Already 2 weeks down in 2014 – be strong and stick to those resolutions! Here’s what our speakers have been up to thus far in the new year. In the Memphis Flyer, Susan Douglas publishes a scathing condemnation of right-wing political spending. “Among the many visionary goals of our nation’s right wing — impoverish …
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You might never guess it’s the same public who led a feminist media blackout in the 90s, refusing to speak to news outlets out of a well-earned distrust, because Kathleen Hanna is everywhere! Despite their having published a condescending piece on her in 1992, Hanna has a friendly interview with USA Today where she talks about the filming of the Punk …
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Released only hours ago, Annie Leonard’s new video is here! Watch the Story of Solutions, and read her interview with Alternet. “Rather than giving boring lists of solutions, we decided to inspire people to think more deeply about the kinds of solutions we need.” Stephanie Coontz at TIME drops historically substantiated facts, debunking …
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“5 myths about marriage” by Stephanie Coontz is a special to The Washington Post… New York prepares for “Manhattanhenge” today, the term coined by Dr. Neil deGrasse Tyson… Rinku Sen writes, “What Fires Young Progressives’ Activism? A New Study Asks Them.” for The Huffington Post… The Nation features Jessica Valenti’s latest, “Are Most Americans Really …
Lilly Ledbetter is featured in scrippsnews in “Lilly Ledbetter, equal-pay crusader, pushes for justice“… Read up on Raffi, “Legendary entertainer Raffi still honouring children“… Stephanie Coontz answers questions in “Is the ‘War on Mothers’ Really A War on Working-Class America?“… Watch Dr. Neil deGrasse Tyson Keynote the 28th National Space Symposium…
TransWorld Surf featured Kyle Thiermann and his new Surfing for Change video… The Opinion Pages of The New York Times features “How Times Have Changed For Educated Women” with praises for Stephanie Coontz… Read what Gary Hirshberg has to say in “Greenspace: Labeling the Modified Food“… The Economist reviews “Anatomy of Injustice: A Murder Case …
Stephanie Coontz writes about “The State of Marriage” and “Marriage: Saying I Don’t“… “The Real Goal of Ariz.’s Book Banning Thought Police: Harass Latinos” by Rinku Sen for Colorlines.com… Bernice Johnson Reagon “urges students to pursue progress” during her talk for the Purdue celebration of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr…. Listen to Ed Miller discuss …
Read input from Stacy Malkan in the Ashbury Park Press article “Beauty products linked to cancer, birth defects, hormonal issues”… “What’s pro hockey got to do with world peace?” Singer and songwriter Raffi explains… Video: Watch Sen. Jeff Sessions congratulate Lilly Ledbetter for law he opposed… The Christian Century features Stephanie Coontz in “Mating Games: …
The Christian Science Monitor does an interview with Tim Riley… Watch David Goldfield talk about “America Aflame” on cspan… Jessica Valenti and Samhita Mukhopadhyay are featured in the New York Post… The latest article by Rinku Sen for Colorlines… Stephanie Coontz writes “Women in the Obama White House: sexism and progress” for CNN..
Jessica Valenti‘s piece on Palin’s fake feminism is the most read Washington Post article this week. Read the article here. Stephanie Coontz, an expert on marriage, discusses the split of Al and Tipper Gore. Check it out here. And also here. Amber Madison discusses teens and sex with some parents from The State here. Robert Traynham asks …
The Wall Street Journal recently interviewed our friend Stephanie Coontz about the state of marriage in 2010. Coontz explains “… for thousands of years, the state really stayed out of marriage, except to intervene only if and when a family needed it to back it up. In the U.S., the state was pretty loose on marriage. The …
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Since school is back in session, maybe it’s time to get to know a few of our professors! Robert Bullard is the Ware Distinguished Professor of Sociology and Director of the Environmental Justice Resource Center at Clark Atlanta University. He’s also called the “father of environmental justice” and is the author of 15 books. Stephanie …
Just a few quick notes . . . Recent economic stresses have been challenging some families’ ways of living together peacefully. Can unhappy couples afford the luxury to divorce? Stephanie Coontz, history and family professor at Evergreen State College talks to Marty Moss-Coane on WHYY about the economic effects on marriage. Listen to Stephanie Coontz …
Our speakers are hittin’ primetime! On Monday, Neil deGrasse Tyson was a guest on The Colbert Report. Watch the clip here. Then on Tuesday, Tyson kicked off the new season of NOVA Science NOW. And although Time Warp won’t be on tonight (Discovery is running a marathon of the show Pitch Men, in honor of …
Hey. Have you noticed all the buzz around virginity? More so than normal? It seems like every magazine, newspaper, blog we read is discussing the state of modern virginity. We’re not getting into it here, but get the dish on by reading Jessica Valenti’s piece in The Nation: (Please note: It’s not quite as salacious …