Women today are given endless reminders of society’s thin-obsessed culture, which exudes unrealistic and unattainable standards of beauty. Magazine covers such as Star are visible on every supermarket stand, airport news counter, and salon table. Women are constantly reminded of the media’s standards of beauty, which reduce them to parts of their body. We need [...]
Archive for August, 2009
Eliminating “Fat Talk” and Embracing our Bodies
Posted in Students & Educational Issues, Women's Health, tagged "fat talk" PETA, body image, Love your Body, Operation Beautiful, Thin on August 31, 2009, | 4 Comments »
Project Profile: Huntington Museum of Art’s “Year of Women”
Posted in Fellowships, Grants and Awards, tagged art, Following the Fellows, project profiles, women artists on August 28, 2009, | Leave a Comment »
As Huntington Museum of Art Director Margaret Mary Lane explained, the Community Action Grant project “Year of Women” was a serendipitous venture. Although the West Virginia museum was interested in women artists, it had few works by women in its collection. The project began as an opportunity to showcase the collection of a local woman [...]
(Wo)man vs. Beast
Posted in The AAUW Community, Women and Work, tagged movies, women filmmakers on August 28, 2009, | 20 Comments »
This week I’ve been thinking about women bullfighters, thanks to a new release from Women Make Movies (WMM), which was established in 1972 with the specific mission of training women to become film and video makers. The film, titled Ella es la matadora, will be nationally broadcast on PBS’s POV series on September 1. Putting [...]
Girls Really Rock DC
Posted in Educational Programs, Students & Educational Issues, Women and Work, tagged 9:30 Club, DJ, Empowering Girls, Girls Rock!, GRDC, Rock and Roll Camp, Rock Stars on August 27, 2009, | Leave a Comment »
When I stepped onto the crowded balcony at D.C. music venue the 9:30 Club around noon on Saturday August 15, Pie in Your Face was already in place to rock out. As each of the girls in the band was introduced, the crowd of more than 500 supporters yelled and clapped. The girls began their [...]
Is Equality an Inherent Right?
Posted in Equity in the News, The AAUW Community, tagged Edward Kennedy, equal rights, gender equality, In the News, women leaders, women's history on August 26, 2009, | Leave a Comment »
As I read the reports honoring Sen. Edward Kennedy this morning, listing his long and historic accomplishments on behalf of humanity, a small shiver of apprehension crept up my spine. One of his most admired traits, aside from his down-to-earth approach to life, was his ability to collaborate in one of the most important houses [...]
Celebrating Women’s Equality Day
Posted in Equity in the News, The AAUW Community, Women's History Month, tagged 19th Amendment, history, In the News, women leaders, Women's Equal, women's history, women's rights, women's suffrage on August 26, 2009, | 2 Comments »
Today, August 26, 2009, is Women’s Equality Day. This day marks the ratification of the 19th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution 89 years ago and celebrates the women’s suffrage movement that led up to the amendment’s passage. AAUW and some of our branches are celebrating Women’s Equality Day by hosting fun activities to raise public [...]
Learn, Grow, Lead, and Make an Impact
Posted in Educational Programs, Students & Educational Issues, The AAUW Community, tagged Campaign College, Campus Action Projects, CAP, engineering, Leadership Programs, mathematics, National Student Advisory Council, NCCWSL, SAC, science, STEM, student government, student leaders, technology on August 26, 2009, | 1 Comment »
Does this sound like you? You’ve thought about running for student government but aren’t sure how to go about it. You have a great plan for a campus program that helps women enter academic fields like science, technology, engineering, or math, but you need funding to implement it. You have a lot of ideas about [...]
Did they think no one would find out?
Posted in The AAUW Community, tagged American Coalition for Clean Coal Electricity, Bonner & Associates, coal industry, congress, forged letters to Congress, hawthorn group, In the News, lobbyist, news on August 20, 2009, | 4 Comments »
Fraudulently using the name of a nonexistent AAUW branch on letters to congressional representatives to influence their vote on the Clean Energy and Security Act, the so called “cap and trade bill” – one of the biggest pieces of environmental economics legislation in a decade – that stunned me. I was shocked that ACCCE would [...]
On Vacation…
Posted in The AAUW Community on August 18, 2009, | 2 Comments »
AAUW Dialog is on vacation this week. We will be back next week!
Words of Wisdom: Advice from AAUW Former Fellows
Posted in Fellowships, Grants and Awards, Students & Educational Issues, The AAUW Community, Women and Work, tagged American Fellowship, Career Development Grants, Eleanor Roosevelt Teaching Fellow, fellow, international fellowships on August 17, 2009, | Leave a Comment »
The stories of the AAUW fellowship and grant alumnae have been with me since I started my master’s degree last fall. As the advice has accumulated, the former fellows have kept me afloat throughout the year. Looking ahead to the upcoming school year, I wanted to share some of the advice they have given that [...]
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