- 1. #Bye, Felicia. Nikole Hannah-Jones Rejects UNC's Last Minute Offer of Tenure, Joining the Faculty of Howard University Instead. ...
- (Feminism)
- ... professorship in the journalism school dedicated to providing accomplished journalists entry into academia) but notably without tenure. The lack of tenure was considered a highly unusual move given that ...
- Created on 08 July 2021
- 2. After Appointing Nikole Hannah-Jones, Conservative UNC Chapel Hill Board of Trustees Denies Knight Chair Tenure for the First Time Since 1980 for One Reason: “Politics”
- (Feminism)
- ... in the 1980s, every chair has been tenured. An unnamed board member gave one word for the unnusual denial of tenure professorship by the board: "Politics." Hannah-Jones won a Pulitzer Prize for her introductory ...
- Created on 21 May 2021
- 3. Remembering Author Beverly Cleary, Who Captured Young Imaginations Through Books Like "Ramona Quimby
- (Books)
- ... trilogy. Her approach to fiction was inspired in part by advice from one of her college English professors, who said, “The proper subject of the novel is universal human experience.” Her career was also ...
- Created on 29 March 2021
- 4. Celebrating the Life and Legacy of Ruth Bader Ginsburg and the Trailblazing Women in Law Before Her
- (Sponsored)
- ... the Way to tell the stories of the first fourteen female law professors at ABA- and AALS-accredited law schools in the United States. This is not just a collection of individual stories of remarkable ...
- Created on 15 March 2021
- 5. Nikole Hannah-Jones on "The 1619 Project's" Genesis, Backlash And What's N
- (Feminism)
- ... With, a book about “why integrated schools are the linchpin of our democracy.” “ As much as a small group of white professors and conservatives have tried to discredit the Project, they’ve failed at ...
- Created on 14 January 2021
- 6. An Ode to Betty Dodson
- (Sex)
- ... And nearly a decade after I met her in 1988, referred by one of my professors at the Institute for Advanced Study of Human Sexuality, Betty got a sexology degree of her own and was thenceforth known as ...
- Created on 02 November 2020
- 7. Florence Howe, "Mother of Women Studies" and Founder of The Feminist Press Dies at 9
- (Feminism)
- ... were both professors who saw the lack of diverse subjects and materials in the books being taught in college. In 1970 as a reaction to this gender gap, Howe founded the Feminist Press. “I would say ...
- Created on 14 September 2020
- 8. Meg Stacker King Celebrates The Joy And Power Of Motherhood In "We The Mamas
- (Arts)
- ... photography enough to make it my profession. Are you a self-taught photographer or did you do any formal training? I had formal training, but my style was not accepted by the professors, so I fought ...
- Created on 23 July 2020
- 9. FIT Students Are Petitioning For More Inclusivity In Fashion Classes
- (Style)
- ... help change the future designers of the world and reflect the world we live in. According to the petition, professors told students in fashion illustration classes to use only pale and light-colored ...
- Created on 26 June 2020
- 10. "The Toni Morrison Book Club" Connects 4 Professors to the Literary Giant's Collecti
- (Books)
- ... but not your typical one: it’s written by four people. The group of authors, all English professors, initially bonded over their mutual admiration for Morrison, and decided to embark on the journey of ...
- Created on 20 April 2020
- 11. Elizabeth Warren Helped Out Big Corporations Back Then, Does It Matter Now?
- (Feminism)
- ... do we make of Warren’s work in the ’90’s? It’s not atypical for law professors to reinforce their income with corporate jobs. So is this history inconsistent with Warren’s campaign promise to fight unconstrained ...
- Created on 16 July 2019
- 12. The Power of Popular Fiction For Thomas Cromwell And Wolf Hall
- (Living)
- ... of these books, many by professors and other scholars, endorse the Mantel view of Cromwell. Wolf Hall by Hilary Mantel, 2009. Published in 2014, Tracy Borman’s biography, Thomas Cromwell: The Untold ...
- Created on 26 June 2019
- 13. Francesca Lia Block Celebrates Tackling Premarital Sex And AIDS On 30th Anniversary Of Iconic "Weetzie Bat" Debu
- (Books)
- ... the works? The Sea of Bones is a novel about a woman who becomes involved with a fertility cult while searching for her missing boyfriend around the Salton Sea. I wrote it with the help of my professors ...
- Created on 08 May 2019
- 14. Aphrodisiacs, Elixirs, And More Dubious Medicines Of The Victorian Era
- (Living)
- ... languor, relaxation, nervous complaints, debility, anxiety, and a long train of melancholic disorders. The Nervous Cordial stands unrivalled, as it has been analyzed by the first professors and medical ...
- Created on 29 August 2018
- 15. Women In Japan Aren't Getting Into A Top Medical School Because Sexist Officials Are Altering Their Test Score
- (Feminism)
- This morning, the BBC reported that, according to a report in the Japanese publication Yomiuri Shimbun, a top medical university has been manipulating entrance exam results to limit the number of female ...
- Created on 02 August 2018
- 16. Writing the Body And Missing The Point: Mara Altman’s "Gross Anatomy
- (Books)
- ... studies professors, who point what I’ve been thinking across the whole book—there is so much more to this than ill-fitting pants: In essence, she was telling me that my own repulsion of camel toe went ...
- Created on 16 July 2018
- 17. I Am A Woman Of Color Studying English Literature. Why Aren't There More Of Us
- (Living)
- ... students of color posed for photos holding up signs either describing or responding to the attitudes white students and professors displayed. This project shows how far away we still are from achieving ...
- Created on 05 March 2018
- 18. Ryan Seacrest Will Host The Oscars Red Carpet Show Despite Sexual Assault Allegations: Link Roundup
- (Feminism)
- ... with sexist remarks. UC has a long history of sex-based wage inequality, and it still pays its female professors $17,000 less on average. Read the full article at USA Today. Dick’s Sporting Goods ...
- Created on 28 February 2018
- 19. I'm An Adjunct Professor. Why Do I Love A Job That Blatantly Exploits Me
- (Feminism)
- ... part of my body. I spent that time as a union organizer for adjunct professors and graduate workers, organizing colleagues out of the same deeply fragmented system that produced me, the fiery fourth wave ...
- Created on 02 February 2018
- 20. Greta Gerwig On Directing Her Oscar-Nominated Movie "Lady Bird" And Why She Doesn't Write Stories That Revolve Around Men: BUST Interview ...
- (Movies)
- ... I know all those women, and I know all those professors and all the women who came before me,’” Gerwig says. “And it’s not good enough if I don’t do it. I’m letting them down and I’m letting the next generation ...
- Created on 23 January 2018
