Sexual assault at GWU: What college students think about rape - Amanda Hess | TBD.com

Sexual assault at GWU: What college students think about rape - Amanda Hess | TBD.com

Lisa Ling: I Had a Miscarriage - Lisa Ling : People.com

Lisa Ling: I Had a Miscarriage - Lisa Ling : People.com: "- Sent using Google Toolbar"

Supreme Court to Hear Wal-Mart Class-Action Case Over Bias - NYTimes.com

Supreme Court to Hear Wal-Mart Class-Action Case Over Bias - NYTimes.com: "- Sent using Google Toolbar"

for 12/9: Keeping Romance Alive in the Age of Female Empowerment - NYTimes.com

Keeping Romance Alive in the Age of Female Empowerment - NYTimes.com

Is it bad for romance when women have good jobs?

for 12/9 Realistic and fair wages

Here's Ledbetter's story.

If you liked Business of Being Born, you'll like:
Motherhood Manifesto.

What did you learn new from either of these videos?

for 12/9--how we stack up with maternity/paternity leave

Read:
http://www.momsrising.org/maternity
What effect does paid maternity/paternity leave have on infant mortality?

YouTube - Janelle Monae: The Meaning Of 'Tightrope'

YouTube - Janelle Monae: The Meaning Of 'Tightrope'

Going Androidgenous With Janelle Monáe | Mother Jones

Going Androidgenous With Janelle Monáe | Mother Jones

Eve Ensler: Embrace your inner girl - TEDWomen.aol.com

Eve Ensler: Embrace your inner girl - TEDWomen.aol.com: "- Sent using Google Toolbar"

For 12/6: Amplify Your Voice launches video series on abstinence-only programs

What message is this video (Amplify Your Voice launches video series on abstinence-only programs) giving?

for 12/6: “Miss TSA” calendar reminds us just how unsexy some “sexy” poses are

“Miss TSA” calendar reminds us just how unsexy some “sexy” poses are

Chloe at Feministing says, "The photos were originally taken for another calendar that was designed to convince doctors to buy x-ray monitors. I appreciate these photos because they’re a reminder that, when you look at conventional definitions of “sexy” from a slightly different angle – in this case, from an angle that removes facial expression, hair, makeup, surrounding requisite beach or fur rug and leaves nothing but the body – those definitions start to look really ridiculous. These poses are totally absurd, so unlikely to be struck during actual real-life sex, and this particular form of photography throws that into sharp relief. It can be easy to forget, when you’re looking at a photo that includes all the images that serve as code for “sexy” – the hair, the pout, the lighting, the flesh – that it’s all a carefully orchestrated performance. These x-rays take that performance and remind us that it’s all a show, and not a very sexy one at that."

What do you say about them?

for 11/30: Slowpoke Comics by Jen Sorensen :: Alternative Political Cartoons and Illustration

Slowpoke Comics by Jen Sorensen :: Alternative Political Cartoons and Illustration
What is Cartoonist Jen Sorensen saying with this cartoon?

for 11/29: Enough talk on body image. Let’s take action.

Students often ask what can be done about the media's depiction of women's bodies. According to the article linked below, what can be done?

Enough talk on body image. Let’s take action.

YouTube - "Daddy I Do" Trailer

YouTube - "Daddy I Do" Trailer
According to what you can pick up in this trailer, why does the religious right believe it's sinful to use a condom? How do you think the filmmaker, Cassie Jaye, might respond?

For 11/29: Breaking: Paycheck Fairness Act Fails to Pass in the Senate

Breaking: Paycheck Fairness Act Fails to Pass in the Senate

This act would have required employers to give women equal pay for equal work.
Who stood in the way of act's passage? Who benefits from unfair pay?

For 11/29: Declutter your wardrobe: wear more of less - videos - *faircompanies

This is a great video, sent by a student, about having just enough clothes--not to many.

Declutter your wardrobe: wear more of less - videos - *faircompanies:

for 11/15: Student sues after being cut by coach over pink cleats - USATODAY.com

Student sues after being cut by coach over pink cleats - USATODAY.com:
Can you apply a feminist analysis to this? (Jos does at Feministing.)

Link to required film viewing: YouTube - the business of being born 1/10

YouTube - the business of being born 1/10: Make sure to watch any parts of the film you miss in class.

Feminist Perspectives on Rape (Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy)

Rape lecture is taken from this article from SEP:
Feminist Perspectives on Rape (Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy)

For 9/15: File under “heartbreaking” and “you can help”

This post, File under “heartbreaking” and “you can help”,
is about Sofia, a woman with severe anorexia who's insurance company stopped covering her treatment.

She will die without the treatment.

Is this a concern for feminists and/or Women's Studies? Consider what the The Fat Nutritionist says:

"Eating disorders prey on some of the most marginalized members of society: girls, women, gay men, as well as people who suffer from depression, OCD, or illnesses that make eating a pain in the ass to begin with. They prey on people of all skin colours and ethnicities. They prey on people who’ve been tormented into believing that fat is a fate worse than death. And they kill people who don’t have the money to get better."

Here is the link to her fund raising page, where she tells her story.