Brianna Jefferson

SOCI 3000 (11/8/2021) Op-Ed

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Articles: “Honoring Jo Acker, Trans Woman Who Confronted Shooter” https://www.hrc.org/news/hrc-mourns-jo-acker-26-year-old-trans-woman-killed-in-boise-idaho “Remembering and Honoring Pulse: Anti-LGBTQ Bias and Guns Are Taking Lives of Countless LGBTQ People” https://assets2.hrc.org/files/assets/resources/Pulse-GunViolenceReport-061120.pdf?_ga=2.145034228.1788513919.1636415581-200739166.1626980298 “Gun Violence Must Stop. Here’s What We Can Do to Prevent More Deaths” https://www.preventioninstitute.org/focus-areas/preventing-violence-and-reducing-injury/preventing-violence-advocacy With an influx of news being covered in the media today, it can be seen that our country … Read more

SOCI 3000 (10/24/2021)

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The article that sparked my interest, mainly because it seems like a potential topic for my final paper, is dealing with sexual harassment in academia, specifically looking at professors who are not held accountable for past sexual misconduct. It is titled “Ending “Pass the Harasser” in Higher Education” (https://www.theregreview.org/2021/09/30/salazar-ending-pass-the-harasser-higher-ed/) In this article, it talks about … Read more

SOCI 3000 (10/11/2021)

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An article that caught my attention was “Army launches fusion directorate pilot designed to improve services for sexual assault victims: Six installations and the Army Reserve will participate in the year-long pilot” (https://www.army.mil/article/250941/army_launches_fusion_directorate_pilot_designed_to_improve_services_for_sexual_assault_victims_six_installations_and_the_army_reserve_will_participate_in_the_year_long_pilot) In this article it covers the planned redesigning of the Sexual Harassment/Assault Response and Prevention Program (SHARP). This program prevents sexual harassment … Read more

SOCI 3000 (9/19/2021)

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An article that has grabbed my interest is “A Fashion Show With an Unexpected Focus: Sexual Assault Survivors” (https://www.nytimes.com/2021/09/12/us/sexual-violence-fashion-show-amanda-nguyen-rise.html) In this article it describes how an organization called Rise, designed to protect sexual assault survivors legally, hosted a fashion show at New York Fashion Week at the Museum of Modern Art (MoMA) to highlight survivors … Read more

SOCI 3000 (9/06/2021)

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An article that I think covers a topic that we have been going over in class this week is “Larry Elder disclosed sexual harassment allegations on 2011 radio show, but implied one woman was too ugly for it to be true” – http://www.cnn.com/2021/09/02/politics/kfile-larry-elder-sexual-harassment-allegations/index.html This article covers the topic of celebrities/high classifying people in our government being … Read more