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Prison Cells and Pretty Walls: Gender Coding and American Schools

Jennifer Borgioli Binis, Nursing Clio
Education, Gender Studies, History, Society & Culture
A few months ago, I was scrolling through Twitter and saw a conversation about redesigning classroom spaces and a phrase caught my attention: “redesign is NOT about being pretty for Pinterest.” As someone...

Teen Girls and the Earliest Gender Inequalities in the Labor Market

Yasemin Besen-Cassino, LSE Business Review
Economics, Gender Studies, Politics & Economics, Society & Culture
The pay gap between men and women is a longstanding problem in both American workplaces and women’s lives, and a new experiment reveals why a commonly proposed solution may not actually help. There have been...

Forced Sterilization Programs in California Once Harmed Thousands – Particularly Latinas

Natalie Lira, The Conversation and Nicole L. Novak, The Conversation
Gender Studies, History, Medicine, Science & Medicine, Society & Culture
In 1942, 18-year-old Iris Lopez, a Mexican-American woman, started working at the Calship Yards in Los Angeles. Working on the home front building Victory Ships not only added to the war effort, but allowed...

Parents feel weird about sex ed for LGBTQ teens

Marla Paul, Futurity
Education, Gender Studies, Medicine, Science & Medicine, Society & Culture
The parents of lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and queer teens feel uncomfortable and unequipped when trying to educate them about sex and dating, research finds. “Parents play an important role...

The Freshman Fifteen: A Stigmatized Phenomenon

Olivia Howard
Arts & Culture, Gender Studies
Seventeen magazine popularized the phrase “freshman fifteen” in 1989 and the phrase remains ubiquitous in U.S. culture today.1 Seventeen’s cover story “Fighting the Freshman 15” depicted the...

Instead of “Work-Life Balance,” Try This New Framework

Laurie Cohen and Jo Duberley
Arts & Culture, Gender Studies
We first began researching the field of careers more than a quarter of a century ago. Back then the idea of “work-life balance” was in its infancy and had almost no resonance at all among women, who were...

Me, Me, Me: Millennials, Midwives, and the Ongoing History of Female Self-Care

Sarah Patterson
Arts & Culture, Gender Studies, Medicine
Several articles from reputable sources such as NPR and The Guardian have recently focused on the millennial generation’s supposed obsession with self-care. On the surface, this trend seems to fit nicely...
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