Year: 2015
Back to homeLooking for Proof of Male Privilege in Your Daily Life? Here Are 7 Undeniable Examples
“Thirty minutes after waking up, I zipped to the school at which I teach and experienced a damn fine day of teaching. Upon my return home, I headed out for a run on an unseasonably warm March afternoon.” Did you …
Men Just Don’t Trust Women — And It’s A Huge Problem
“I trusted that she’d make a great wife, and a trust that she’ll be a great mother. And I trust that her manicotti won’t kill me.But you know what I don’t really trust? What I’ve never actually trusted with any …
Professor honored for making a difference for women
Stop It With the Feminist Whitesplaining
Our lived experiences as women may have some notes of similarity, but race makes the realities too different to apply a one-size-fits-all solution. And that’s something white women are going to have to understand, instead indulging in advice drive-bys in …
The Feminist Guide To Non-Creepy Flirting
The good news for people who don’t want to come across as creepy is that they have some level of control over how they make other people feel. When flirting, or even just being friendly, the key word to remember …
Rate My Word Choice
Many professors cringe when they think about the way they are described by students on Rate My Professors. A new tool reveals how students tend to use different words when rating male and female professors — generally to the disadvantage …
Why Our Feminism Must Be Intersectional
In short, intersectionality is a framework that must be applied to all social justice work, a frame that recognizes the multiple aspects of identity that enrich our lives and experiences and that compound and complicate oppressions and marginalizations.