Feminism

Women in the World 2012: Meryl Streep’s Tribute to Hillary Clinton – YouTube

Women in the World 2012: Meryl Streep’s Tribute to Hillary Clinton – YouTube.

Women’s History Month 2012: Jessica Flaherty

I wrote in earlier blog posts about my transition from Trinidad to Boston and how difficult that was for me. I wrote about how I was starved for meaningful social interaction, reaffirmation of my identities, new friends and how I picked up smoking. I wrote briefly about the crazy things I’d done during my high…

Women’s History Month 2012: Margaret Sanger

The war over women’s bodies is fiercely raging. Don’t know what I’m talking about? Here are some recent excerpts from mainstream media sources; Foster Friess, a prominent backer of Republican presidential candidate Rick Santorum, raised eyebrows Thursday when he offered up his own idea for a possible contraceptive method: “This contraceptive thing, my gosh, it’s…

Women’s History Month 2012: Krista Corwin/Skirt Vonna-Gut

When I received my acceptance letter to City Year, I thought about it in a very narcissistic sense. I was committing a year of service, I had to find housing, I was moving away from my friends and family. I couldn’t care less about the people with whom I would embark on this year of service. The story of how…

Women’s History Month 2012: Michelle Rhee

I never thought I would work in education. Ever. Throughout high school and college I had some of the most positive educators in my life but I didn’t give the idea much thought. I was way too enthralled by the realm of Public Health, more importantly, sexual health. In my eyes, there was no cause…

Women’s History Month 2012: Norma Rodriguez

This is a blog post I wrote back in November 2010 that was featured on the City Year San José blog. In today’s data-driven education climate, it is often easy to lose the human aspect of what City Year Corps Members, teachers and school administrators signed up to do this year; to help reduce the…

Women’s History Month 2012: Norma Rodriguez

This is a blog post I wrote back in November that was featured on the City Year San José blog. In today’s data-driven education climate, it is often easy to lose the human aspect of what City Year Corps Members, teachers and school administrators signed up to do this year; to help reduce the achievement…

Women’s History Month 2012: “Do you use the ‘R’ word?”

Originally posted on OperationHaveItAll:
We’ve all heard of the “n” word. Have you heard of the “r” word? “Retard.” “Retarded.” My skin crawls with each repetition, and the discomfort matches the ache in my heart. I’ve used the word. I recall it was one of the more popular retorts in elementary school. “What are you,…

Women’s History Month 2012: Felicia Day

In my college years I played countless hours of World of Warcraft (WoW)…hours that I’ll never get back. Ever. But I digress… Because I wasn’t raised in the U.S. I never knew about the gamer-shame of 90’s era Massively Multiplayer Online Role Playing Games (i.e. Starcraft, Diablo, the infamous Everquest), but that didn’t matter. Within…

Women’s History Month 2012: Beach Pace

When I decided to commit to City Year San José/Silicon Valley I had no knowledge of the people on the ground. I didn’t really care. In my mind I was giving up a year of my life to work in an underserved community and then getting out. Period. I had no idea that it would be…

Women’s History Month 2012: Sarah Haskins

I don’t watch television often. Quite frankly, I don’t have the time. When I do watch TV I’m usually catching the online version of the latest show, and they’re usually without commercials. When I started dating Krista she was really into watching programs on CurrentTV. Created by Al Gore back in 2005, I had never seen…