At the intersection of pop culture and academia, worlds (and world views) collide. A discussion on Nature Publishing Group’s Women in Science forum — where AAUW regularly shares research findings — has highlighted this collision. Over the last few months, pop star Beyoncé Knowles released her song “Run the World (Girls),” video blogger NineteenPercent’s critique [...]
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On Girls Running the World
Posted in The AAUW Community, Women's Health, tagged academia, bloggers, Byoncé, Clayman Institute for Gender Research, communication, glass ceiling, Knowles, music, Nineteen Percent, pop culture, self-confidence, Stanford University on July 21, 2011, | 1 Comment »
Carol S. Clark: Music Educator
Posted in Educational Programs, Women and Work, Women's History Month, tagged music on March 30, 2009, | 1 Comment »
At the end of fourth grade, each student in my elementary school had to choose whether to join the middle school chorus, band, or orchestra. While orchestra seemed like it might be fun to try, after a nasty run-in with a recorder earlier that year I had decided that instruments weren’t for me, resigning myself [...]
Women and Music
Posted in Women's History Month, tagged culture, entertainment, music, Women's History Month on March 19, 2009, | 7 Comments »
There are other, more qualified music experts in my family, but as a music enthusiast (some might say snob), I volunteered to write about women in music. In my opinion, just about every woman who has made it in music has broken through major barriers to get there. As in other fields, women often have [...]
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