A few years ago I walked into my bank. The pressure to buy my first car was brisk and my savings inadequate. I needed a loan. The loan officer looked me in the eye and shot straight, “are you married?
In an evocative piece at Salon, Myisha Cherry deconstructs racial and gender privilege. She says acknowledging such privileges forces people to admit they didn’t achieve everything on their own.
Months ago, I witnessed a Black man attempting to censor a Black woman’s writing. He told her there was no need to write a “divisive” piece because he’s already speaking up for Black women. What this ...
According to the woman behind "check your privilege," the closest thing we have to a racial slur against straight white men, our debate over the advantages society grants some and not others hasn't ...
Whether she’s voicing her support for trans teen Gavin Grimm at the Grammys, urging TV executives to cast more transgender actors and actresses, or discussing beauty standards governed by cisgender ...
We are witnessing the powerful influence of women as they speak out about sexual assaults and harassment in the workplace and elsewhere. These voices heard in the media give permission for other women ...
Goal #1: Students will understand gender as an element of social, political, economic and legal structures as well as individual identities, critically interrogating understandings of gender divisions ...
I was preparing the Keynote address I would be delivering for the Canadian Art Therapy Association/Ontario Art Therapy Association Joint Conference on October 14th. The conference theme was Art ...