Don’t forget! There’s still time to donate to my Avon Walk for Breast Cancer AND to RSVP for the #chifems April Tweetup! The Impact of Twitter on Feminism: Its Facilitations & Limitations by Emily Heroy Feminism makes it way all… Read more ›
This is a cross post from Equality 101. I wrote a post the other day about Standard English Privilege that has garnered quite a bit of attention. The main argument of the post (I won’t bore you all with the… Read more ›
I wrote a post over at another blog about Standard English Privilege that has garnered quite a bit of attention. The main argument of the post (I won’t bore you all with the details again) goes a little something like… Read more ›
Why is it that so often on the internet I see people revert to the argument that so-and-so writer or commenter can’t spell or construct a grammatically correct argument and therefore the entire argument has no validity in this sphere?… Read more ›
See, blogging IS activism! It’s nice to see stories like these about activism on the internet. It gives bloggers validaion instead of allowing us to be pigeonholed into the all-bloggers-do-is-spew-information-about-their-personal-lives-on-the-internet stereotype.
This morning, I walked into the gym at 5:15 AM to get a short workout in before work. This is a normal practice of mine. I like working out in the morning for a few reasons: my days are long and… Read more ›
We started our Civil Rights unit in my English 3 class on Monday. This is a pretty typical English class for the junior year of high school; we read pieces of American literature and follow a curriculum that moves chronologically… Read more ›
Tim is going to read that title and laugh and then throw it in my face that I finally admitted it. But, really, I hate being wrong. And I hate it especially when that wrongness hurts someone else. There is… Read more ›
Over at Equality101.net, we have some super exciting things happening, so be sure to check them out! First, we’re hosting a monthly book club! So join in! Summer is fast approaching, and here at Equality 101, we thought it might… Read more ›
I’ve been bad about tweeting and blogging about good articles and blog posts to you all this year – particularly in the past month – and for that I apologize. Between trying to get Equality101.net off the ground, writing a… Read more ›
Yesterday, Indiana changed their certification rule for teachers. This rule states that teachers must have a degree in their subject area, not in education, in order to teach. I’m unsure how I feel about this. After I graduate from grad… Read more ›
For those of you who have been following the thesis debacle, I am ALMOST FINISHED with this thesis. The light is at the end of the tunnel, so to speak. I’ve been busy staying away from my computer for a… Read more ›
A few weeks ago, I received my very first review copy of a book in the mail, and you can imagine my excitement! The book was Enlightened Sexism by Susan J. Douglas, which only heightened my desire to get started… Read more ›
With all the talk about differentiated instruction and student onus for learning in our district right now, it’s starting to seem like we’re trying to fit a square peg into a round hole. Don’t get me wrong; I think differentiated… Read more ›
I will very rarely use this blog as venue for soliciting money from you all, but what better place to inform you of my charity of choice than here? Why, it’s even a VERY feminist cause: The Avon Walk for… Read more ›
Remember that teacher I was talking about here? The latest I heard is that he is finishing up the year, but not recommended for tenure and not coming back next year. Honestly, I don’t know enough about the situation from an… Read more ›
I want to spend a little time today talking about online activism and the difference between, say, what the feminist blogging community is doing and what I will call “Facebook activism.” While I believe wholeheartedly in the possibilities of blogging… Read more ›
This is part of a series of posts about rhetoric and feminism. In fact, this is my last formal response for class! (The light is at the end of the tunnel!) It is probably no surprise to you that I… Read more ›
I wrote last week about a lesson I have taught using “The Yellow Wallpaper,” a great story by a great woman writer. In an effort to reach more of my female students this year, I’ve been trying to incorporate more… Read more ›
A little while ago, I wrote a few posts about teaching everyday activism to my sophomores. (here and here) For that lesson, I used an article from Gender Across Borders about Miep Gies. The second-to-last paragraph in this article reads:… Read more ›