Video Game Group Blasts U.N. Report About Online Harassment as “Flawed” and “Misguided” Although this article is not directly related to gendered issues, it has highlighted an important issue in video games and online entertainment regarding gender. The Entertainment Software Association (ESA) is at odds with the UN due to the recent report about online … Read more
TitleIX.40NKyLRev49 Miranda Guardiola This article takes an alternative view, actually making an argument that college campuses are a hostile environment for the accused, with little attention given to those who were victimized. He makes the case that the Title IX legislation is not appropriate or applicable to adequately assess the claims of sexual assault on … Read more
See this analysis of how our public discourses about mass shootings focus on individual issues like mental health (though important) and do not consider factors such as socialization, culture, etc. In addition to our country as having a violent gun culture, how are these shooters representing an “over-conformity” to masculinity norms? Warped View of Masculinity … Read more
Touching moment hospital nurse BREASTFEEDS one-month-old patient in order to calm the crying baby during surgery A nurse in China breastfed a one-month-old baby to calm the infant down before his scheduled surgery. The infant began crying just before the surgery was set to begin. The doctor was unable to begin the surgery until the … Read more
By Zak Cheney-Rice September 09, 2014 http://mic.com/articles/98324/7-devastating-realities-facing-black-domestic-violence-victims-in-america Article view by C. White National Coalition Against Domestic Violence (NCADV) reported that 75% of domestic violence are never documented. Domestic violence against Black women tend to by secretive and the abusers hardly receive legal punishment for their actions. Leaving violent relationships is very dangerous because some abusers … Read more
Gay Russians living in the shadows Photographer Tatiana Vinogradova utilizes her camera to capture and bring awareness to the intolerance towards homosexuality in Russia (Strickland 2015). Through a series of portraits, known as project “Melancholy Days,” Vinohradova’s photographs were able to “reflect the inner isolation and loneliness” that gays often face in Russia (Strickland 2015). … Read more
By C. White on October 2, 2015 I researched many articles and research on Domestic Violence (DV) and African Americans, and unknowingly internalized the traumatic tone and voices of the different authors in ways that significantly touched my emotions, especially from years of firsthand observations, experiences, and acknowledgments of different mistreatments and DV incidences. Thoughts also went … Read more
Photographer Poulomi Basu’s project, A Ritual of Exile, captures the lives of child widows in Nepal. The author quotes Basu to explain the rituals of widowhood in this culture with a focus on widowed child brides. Basu notes that widows are denied many freedoms, including clothing choices, the ability to remarry or even make eye … Read more
A recent audit of the police department in Fayetteville, NC found that 333 untested rape kits had been destroyed prior to 2009, when the practice became illegal. Of these kits, half were evidence in unsolved cases. The current chief expresses frustration at the injustices towards victims by order of his predecessors. While I am glad … Read more
Netflix recently announced its new unlimited maternity/paternity leave policy that encouraged parents (of either gender) to take as much time as needed through the first year after the birth or adoption of a child. Upon hearing this story, I was impressed with Netflix’s progressive and generous policy. Surely a company such as Netflix taking this … Read more