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...
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...
Teenage Feminism Decades before “Girl Power” Kera Lovell Politics & Economics As civil disobedience in schools escalated in the postwar era, teenage girls began to assert their political identities more vociferously by joining movements for civil rights, free speech, and against...
On Inclusivity in Creative Writing Anna Leahy Arts & Culture, Education Why isn't creative writing leading to greater inclusivity in academia, publishing, and society?
Top Philosophy Reads for Summer Angela Roothaan Art & Literature, Arts & Culture, History, Philosophy Do you sometimes worry about the large-scale destruction of tropical forests, about failing states around the world, or the neo-colonial attitude of rich countries in responding to migration from many poor...
Sex, Theft, and Freedom: Top Summer Music Reads Alexandra Apolloni Art & Literature, Arts & Culture Steal This Music: How Intellectual Property Law Affects Musical Creativity by Joanna Demers The recent court battle between Marvin Gaye's estate and “Blurred Lines” artists Pharrell Williams and Robin...
On Anti-Blackness, Our Silence, and the Mythology of Modern Law: What the Adoption Community Should Know Kit Myers Society & Culture What does Ferguson (and all of the other deaths) mean for our supposedly “post-racial” society?
