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So Rihanna Likes the Way it Hurts?

Posted in Sexism, Social Justice, The AAUW Community, Women and Civil Rights, Women and Work, tagged , , , , , on September 17, 2010, | 9 Comments »

My 16-year-old daughter and I were watching the MTV Video Music Awards together when Eminem and Rihanna performed their collaboration, “Love the Way You Lie.” Watching Rihanna in her princess-like outfit, I was struck immediately with the irony of her singing a song about enjoying physical abuse. For those who may not know, in February [...]

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AAUW’s Women of 2009

Posted in Sex Discrimination, Sexism, Sexual Harassment, Social Justice, The AAUW Community, Women & Economic Security, Women and Civil Rights, Women and Work, tagged , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , on December 30, 2009, | 6 Comments »

AAUW is about to go on a “blogcation” until the new year, but first, we’d like to celebrate some women who have broken through barriers in 2009. In no particular order, AAUW is noting Sonia Sotomayor As the third woman and first Latina on the U.S. Supreme Court, Sotomayor’s confirmation was a historic one that [...]

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Twitter: More than “What Are You Doing?”

Posted in Social Justice, Women and Civil Rights, tagged , , , , on April 20, 2009, | 2 Comments »

As a person relatively new to Twitter, I have spent time watching several conversations in the past, but last night I felt compelled to participate. Fem 2.0 hosted a Tweetchat on domestic violence and popular culture, moderated by Heather Holdridge (@holie1) and Joanne Bamberger (@punditmom). Domestic violence is being heavily discussed in the blogosphere, especially [...]

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Dating Violence on “Oprah”

Posted in Sexism, Social Justice, Students & Educational Issues, tagged , , , , , , on March 13, 2009, | 4 Comments »

The recent alleged domestic violence by singer Chris Brown toward his singer girlfriend, Rihanna, inspired Oprah to air an hour-long special about dating violence on her show yesterday. I appreciate that she used her national platform to focus on this underaddressed national problem and to lessen the stigma around those who are in or who [...]

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