Contexts: Disney Princesses Deconstructed

Sociological Images has another fun post (remember the Supreme Court, “I’m not a doctor but I play one on the Supreme Court.)
Now they have taken a look at Disney princesses.

See the full post here : Contexts
Or see another blogger’s addition of the princes to this sociological study.
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India: The Sex Workers

This video and report are from 2004. Coming soon will be an update to this topic. –Kathy
FRONTLINE/World . Video | PBS
In the heart of Mumbai, India [also known as Bombay] lies Kamathipura, one of the country’s poorest districts and also its largest red light district, home to more than 60,000 sex workers. In the spring [...]

Drowning in the Shallow End: Third Wave Feminis

Thinking of feminism in “waves” continually makes for reinvention — a real stalling technique to real forward motion. The waves (now beginning to hear the start of a 4th wave) is a speck in the whole history of women. This belief that we need to start over leads to loss of our base, the solidity [...]

Explaining India’s Deficit of Girls : online discussion at PRB Thursday 6/11 at 1 pm

Population Reference Bureau PRB Discuss.
Chat online with Leela Visaria, researcher and president of the Asian Population Association, on the Asian countries imbalance of genders and the implications for the future.  June 11, 2009, 1 pm EDT.
India, along with China and several other countries, has a history of neglect for girls and women that produced lower [...]

New NBER Research study: What is needed to increase the number of female students in fields of Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math (STEM)? Hire more Women Profs.

Thanks to Carol, a friend who is both a feminist and a physicist, for alerting me to these related articles on the needs and issues faced by female students entering STEM fields.
The first artcle is from the daily Web publication Slate which is owned by The Washington Post Company.
A Formula for Success : Want more [...]

Afghanistan Women’s Struggle: Sitara Achakzai & Mary Wollstonecraft

Let women be Enlightened
Helen Irving
April 24, 2009
The assassination of a leading Afghan women’s rights activist, Sitara Achakzai, this month was yet another tragic reminder that equality between the sexes is far from accepted in the world today. Achakzai, who spent the years of Taliban rule in exile in Europe, returned to her country five years [...]

t r u t h o u t | Commodifying Kids: The Forgotten Crisis

t r u t h o u t | Commodifying Kids: The Forgotten Crisis
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Henry Giroux writes so strongly about how our financial markets are using our children to make their profits at the expense of the moral, ethical, and educational development of our future generations. I recommend you read his entire post and [...]

FeministCampus.org : : The World’s Largest Pro-Choice Campus Network

Great site for student activists! Blog, twitter, and YouTube components as well as the main site.  Lots of news and lots of ideas about activism, jobs, educational programs, conferences, etc., for feminists.
Here’s what it offers to college feminists:

Campus Campaigns
FMLA s and affiliates are united in a national movement through the Feminist Majority Foundation’s Choices [...]

POTUS Events: Women & Girls | 44 | washingtonpost.com

Here’s what our President is doing today. Are you listening, Jodi Rell? Connecticut is ahead of its time. Don’t put us back in the dark ages and only recognize the “Men’s Club.”
FROM THE WASHINGTON POST:
At 1:00 p.m., he signs an executive order, creating the White House Council on Women and Girls, which will be chaired [...]

2008 Socially Conscious Gift Giving

Updated for 2008!
If you’d like to be a more socially conscious consumer, here are some organizations, some local, some online, where you can purchase gifts while making a difference in the lives of real people. These suggestions come from two of our UConn professors who teach and embody the ideals of these organizations. [...]