In memory of Patrick Swayze, some thoughts on “Dirty Dancing”
by Laura Smith-Gary Dear Feministe community: this was written with two audiences in mind — you (a diverse group, generally well-informed about the issues facing American women), and college students who are largely upper- or upper-middle class, white, well-educated, and cover a spectrum of political perspectives and having widely varying degrees of knowledge about feminism [...]
...read more“Gendered” differences in the brain aren’t so clear-cut
by Brenda Jin Have you ever heard the theory that men and women behave differently, because they simply think differently? Their biology is different, their brains are different, and their neurological hard-wiring can explain gendered behavioral differences. However, in a recent article in Scientific American, Lise Eliot explores the surprising recent findings on social cognition [...]
...read moreThis Is Where White Guilt Comes From
(x-posted at Social Science Lite) It’s funny, I never really thought too much about liberal white guilt until I came to graduate school at Harvard. Now that I’m here in Cambridge, it seems to be a reoccurring topic of conversation. I don’t know, maybe the election of Barack Obama has made us think more about [...]
...read moreMaureen Dowd on happiness discrepancies
by Gracie Remington I am not ordinarily a fan of Maureen Dowd, the New York Times’ opinion columnist most known for her flippant overviews of political developments, and her column this Sunday did little to change my mind, although it certainly made me think more than her previous pieces have succeeded in doing. Discussing the [...]
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