Do’s and Don’ts of Politics
Do: Support and defend a person’s right to express their views, even if you don’t agree with them. Kudos to John DeGioia, President of Georgetown University for publicly advocating on behalf of Georgetown student and recent celebrity Sandra Fluke after she was publicly attacked for her stance during the recent contraception hearings. DeGioia said, “She [...]
How Far We Haven’t Come
After attending a recent event commemorating past voices of the women’s health movement, I turned on the news to watch the recent contraception hearings, and realized just how far we haven’t come. As has been pointed out by many over the course of the past few days, there were no women on the first panel of [...]
Go With Your Own Glow
Notes from Cosmo’s Safe Sun Awards I recently attended Cosmo’s 2011 Safe Sun Awards and learned a disturbing fact: melanoma, the deadliest form of cancer, is also the second most common form of cancer for women between fifteen and thirty, a statistic we can attribute to the societal pressure teenage girls and young women face [...]
In Tunisia, Egypt, and Italy, Facebook is a Global Game-Changer
I’ve blogged before about the dangers I think Facebook poses to our generation, but today I want to celebrate Facebook for the positive impact it can have on societies and people around the world. I’m talking about the way people looking to create global change have utilized Facebook to reach many in their respective communities. [...]
Women are Waiting Rather than Asking
I recently came across this article by Linda Babcock from 2008 called, “Women, Repeat This: Don’t Ask, Don’t Get.” The article deals with the issues of Babcock’s new book Women Don’t Ask. Babcock noticed her own life and by watching the careers of women around her, that women often were promoted after men, simply because [...]
