your family.
Read MoreA recent Forge article investigates why the “hot mess express” has become something of a hallmark of upwardly-mobile, creative, accomplished—and often white—women. While author Kelli Marie Korducki does not settle on a single answer, several themes emerge: it’s hard to dislike women who, for all their acumen, just cannot seem to get it together.
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