If I weren’t so close to finished with this graduate program, I would have quit after this incident yesterday. I was contacted about a week ago by a woman in the marketing department of the college. She left a message… Read more ›
This is part of a series of posts about rhetoric and feminism. I’ll be writing these responses every week as part of my graduate class about Topics in Rhetoric this semester, and I welcome any and all responses! This week,… Read more ›
I have been absolutely inspired by the push to include Differentiated Instruction into every classroom, and what better way to celebrate diversity of all kinds in the classroom while helping each student learn in the way that is best for… Read more ›
I’ve been thinking and reading a lot about babies lately. This is definitely not because of some sort of desire to have a little mini-me (or, even scarier, a little mini-Tim! *kidding!*) running around. I think it’s more of one… Read more ›
This is part of a series of posts about rhetoric and feminism. I’ll be writing these responses every week as part of my graduate class about Topics in Rhetoric this semester, and I welcome any and all responses! To be… Read more ›
In my graduate program, I am required to take a course on the theory of rhetoric. I am in that course right now, and last week, we had an interesting conversation about the definitions of words and what the words… Read more ›
I have written before about The Laramie Project. Please take a few seconds to read that post – especially the comments – before reading this one. This Valentine’s Day, I was fortunate enough to see a former student in a… Read more ›
Why do I care so much about human rights? Because of my mother, of course. I mean this quite literally. The first time I remember hearing anything about civil rights that really made me think, and one of the defining… Read more ›
Recently, I posted some thoughts here and at Equality 101 about a study regarding female teachers passing their anxiety toward math to their female students, and my thoughts were met with some dispute, both by Veronica at Girl w/Pen! and… Read more ›
This is the beginning of a series of posts about rhetoric and feminism. I’ll be writing these responses every week as part of my graduate class about Topics in Rhetoric this semester, and I welcome any and all responses! This… Read more ›
With all the talk about schools being shut down and budget cuts in the education sector around the nation right now, it’s clear that it is a difficult time for teachers. In the Chicago-area schools, there is much talk about… Read more ›
I’ve written about all of this before, and I think we’re all pretty aware that, as women, we really do try to do it all. We are caregivers, employees, wives, mothers, teachers, students… you get the idea. Sure, each of… Read more ›
I strongly believe that it is just as important to discuss how men appear in advertising as it is to discuss how women appear in advertising. Men suffer from body image issues just as women do, often as a direct… Read more ›
When I used to blog in college (mostly personal stuff that probably had no business being on the internet, and found very few readers because no one cared), I’d frequently start off with a title from a song that maybe… Read more ›
“How can I help kids gain fluency in Standard English – the language of power – without obliterating the home language which is a source of pride and personal voice?” – Linda Christensen For a recent school improvement day, the… Read more ›
This is just a little taste of my new post on Equality 101. “How can I help kids gain fluency in Standard English – the language of power – without obliterating the home language which is a source of pride… Read more ›
Well, actually, it’s the same open call for feminist bloggers as it was before, but you’re just seeing it again. I’m still open to accepting participants for my Literacy in the Feminist Blogging Community interview for part of my… Read more ›
