Here in Texas, everyone is up in arms (pun intended) about the new campus carry law, which, starting August 2016, will allow persons with a concealed handgun permit to carry their concealed handgun onto college campuses and, pending university policies, … Continue reading
With the Women’s World Cup final over a week behind us, it might seems like the US Women’s victory is old news. I, however, am still basking in the afterglow of the event, which I watched on television, like millions … Continue reading
It’s been an exciting couple of years in the world of LGBT rights and visibility. Gays and lesbians especially have seen radical changes in the ways that their/our lives are legislated and represented. Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell is gone. Part … Continue reading
During this year’s Super Bowl, the feminine hygiene company Always released a commercial-cum-PSA that brought renewed interest to and awareness of the hashtag #LikeAGirl. The ad was by far one of the most moving spots that aired during the Super … Continue reading
The story of cross-dressing Hollywood DJ Tatiana Alvarez has recently gotten attention—mostly because Warner Brothers has bought the rights to her story. Alvarez dressed as a man and booked her gigs using her male persona (Matt Muset aka DJ Musikillz) … Continue reading
Collective memory, like personal memory, is a problematic thing. It is selective, prone to the ravages of time, an ever-fading document written in the minds of a vast network of persons, monuments, and organizations. When it comes to violence against … Continue reading
The recent threats against actress and feminist-activist Emma Watson are only one, single example of the extreme internet harassment many female commentators face in the online world. While the threat to expose nude photos of Watson turned out to be … Continue reading
The recent threats against actress and feminist-activist Emma Watson are only one, single example of the extreme internet harassment many female commentators face in the online world. While the threat to expose nude photos of Watson turned out to be … Continue reading
Over the last couple of months, various artists have spoken out against the phenomenon of cat-calling. Last year, Buzzfeed released a list of “18 Kickass Illustrated Responses to Street Harassment,” but I only recently noticed many more such responses on … Continue reading
In an effort to be slightly less heteronormative than usual, Cosmopolitan magazine has been running the occasional queer-friendly article. Following last December’s “14 Things You Should Never Say to a Gay Man” and the more recent “8 Things Not to … Continue reading
Many posts on this blog have dealt with the omnipresent problem of the objectification of women in our society and around the world. Feminists of all stripes agree that this is a problem, though what exactly constitutes “objectification” and what … Continue reading
Whenever I teach a unit on the representation of women in the media in an undergraduate course, I inevitably have students read John Berger’s chapter on the nude in Western art in Ways of Seeing in conjunction an online essay … Continue reading