Archive for July, 2009
Is this America? Whites Only Pool in Philadelphia
via ColorOfChange.org. Just returned from the SCHY conference to this ugly report. Is this America in 2009?
Read Full Post | Make a Comment ( 1 so far )SHCY: Historians of Childhood and Public Policy
Still working on the first day of sessions — here is a companion website for the roundtable on “Entering into the Fray: Historians of Childhood and Public Policy.” I thought Julia Grant’s presentation was especially useful complement to Tenured Radical’s smackdown of Christian Hoff Sommers. The short version — there is a boy problem, but [...]
Read Full Post | Make a Comment ( 1 so far )SHCY Panel on Youth and Activism in the 1960s and 1970s
Yesterday was the opening day of the Society of the History of Childhood and Youth biennial conference. My panel, Perspectives on Youth and Activism: Authority, Agency, and Activism in 1960s and 1970s went very well. [unfortunately the third presenter on the program could not afford to attend, and her replacement didn't show and gave no [...]
Read Full Post | Make a Comment ( None so far )Echidne on Palin « Feminist Law Professors
Echidne on Palin « Feminist Law Professors.
More sexist crapola from faux-gressive blogs. After I posted my last message on this topic, a friend of mine on Facebook asked if Palin’s resignation and the ensuing blowback has set back women in politics. My answer was that because Palin is a mass of contradictions it may not [...]
Tenured Radical on Dis/Ability
Another insightful post from Tenured Radical — I guess my nagging about the word “crazy” worked!
It’s amazing to me why wealthy liberal arts colleges like Zenith have fewer resources for students with disabilities than state universities. Is this an extension of benefits offered in public K-12 schools? Or veterans benefits (we are seeing a number [...]
More sexist crap from the left
via Feminist Law Professors. So Sarah Palin resigned, so does she deserve this? I think not. It’s not just the doods doing this. See Maureen Dowd in today’s NYT.
For a nice commentary on the sexism and ableism in all this, see this post from Women’s Health News.
Tenured Radical smacks down Christina Hoff Sommers
This fits well with my earlier post on the biography of Helen Gurley Brown — who I think is more of a feminist than Sommers. Brown also doesn’t make crap up about WGSS courses (like Sommers tried to do at a lecture on my campus until we called her on it).
Tenured Radical: “And Your Little [...]
Gross, sexist Burger King ad
Via Pam’s House Blend.
Pam’s House Blend:: Burger King ad shoves seven-incher in her face so she can have it their way.
Another reason to avoid what a friend of mine refers to as “Burger Death.” Someone should definitely send this to Ms. Magazine for their “no comment” section.
Book Club: Bad Girls Go Everywhere
This feature has been missing from my blog lately because in March, I missed the meeting but read the book (The Red Leather Diary by Lily Koppel). This was a great read for women’s history month. Koppel found the said diary in a dumpster outside her apartment and has created a very engaging reconstruction of [...]
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