Susan Douglas

Weekly Round Up: NFL Helmet Bans and Tips for Getting Your Life in Order

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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Dr Neil deGrasse Tyson discusses “The Future of the Space Program” and “Manhattanhenge“…   “Do Americans Really Have to Chose Between Health and Energy?”  See the comment for Dr. Robert Bullard in the Huffington Post…    Samhita Mukhopadhyay participated in the highly successful Women’s World: Breaking Ground…  In These Times, features Susan J. Douglas – “Bachmann-Media …

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Exploring Enlightened Sexism

Describing the new type of sexism (aka: Enlightened Sexism) as a wolf in sheep’s clothing, author Susan Douglas says the media “acknowledges and even celebrates that women have achieved full equality, insisting in fact that they have. Because women have reached full equality, it is ok and even funny to resurrect sexist images of women.” This, in turn, …

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