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...
Bad Guests? On the Role of House Visits in Aid Delivery in Urban Jordan Ann-Cristin Wagner, LSE Middle East Centre Politics & Economics, Society & Culture When I meet Abu Eisa, a well-established cook, he is busy preparing meals for poor Syrians for the first iftar of Ramadan. His hometown, Mafraq, a Jordanian border town close to Zaatari camp, is among the...
Why We’re in Such a Frenzy About Prince Harry and Meghan Markle Amy Laskowski, Futurity Arts & Culture, News, Society & Culture The wedding of Meghan Markle and Britain’s Prince Harry this weekend will mark a huge break from tradition for the royal family. Markle, best known for her role on the TV show Suits, is American-born,...
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...
I Run ‘Facial Recognition’ on Buildings to Unlock Architectural Secrets Peter Christensen, The Conversation Arts & Culture, Society & Culture, Uncategorized About a decade ago, a modest update to Apple’s iPhoto software showed me a new way to study architectural history. The February 2009 update added facial recognition, allowing users to tag friends and loved...
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...
