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A study released this week has shown that racial minorities in the U.S. are more likely to develop Alzheimer’s and other forms of dementia than whites are, suggesting once again how powerful the link between social status and health can be.
When people write about intersectionality, it can seem impersonal: this force and that [...]
It’s no secret that Florida is an unfriendly environment for its LGBT residents. So it should not come as a surprise that the state is now attempting to censor the portrayal of LGBT people — and other images of “nontraditional family values” — in the media.
From The Palm Beach Post:
Movies and TV shows with gay [...]
The Stoning of Soraya M. (a film based on the book of the same name) is based on the true story of Soraya Manutchehri, an Iranian woman who was stoned to death in 1986 based on false accusations spread by her husband. Having not read the book, I cannot comment on how the film compares [...]
As mentioned yesterday, we’re starting a global feminist book club here at Gender Across Borders. Every month, we will choose a new book to read and discuss. The book for April will be Kamila Shamsie’s Burnt Shadows. This sweeping book tells the story of the postmodern age, beginning with the atomic bombing of Nagasaki and [...]
Back in June, I wrote about Hurt Locker director Kathryn Bigelow and the significance of acknowledging her gender in the discussion of her work. Now, months later, Bigelow is the fourth woman in history to be nominated for the Academy Award for Best Director. In five days from now, we will find out whether she [...]
The development of legal and social equality in the US has never been easy or cheap. When schools were desegregated, time and money had to be spent on busing students. When women were admitted to universities, separate (and eventually coed) dorms were built. When the Americans with Disabilities Act was passed, it cost both the [...]
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One women dies every minute of every day because of complications related to pregnancy and childbirth. About 75 million children who should be in primary school are not, and at least 55 percent of those – nearly 41 million children – are girls [...]
Cartoonist Alison Bechdel is the author and artist of the twenty-seven year running comic strip Dykes to Watch Out For as well as the graphic memoir Fun Home: A Family Tragicomic (2006).
Dykes to Watch Our For chronicles the lives of a group of lesbians living in an unnamed all-American college town. The strip is fun [...]
Global Feminist Profiles highlights feminist leaders all over the world who are creating change and empowering their countrywomen to demand equality. GFPs run on the third Monday of each month. This month’s featured activist is Audacia Ray, a sexuality rights and new media activist based in New York City.
Feminism and sex [...]
Earlier this week, my colleague Emily wrote a post about wine which noted that only 14 of the 87 U.S. graduates of the Court of Master Sommeliers crediting program were women, but sexism in the wine industry does not only affect who becomes a highly qualified wine steward. Combine sexism with economic inequality (and possibly [...]
