Is Hannah Montana Really Such a Great Role Model?
First in the series: Today’s Female Role Models Who says, who says I can’t be Superman? I say, I say that I know I can. Who says, who says I won’t be president? I say, I say you ain’t seen nothing yet! (“Who Said?” Performed by Hannah Montana, 2006) It sounds like a Girl Power anthem if there ever was one, joining the ranks of “ I am Woman, Hear Me Roar.” As I find myself singing along with my children to Hannah M... more
Views: 571Judge Sotomayor's Meltdown and Kay Corleone's Hysteria: The Persistence of Gender Stereotypes
Judge Sotomayor’s “Meltdown” and Kay Corleone’s “Hysteria” The Persistence of Oppressive Gender Stereotypes “Unless you have a complete meltdown, you are going to get confirmed.” Senator Lindsey Graham to Judge Sonia Sotomayor at her confirmation hearings, July 13, 2009. Here we go again. It’s the old gender stereotype of overemotional women and rational men. It is hard to imagine a senator making th... more
Views: 495Helen Keller: Honor The Wom...
Anne Glass a month agoYesterday, members of Congress unveiled the statue of Helen Keller in the United States Capital Building. The statue honoring Keller depicts her as a child standing next to a water pump at the moment when she first made the connection, between the word water, spelled into her hand by her dedicated teacher Annie Sullivan, and water itself, pumped into her hand by Sullivan. While this event was certainly a... more
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