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 »
The “B Word” Versus the “N Word”
Posted in Sex Discrimination, Sexism, The AAUW Community, Women and Civil Rights, Women's Health, Women's History, tagged Anderson Cooper, culture, pop culture, Schlessinger, Shirley Sherrod, television on August 27, 2010, | 12 Comments »
I’ve been listening to the commentary about Laura Schlessinger’s use of the “N word” on her radio show. Given the recent experience of Shirley Sherrod, I tracked down a copy of Schlessinger’s conversation on Anderson Cooper’s blog to listen for myself. Sclessinger tried to argue that, among black men, using the “N word” in a [...]
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