On Monday, our class had a discussion on Giovanni’s Room by James Baldwin, where we talked about Hella’s judgmental remarks after her return from Spain. My classmates Alana and Anisa provided ample evidence from the text showing when Hella protected judgement onto other characters. Even though it was clear their claim was true, I persistedContinue reading “Gender Norms in Giovanni’s Room: A Reference Not a Rule”
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The Beauty in Change
By Reina Ackerberg Before writing this post, I took a moment to reflect on the norms and ideas I have learned throughout life from my own experiences and those I have been taught by my parents and siblings. Growing up in a family where a religion wasn’t practiced, I was invited to choose how IContinue reading “The Beauty in Change”
Social Structure within Prisons: The Realities of Racial Relations
by: Kate KasicaWhile watching The Work, directed by Jairus McLeary, I was struck by how the environment created within the documentary seemed completely separate from any external pressures or norms. There are no physical or socially constructed divides, allowing inmates and visitors to form meaningful connections with one another. This support system also crosses racialContinue reading “Social Structure within Prisons: The Realities of Racial Relations”
Winter Rolls Right Around the Corner: How family gender roles are amplified in the winter
by: Kathryn Kaiser With winter coming right around the corner, all the many joys (and chores) of the season are going to be brought back into our lives. Along with the hot cocoa, steaming cider, snowmen, and ice skating comes snowy driveways, decorating, cold drafts, and icy walks, creating more work to be done insideContinue reading “Winter Rolls Right Around the Corner: How family gender roles are amplified in the winter”
Blame Game: How the Construct of Gender Creates Barriers Within One United Group
by Kelly Dayton “Revolutionary Hope: A Conversation Between James Baldwin and Audre Lorde” documents a dialogue between two people that quickly turns from an argument against racism in America to an argument against each other. It emphasizes the idea that although Black people have been so strongly oppressed in America, the separation between Black menContinue reading “Blame Game: How the Construct of Gender Creates Barriers Within One United Group”
Current American Male Gender Norms Need to Go
by Roy Chebaclo Current American gender norms call on males to be tough, rough, and unemotional figures. These unsustainable and unnatural standards have led to the emergence of toxic masculinity. Toxic masculinity is defined by the Oxford dictionary as, “a set of attitudes and ways of behaving stereotypically associated with or expected of men, regardedContinue reading “Current American Male Gender Norms Need to Go”
Beyonce’s Journey to Feminism and Womanhood Through Lemonade
by Savita ChamplinBeyonce has been a figure in society for many years. She became famous in her Destiny’s Child days and remained a star, but she was only known for being a talented singer and dancer with little depth to her character. Almost 20 years after this, she released the film Lemonade. This is whenContinue reading “Beyonce’s Journey to Feminism and Womanhood Through Lemonade”
Society and Prisons: How Society Controls Who Populates Prisons
by Jay Gulati Angela Davis’s Freedom is a Constant Struggle focuses on the intersectionality of black women and how their identities of being racial and gender minorities overlapped and influenced one another. Davis uses this lens to discuss the prison system and how she observes that trans prisoners and trans women have worse living conditionsContinue reading “Society and Prisons: How Society Controls Who Populates Prisons”
Wife Beater Thursday!
I had conversations with students who casually referred to our classmates’ attire as “wife beaters,” but did not support wife beating.
The Importance of Accepting Neopronouns
by Daria Haner When students discuss neopronouns, they express some common thoughts: “You can’t just make up a new gender” or “People are just saying their gender is ‘bacteria’ or ‘cloud’, how does that make any sense?” So, what are neopronouns, what do they have to do with gender identity, and how can allies respectContinue reading “The Importance of Accepting Neopronouns”
Constructions of Gender in Literature 