The UMKC Women’s Center strives to promote gender equity. Recently I stumbled upon this blog by Maya Dusenbury on Feministing that addresses the relation of high school GPA’s to the gender gap in the workforce.…
by Ayomide Aruwajoye “Cause a real man knows a real woman when he sees her And a real woman knows a real man ain’t afraid to please her And a real woman knows a real…
In honor of National Eating Disorder Awareness Week and UMKC’s Every Body is Beautiful Week, this is a guest blog from the National Eating Disorders Association Blog. For more information about UMKC’s Every Body is…
By Amber Charleville I do a lot of thinking about fictional ladies. Don’t look at me like that! I mean it in a purely academic sense. Mostly. For the purposes of this blog, I want…
By Morgan Paul “Women are part of men’s lives, and what happens to us matters to men too.” In welcoming everybody back to class and back to the Women’s Center after a long cold break…
Check out these great feminist blogs from over the holiday break! 1. “Jane Campion to Lead Cannes 2014 Jury” Jane Campion, Director and one of the largest critics of Hollywood’s discrimination against women, has…
[youtube]http://youtu.be/NswJ4kO9uHc[/youtube] By Amber Charleville Some of you may know that one of my passions is female representation in the media. Media is powerful, and it is not only a reflection of us in the now…
By Amber Charleville Lately, I’ve been thinking a lot about leadership, what it looks like and what it means to be an excellent leader. I’ve had the good fortune to work with amazing leaders, and…
By Morgan Paul So, a while ago I was doing some shopping on the Plaza when I walked past a store with books on top of the mannequin’s heads and writing on the window…
By Torshawna Griffin Recently, I read this article about body image; it was called Young, Feminist, and Hungry: An Insider’s Perspective on Body Image. What attracted me to the article was the fact that the…