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On Locker Room Talk, Patriarchy and Grabbing Pussies
HOW OBJECTIFYING DISCOURSE LEADS TO SEXUAL ASSAULT If the Locker Room Talk Scandal has done nothing else, it has put a spotlight on the way men talk when they don’t believe they are being heard and how what might be private words can translate into public actions. It’s also forced men, honest men at least, Read more
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Michelle Obama on The Republican Nominee’s Disdain for Women
THE MOST POWERFUL ADVOCACY FOR WOMEN I’VE SEEN YET Read more
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What is Beauty?
HOW TO EMBRACE PERSONAL BEAUTY AND REJECT COMMODIFICATION When I teach my class on body image and the media I break up the lecture by asking, “what is beauty?” At first, this question seems to be a common sense notion. After all, everyone knows what beauty is. It’s… Well, it’s…you know… Sociologists are forever at Read more
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Losing Tolerance for Zero Tolerance
BREAKING DOWN THE ZERO TOLERANCE SCAM Many years ago I found myself in a conflict with my principal when I advocated for one of my students in the face of the school’s zero tolerance policy. He was caught selling a necklace to another student. That was a punishable offense in and of itself. However, because this Read more
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Neo-Confederate Hypocracy
IF YOU WANT TO HONOR AMERICAN SOLDIERS, STOP WAVING YOUR STUPID BATTLE FLAG! If you want to blather about being a real American, and demand that everyone stand for the Pledge of Allegiance and the Star Spangled Banner in “honor of the troops” who sacrificed for our rights, that’s fine. But you cannot do that Read more
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Our Socially Schizophrenic Relationship with Women’s Bodies
This post is about women’s bodies. Read more
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